Canon Digital IXUS 85 IS - Test shots - Detail and lens perfomance

A range of general test shots are shown over the next two pages. In some cases, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it to show the overall image quality. Some other pictures may be clicked to view the original full-size image.

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Here's the usual detail test shot of the West Window of Exeter Cathedral, for you to compare with other cameras. See below for a full res crop, or click to see the whole picture.

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Near to the centre of the frame the level of sharp fine detail is very impressive.

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The Canon lens produces quite a lot of barrel distortion at the wide-angle end.

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Centre sharpness is very good...

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...but there is a lot of blurring in the corners of the frame, as well as some purple fringing.

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The barrel distortion hasn't completely disappeared even at the telephoto end of the zoom range.

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