I shot a Panasonic lx-5. Part of the reason this camera performs so well is it has a full size 1.1 in sensor chip just like the slrs use giving it amazing image capturing, but the real reason it works so well at night is it has a Leica f2.0 lens at 24mm-50mm only a 2.8 at full zoom of 90mm. With a huge chip and huge lens opening, a dummy can do this