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Looking for a good P&S camera that can take great night shots...
I currently have a 5-year old Canon Powershot camera that takes clean/crisp shots during the day, but when there are shots at night or dimmed lighting, it's blurry and not crisp.
I've used the night setting, and I have to hold it SUPER still to get a clean shot, and even then, it's still not crisp.
Can you recommend a camera that can take excellent shots- both with sunlight and low/dimmed/night lights? Preferably point & shoot... something I can carry in my purse for traveling.
Re: Looking for a good P&S camera that can take great night shots...
By "not crisp" do you mean that the image is out of focus or that it is "grainy?" If it is out of focus, that's a movement issue and it means the shutter speed isn't fast enough to make up for the motion of the camera as you snap the picture (e.g. shaky hands) - to fix it you need to either up the shutter speed (which means you risk getting an under-exposed image when shooting in darkness and low-light) or get a tripod (perhaps one of those gorilla ones that's all bendy would be a good idea for a point and shoot camera). But if you're referring to a "grainy" appearance, that means your camera is increasing your ISO (what most people would understand as film speed pre-digital camera age) in order to allow for dim/no-light shooting without using a flash. This grainy effect is referred to as "noise" and it isn't inherently bad and can be used very artistically. But if you're adverse to noise there are options. To de-noise your image while still keeping the integrity of a low-light shot (e.g. not using flash), you need to decrease your ISO, make sure your flash is turned off, up the aperture and slow the shutter speed. And that also means you need to use a tripod to steady the camera so you don't end up with an out of focus shot due to your hands moving while capturing the image. You can also invest in a editing program that has a de-noise function (most of them do), but keep in mind that you won't be able to de-noise your images completely with a point and shoot camera. A dSLR could give you the option of shooting in RAW format and that allows for increased editing options, but even then I don't think you can get rid of the noise 100%.
The problem with all of this is that I have no clue if you can manipulate your settings with a point and shoot camera. I know it is possible with a dSLR, and I'm sure there are some point and shoot cameras that have the capability. Before giving up on your current camera, read your manual and see if you're able to manually change any of these settings (ISO, aperture setting, and/or shutter speed) before searching out a camera that has the capability.
I have a Canon Powershot that's 3 years old that lets me manipulate the settings as PP is suggesting, although of course yours could be different. If you're interested in trying her suggestions, you can go into M and make those changes. I use a tripod and the 2-second countdown when I'm taking shots at night so that there's no blur from the movement when I push the shutter button.
In terms of suggestions for new cameras I'm no expert, just wanted to follow up on the tips already given!
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