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badbetsy

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5. December 2006 @ 17:13

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hey all
I have a nixon cool pix and it is great for daytime pictures but when I take pictures of shows...usually in bars with pretty bad lighting the pictures come out looking like crap..lots of "noise" I think they call it? even when it's a little dark you have to stay super still and even then its near impossible.. anyway can any of you suggest a better digital camera for this type of situation?
I attached some pictures so you can see what I am talking about
thanks in advance for any info!

good daytime pictures:

[img]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/fleeba/portugal20061143.jpg
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dark outside:

show pictures:

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NINVIN21

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11. December 2006 @ 00:35

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Wow,Just wanted to say Nice pics you got there.
I'm really new to this subject but I wanted to know how much money you were willing to spend on a new camera?
Also Did you try differnt Settings for nighttime maybe a higher ISO setting.

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badbetsy

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11. December 2006 @ 06:37

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Thanks!
Actually, I don?t know much about cameras, I pretty much know nothing but point and shoot =P ? I did try the night setting and the dark setting and that is what you see there, I also tried to change the ?exposure? I don?t know if that is what you mean by ISO ???

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geburuh

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20. December 2006 @ 17:11

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Nikon cool-pic does not have a shoe for external flash-hard to find an inexpensive camera today w/ ext shoe. My old Sony has shoe for external flash-I can shoot 26' in dark places.
Look around-you may get lucky....
Internal flash on most cameras is good for 6' if you are lucky..

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geburuh

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20. December 2006 @ 17:39

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ps: I don't really mean to spend your $$$$.
Way back when I was the photo nut, all the jerk relatives had me take their wedding pics. guess who paid for film & processing?
I had Nikon w/ 400 side flash good for 65' in dark church.
Thank god for dig cameras-no more weddings for grandkids.
No more $$$ for processing--I love it........

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cleverick

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22. December 2006 @ 19:19

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[IMG]http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/unclericky/XMAS.jpg[/IMG]

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JoeGons

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21. February 2007 @ 15:37

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These were taken with a Fuji Finepix Z1.
No Flash!!!
It?s smaller than a pack of cigarettes.

1/80 sec F 4 ISO 640

1/51 sec F4.1 ISO 640

1/64 sec F4.1 ISO 640

You need an old broom handle cut to about 4 feet or a monopod to rest the camera on.
At these shutter speeds and zoomed out you can?t afford to shake.

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