Digital cameras: what's the best ultracompact digital camera for low light?
what's the best ultracompact digital camera for low light?
by xbittersweetx - 3/13/09 6:33 PMI'm looking to get a ultracompact camera at least 10 megapixels that is good for taking pictures in low light conditions (e.g. bars, concerts, parties). I'm looking at Nikons and Sonys at the moment, but am pretty open. Any suggestions?
Low Light - Ultra Compact
by snapshot2
- 3/13/09 7:58 PM
In reply to: what's the best ultracompact digital camera for low light? by xbittersweetx
It depends:
Low light and using flash - there are many cameras to choose from.
Low light and no flash - there are no cameras to choose from.
Due to the small size of CCD sensors used on small cameras, all small cameras suffer from too much noise when using high ISO settings.
One camera appears to produce less noise than the other small cameras.
Fujifilm - F200EXR
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/digitalcameras/0,39001468,44528101p,00.htm
Even at that, it probably will not give you the results you expect when shooting without flash in bars, concerts and parties.
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small camera low light
by udornthani2 - 3/16/09 10:04 PM In reply to: Low Light - Ultra Compact by snapshot2
Your technique and experience is more important than the technical specifications. I visited an old friends restaurant in Brooklyn, NY.
I took along a Olympus Stylus 1000 with a 10MP sensor. No great results expected. I do post production gimmicks fairly well, that helps. I use Photoshop Elements 6. It works.
I expected to do some flash snapshots of my friend, but got the bug to see what the new camera would do available light. You can see some of the results at http://www.flickr.com/photos/some_casual_photos/
those aircraft frames, tele test shot etc. were done with the newer Olympus SP570. The panorama frames were made with the Stylus 1000. Now I've moved up to the larger sensor Stylus 1200 for a pocket camera.
Canon G10 in Low Light (photos linked)
by jigmeg - 3/13/09 9:27 PM In reply to: what's the best ultracompact digital camera for low light? by xbittersweetxI am happy with the G10 from canon. lots of options, including a 3200 iso mode. while this cam is compact, i would not call it ultra. there are not a lot of options for no flash low light situations however. see sample photos taken with this cam here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coocooforcocoapuffs/sets/72157610676290351/
The G10 is well liked. Link about.
by R. Proffitt - 3/14/09 6:53 AM
In reply to: Canon G10 in Low Light (photos linked) by jigmeg
interesting comparison!
by jigmeg - 3/14/09 11:30 AM In reply to: The G10 is well liked. Link about. by R. Proffitt
that article is a hoot. as a g10 owner that would much rather have a Hasselblad but in no way can afford one, i can't say i agree with the author. i can tell tell the difference between my canon 300d and the g10 when it comes to the glass that i can put on the end of the 300d that ya can't put on the g10. that's the only failing on the g10...the lens. it may be true what the author says about how cameras are better then the photographers of today, but if u know how use a camera in the first place, having a fixed lens like the one on the g10 is just limiting. Persoanlly I am saving my pennies for a 5d, which has the same processor as the g10, but can be loaded up front with megaglass. cheers!
You can see the difference
by kalel33 - 3/14/09 3:57 PM In reply to: interesting comparison! by jigmegBut what they were showing were small aperture landscape shots which would not show much of a difference. Also, he had a bunch of other pro photographers look at the photos and could not tell the difference. If they couldn't then I doubt many could.
Landscape shots are harder to tell which comes from a point and shoot and ones that came from a DSLR. I can show you some people's landscape shots that came from a G10 and you would have thought it was a DSLR with expensive lens.
G10 vs prime lens
by jigmeg - 3/16/09 10:14 PM In reply to: You can see the difference by kalel33yes, this is all true. but as a DSLR and G10 owner, I can tell ya, nothing beats a 300 prime. The G10 just can't compete. it's zoom at the far end is fuzzy. but it's just a bitty piece of glass. digital zoom is just a joke. but if u are in the middle range of the G10 lens, sharpness is tack on and the colors are grand. i love this camera, but for it's size more then anything else (and durability, as i've dropped it a stone stairstep while trekking, and it did not even scratch). cheers!
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