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Can anyone recommend a camera for indoor/poor lightning use?

by ezertuchev Mar 9, 2006 7:31AM PST

Hi, everyone. I work in an industrial plant and I often have to take pictures of events, processes or people inside the plant. The problem is that there are very low levels of light for taking pictures, and at some places we have very high temperature, neon lights, while in other places we have low temperature bulbs. Most of the time we don't have enough time to white-balance. We own a CyberShot DSC-P73, and most of the time, the pictures are VERY grainy, yellowish, and dark tones sometimes come out with a lot of red or blue grain, which makes it a lot more difficult to color-correct the pictures.

We are looking for a tough camera that has a GOOD auto white balance, preferably over 5 or 6 mpx, that will yield good-looking pictures with very little or no grain, bright flash, probably under $300 or $400, and that will also work OK on outdoors (did I just ask for too much?). Can anyone recommend such a camera? or at least some alternatives? I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks!

Eduardo Zertuche

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by ezertuchev Mar 9, 2006 7:38AM PST

I forgot to say this, but most of the time, I have to take pictures of people in an event, and of course when they move (and they ALWAYS DO!), they get all blurred out. It'd be great if the camera you recommend had something like an auto-shutter or a way to minimize the blurring motion, because people seldom stop to pose for the picture in the middle of a speech, right?

Thanks!

Eduardo Zertuche

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There are cameras which will easily meet your requirements,
by Kiddpeat Mar 9, 2006 9:01AM PST

but they are not at your price level. IMHO, you have to either increase your budget, or decrease your requirements.

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by snapshot2 Forum moderator Mar 9, 2006 11:58AM PST

For the price, that is a tall order.

But.......

I am going to recommend you look at two cameras.
They are as different as night and day.

The first camera (under $400) has just about everything you want, and in the hands of a knowledgeable photographer, will do everything you want.

So if you have the time and are willing to learn more about photography, you can be that knowledgeable photographer in a few months.

The second camera choice ($199), is a replacement for your present camera. It will perform better than your present camera and will require no learning curve.

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Fujifilm S5200
Sony S600

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Review links:

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/fuji_s5200.html

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/s600.html

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Both of these look like they could do the job
by ezertuchev Mar 12, 2006 11:32PM PST

however I'm gonna look a little bit more into the Fujifilm S5200 (specially check prices and availability locally), since we're looking for the best camera we can get our hands on.

Thanks!

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