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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Massive over-compression and image noise at 100 ISO have robbed this picture of the kind of fine detail I'd expect from an 8MP camera.

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The great pity of the J50 is that the lens is actually very good, with virtually no distortion at wide angle.

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Centre sharpness is very good.

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Even in the corners the lens is nice and sharp. A pity the sensor and processor can't match it.

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