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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 524323" data-attributes="member: 13090">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.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 524323, member: 13090"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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