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To see which camera could handle white balance correctly I took a very simple shot of a mostly white subject next to an incandescent lamp.

Nikon Coolpix 950	Canon Powershot Pro 70

As you can see neither camera did a perfect job, the Coolpix 950 faired better than the Pro 70 but had a slight yellowish blue cast, the Pro 70 left the image looking very warm. One interesting thing that this shot brought out (which I'd not noticed previously) was the amount of blue/yellow noise on 950 shots in this level of light.

(200% magnification)

In the example below the Pro 70 made a much better job of white balance and image sharpness (probably a result of more accurate focusing).

Nikon Coolpix 950	Canon Powershot Pro 70

Here's a magnification of detail from both cameras:

Coolpix 950 Moire Effect

I took this shot of a photograph from a National Geographic 100 years book with both cameras, much to my surprise the Coolpix 950 image showed some pretty bad moire effect from the halftone used by the magazine.

On a sub-note (the original reason for taking the shot) the Pro70's rendition of colour and balance is almost identical to the original image:

Nikon Coolpix 950	Canon Powershot Pro 70
AUTO whitebalance
INCANDESCENT whitebalance (too yellow)