A range of test shots are shown over the next two pages. Here, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and in some case a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it in order for you to gain an appreciation of the overall quality.

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Here's the usual shot of Exeter Cathedral's West Window for detail comparison. I take this same shot with every compact camera I test. Click on the image to see it full size or look at the 100 percent crop below.

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Image quality is about the same as the Pentax T30, in other words about average for a 7MP compact.

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The Pentax Sliding Lens System produces some barrel distortion at the wide-angle end, but it's not too bad and the overall sharpness is good.

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This full-res crop from the above image shows good corner sharpness.

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Colour rendition and exposure are very good.

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This is a crop from the top left of the above image, showing some purple fringing against the highlights.

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