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 my usual detail test shot, the West Window of Exeter Cathedral. See below for a full res crop, or click to see the whole picture.

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The overall level of detail is low for a 7mp camera. Compare this with the Nikon S200 I reviewed last week.

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Quite a bit of wide-angle barrel distortion from the folded-optics lens.

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At least the edge-to-edge sharpness is good.

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