Photography demands light. Without light, pictures would be impossible. There was a time where photography was possible only between dawn and dusk, impossible at night. This made robbers wanting to record their own exploits at night, owl-lovers and many others unhappy. Of what use is a camera which doesn't allow you to record nearly half of your lifetime? Camera manufacturers spotted this need (however, they did not need a camera for that, because they did so in the morning). They knew if they could come up with some technology/ies that allows people to do photography at night, they can, a) make more money, and, b) increase the chances of finding out what their neighbour's neighbour generally does after 10 pm.

Humour aside, these are, according to our experts, some of the best digital cameras for night shots, given along with key specs of each:

Canon-PowerShot A720 IS

Canon-PowerShot A720 IS is an 8-megapixel camera, with 6x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom; it features Image Stabilizer, Face Detection and Long Play Movie Function. It comes with 2 GB card. It doesn't offer inbuilt memory.

MRP: Rs 12,995
CI Price: Rs 10,900

Canon-PowerShot A590 IS

Canon-PowerShot A590 IS is an 8-megapixel digicam, with 4x optical zoom, 2.5 inch large LCD, and with Image Stabilisation feature.

MRP: Rs 9,995
CI Price: Rs 8,650

Sony-DSC-W110

Sony-DSC-W110 is a 7.2-megapixel camera, featuring 4x optical zoom, 2.5-inch large LCD screen, inbuilt memory of 15 MB. It offers added features like Face Detection, HD Slide Show with Select Music Playback, Hand Shake Alert, LCD Brightness Setting and comes with a 1GB Memory Stick.

MRP: Rs 9,990
CI Price: Rs 9,100

Sony-DSC-T77

Sony-DSC-T77 is a 10.1-megapixel compact camera, with a 3-inch large touchscreen LCD, 4x optical zoom, 8x digital zoom, Image Stabilizer and an internal memory of 15 MB. Smile Shutter mode, new Anti-blink function, 16:9 High Resolution Mode and In-Camera Retouching Tools are its other useful specs. The camera comes in silver, black, pink, green and brown colours.

MRP: Rs 15,990
CI Price: Rs 14,800