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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This is a crop from the image above. The level of fine detail is excellent.

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The Nikkor lens produces some barrel distortion at the wide angle setting...

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...however the camera has a special Distortion Control menu option which corrects this. It is very effective.

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Centre sharpness is excellent.

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Corner sharpness is also good, only fading in the very far corner of the frame.

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