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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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I have someone asking me about a camera to shoot in a club. She wants it to be good in low light and will need a fast shutter speed and she want it for under $500. After I stopped laughing I told her I would check around to see what is available. I am thinking whatever it is first off no zoom lens. Will need a 35mm 1.8 and a decent body.

Any ideas? Any of the CoolPix that might work for this?

I suggested the D750 but she thought that was a bit over her budget. I guess I really need to go in the club and shoot just to what is needed. Damn, I hate nightclubs.
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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The Nikon Coolpix P610 would probably work well for her and is well within budget. It has excellent image quality, great vibration reduction and a night shooting mode, all of which will help nail good shots in a nightclub. Built-in WiFi is nice for transferring shots to social media.

Another really good suggestion, and one I might put ahead of the Coolpix, would be the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ70 for many of the same reasons as the Coolpix (great IQ, image stabilization, etc.) The Lumix has a hot-shoe for an external flash (something the Coolpix does not have), but has no WiFi capability. It does shoot RAW, though, if that's any consideration. Another great thing about this camera is that in iA or iA+ (Intelligent Auto/+) modes the camera will take multiple exposures automatically and combine them to produce balanced exposure; an Automated-HDR sort of thing.

It will take a basic understanding of the exposure triangle, as well as the each camera's specific settings, to get the most out of either camera, but both are definitely capable.
 
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Blade Canyon

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First generation Sony RX100. Great little point and shoot with a 20 mp 1" sensor (as it is called, not measured). Zoom lens with Carl Zeiss glass. Pop-up flash on a spring so you can literally pull the flash backwards to bounce it off the ceiling while shooting. It does not have a viewfinder, but it does have focus assistance on the LED screen so you can see exactly what's in focus by colored highlights. Auto-focus or even manual focus by turning the ring on the lens! Plus extensive control over many manual settings, unlike most point and shoots.

Under $400 brand new at B&H photo.
 
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