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

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The level of detail isn't bad for a 7.1MP camera.

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At the wide-angle end, the lens produces noticeable barrel distortion.

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This corner crop from the above image shows the poor edge sharpness of the lens.

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Colour reproduction is excellent, and the exposure is also very good.

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This corner crop from the top left of the above image shows some rather severe fringing around the highlights, as well as corner blurring.

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