The one thing we are so blessed with here in NW Montana, is a night sky without ambient light from cities. This location spot, has light from a gas/connivence store that threw the white light over the top, but really helped with lighting up the crosses. Unfortunately shadows get cast from anything that is around, such as the white rail fence. But on this night, the aurora borealis aka northern lights were over the top in color. This is not from color saturation in post processing, but the actual as shot color while I used my Fuji X-T2 and Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 lens.

I went and set up on the yellow line of the highway for this next shot.

I love to shoot the night!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdzWRdZgan0

Actor Sam Elliott shares the story of 98-year-old D-Day survivor Ray Lambert who landed on Omaha Beach. Sgt. Ray Lambert is a highly-decorated combat medic who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944. He survived along with his brother who also landed on the Normandy beaches on D-Day. This talk was given at the 30th National Memorial Day Concert in Washington D.C. in 2019.

In rememberance to all that fell on D Day June 6, 1944.

I use a compact camera regularly -- my most used camera in fact as I carry it with me everywhere. I leave the house; the compact goes along.

When I was shopping for the compact I use now I considered the Sony RX100 VII noted above. We all have different priorities and are different in what we choose to photograph so fortunately we have some choices in cameras. The Sony was a runner up for me and instead I bought a Canon G7xII. The two cameras are virtually identical in shape and size (Canon is 2 grams heavier and the Sony is 1 mm thicker). They both have the same sensor -- I suspect literally in that I think the Canon uses Sony's 1" sensor for the G7.

I don't do video so I don't care what video features they have.

So then for me it boiled down to the lens and here the two cameras are quite different.

The Sony has a 28mm - 200mm equivalent f/2.8 - 4.5 zoom.
The Canon has a 24mm - 100mm equivalent f/1.8 - 2.8 zoom.

I see wide and maybe once or twice a year (probably not) I see something I want to photograph that would require a long lens. So the 200mm equivalent reach on the Sony's long end does nothing for me. I'm likely to go years before ever wanting to use it. On the other hand the 24mm equivalent on the Canon is occasionally not wide enough and there's times for me when I'm cussin' that it isn't 20mm equivalent -- 28mm equivalent on the Sony was a deal breaker for me. Top that off with the Canon lens being 1 & 1/2 stops faster than the Sony lens and that clinched it for me. And one last consideration: the Canon is 1/3 to 1/2 less expensive than the Sony.

I'm very happy with the G7 and it really is my most used camera. IQ is excellent; the scene below has 9 to 10 stop DR range -- no problem for today's 1" sensor cameras.