Originally Posted by bmorey

I can't see any worthwhile difference between the pics.

When taking photos of lights unless you use the same aperture and shutter speed for all shots you won't get a proper comparison. That may or may not be the case for these pics.

I suspect that many of the comparison shots we see here are taken with the camera set to 'auto' and are therefore useless. I'd like to see the actual exposure details given before I believe my eyes.