Celebrate amazing low light photography

To celebrate the power of its low light photography technology, Sony held a unique event, Twilight Football. Spread across the globe, 7 football matches took place in 7 stunning world locations to show how Exmor R™ CMOS Sensor technology captures incredible detail and fast-moving action in low light filming conditions – one of the toughest challenges in digital photography and filming.

The technology that made capturing Twilight Football possible

Exmor R™ CMOS Sensor

With Exmor R™ CMOS Sensor developed by Sony, low light photography no longer means images degraded by noise and excess grain. Using this technology the photographers captured amazing, detail-packed still images and Full HD video with superb contrast and rich colours in fading light.

Find out more about the Exmor R™ CMOS Sensor

Twilight Football. Seven games, one amazing event

What happened on the day?

On September 22/23, teams of Twilight Football competition winners gathered to play 7 games of football against some of the most spectacular backdrops the world has to offer. In some cases players battled the natural elements as well as the trying to beat the opposition.

For photographers and videographers the challenge lay in both the location and low light. Of course, these challenges were also an opportunity to capture incredible images.

See what happened at the event

Shoot in low light with digital cameras & camcorders from Sony

Handycam® XR520V

Handycam camcorders are designed to help you take better-looking video and still pictures at dusk or for any scene where you want natural-looking results with less noise.

See the XR520V

Cyber-shot TX1

Cyber-shot digital cameras are slim, colourful, compact and packed with smart technology to take clearer images with less noise using twilight or anti-blur modes.

See the Cyber-shot TX1

DLSR α550

Discover the latest digital SLR cameras from Sony. Features such as SteadyShot INSIDE will help you to capture natural colours even when natural light levels are less than perfect.

See the DLSR α550