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<blockquote data-quote="donquixote" data-source="post: 458603" data-attributes="member: 39425"><p>I'm a newbie here, and I'm looking for advice from more experienced photographers. I recently bought a Nikon L830 for family &amp; vacation photography. I was impressed with the video quality, and I chose it over the Canon sx520 for what I considered better lowlight photo and video capabilities. I was hoping the L830 would be suitable for shooting video of my daughter's dance recital, but I was disappointed in the results. Dancers under the lights looked washed out and pale. The auto focus got confused as dancers moved from the brighter areas of the stage to the less brightly lit areas. I tried a few adjustments between dances with little success. Is there a secret to shooting decent video in these situations, or am I asking the near impossible for a small sensor camera? Would a dslr do any better in these situations? Of course my L830 is a champ when the lighting is good, but is it possible to get good video in these tricky situations?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="donquixote, post: 458603, member: 39425"] I'm a newbie here, and I'm looking for advice from more experienced photographers. I recently bought a Nikon L830 for family & vacation photography. I was impressed with the video quality, and I chose it over the Canon sx520 for what I considered better lowlight photo and video capabilities. I was hoping the L830 would be suitable for shooting video of my daughter's dance recital, but I was disappointed in the results. Dancers under the lights looked washed out and pale. The auto focus got confused as dancers moved from the brighter areas of the stage to the less brightly lit areas. I tried a few adjustments between dances with little success. Is there a secret to shooting decent video in these situations, or am I asking the near impossible for a small sensor camera? Would a dslr do any better in these situations? Of course my L830 is a champ when the lighting is good, but is it possible to get good video in these tricky situations? [/QUOTE]

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