With point and and shoot cameras, it is possible to decent night shots but its certainly a lot trickier! Best thing is to try and get the Auto Focus to lock on a source of light somewhere in the scene you are taking the photo of. Without that, the Auto Focus cant operate and you'll get out of focus images. Also a good idea to try and balance the camera on a wall, litter bin, railing etc as the camera will knock the shutter speed right down due to the low light, again making hand held shots very likely to be blurred.