Compact cameras used to have half-decent high-ISO performance, when they were still around 6 megapixels. Now they're terrible. If you have an older model in that range, keep it, because today's compact cameras have awful low-light performance, as makers have deliberately gone for the "megapixel marketing" angle.
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Compact cameras used to have half-decent high-ISO performance, when they were still around 6 megapixels. Now they're terrible. If you have an older model in that range, keep it, because today's compact cameras have awful low-light performance, as makers have deliberately gone for the "megapixel marketing" angle.