Paris Nuit Blanche - low light by Powershot S95

[Franglais]

I did these a few weeks ago just after buying the Canon Powershot S95 point-and-shoot. I wanted a compact camera for night-time tourism (all I get when I'm out on a professional trip).

I forgot about them till yesterday when I was reviewing my collection of photos of the Nuit Blanche event - an all-night artistic "happening" Paris where you walk from one site to the next all night. It was like reviewing progress in photography over the last decade:

- start with my Leica M4 loaded with 1600 ISO black-and-white film (horrible)
- next the Nikon D60 with the 35mm f1.8 (much better)
- lastly the Powershot (by far the best)

I was really surprised at how good the Powershot looked. The first 4 images are done normally. The last one is in special low-resolution-combine-pixels mode. The camera has picked up more detail than I could actually see