Tried two different cameras for my trip to the old Pottersville mill

I brought my phone and a basic digital camera to the abandoned Pottersville textile mill last month. The phone shots looked washed out and grainy inside the dark rooms, but the camera with its manual settings let me capture the peeling paint and broken looms clearly. Has anyone else found a specific camera model that really works for low-light spots like that?

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ruby_grant1mo ago

What camera did I use? My old point-and-shoot that I swear is held together by hope and a rubber band. The flash is so weak it just politely asks the darkness to leave, and my night shots look like big gray blobs. I got a photo of a cool old boiler at the ironworks, and you can just about tell it's a round thing next to a wall.

leo_campbell1mo ago

My buddy at the station uses a headlamp for checking dark corners, and I tried that trick at the Weston Foundry. I held my phone steady on a pipe and used the headlamp light, not the flash, to gently light up a wall of old tools. It gave a much creepier, realer look than a bright flash ever could. Ruby_grant, your polite flash asking the darkness to leave made me laugh, but a headlamp makes it actually listen. Have you ever tried using a separate light source instead of the built-in flash?