Absolutely, check into whatever is within range. Old buildings with interesting architectural details if you have a zoom lens, old Car/Motorcycle shows/meets, Railroad Museum if you have one, anything to find your niche. I use my Cameras for video, as a result I can't use the flash without undoing my settings, but for the video thumbnails I always try to get a photograph and learned to take pretty decent low light shots. If you look at my blog; all but one video thumbnail were shot without a flash, the other one was made in Gimp and is not a photograph. For spelunking you'll want more than a flash I would think; be pretty difficult to know what you are taking a shot of and the flash may create shadows that hide detail you want.
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Well I went out today since it snowed on Christmas wasn't expecting that I drove out to take some shots of the world blanketed by that white powder surprisingly I had the most fun with my macro lens. I don't have a very long zoom lens yet I'm still trying to get the 200 mm to 500 mm and also a 10.5mm fisheye currently I have a wide angle 12 - 24 a 17- 55 a 24-85 a 100mm tokina macro also my 35mm my 50mm and the 1960s pantex super takumar 135mm
I use Panasonic Bridge Cameras. The DMC-FZ300 has this incredible zoom lens of 25-600mm and F2.8 over the entire range. I must admit though that using it beyond 400mm it gets tough to get a steady hand held shot, but it works great for Tractor Pulls and Drag racing. I usually travel by Motorcycle or Moped, so carrying all that extra glass isn't really practical, and at Motocross on a dry day there is too much dust to swap lenses anyway. I also have the DMC-FZ2000 and that is my main video Camera and I do the close ups with the FZ300 as it's low light capability is not suitable for wide angle shots. I bought these 2 Cameras for very specific reasons, but it's more important to get really familiar with the camera you have so you can react fast. Some folks focus on the equipment a lot, but the best Camera is the one you always have with you; it's the one that gets the shots :)
Why did you end up switching to video.