Over the next few pages we show a range of test shots. On this page the full size image at the minimum ISO setting has been reduced to let you see the full image, and below that a series of full resolution crops have taken from original images at a range of ISO settings to show the overall image quality.

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/502b5a|e576_5470-Olympus780ISOmain.jpg

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/d4174b|2f67_5470-Olympus780ISO80.jpg

At ISO 80 the shot is a lot darker than usual, and there is visible noise in the mid-tone areas.

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/544fa0|4750_5470-Olympus780ISO100.jpg

Not much different at ISO 100.

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/d078df|3a26_5470-Olympus780ISO200.jpg

A little more noisy at ISO 200, but still not too bad.

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/baec46|60d3_5470-Olympus780ISO400.jpg

At ISO 400 the noise is now getting to be a problem, with reduced fine detail and colour saturation.

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/8b96a2|39ff_5470-Olympus780ISO800.jpg

Noise is significantly worse at ISO 800, with some nasty colour distortion.

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/4a50f2|e0a9_5470-Olympus780ISO1600.jpg

Image quality is very poor at the maximum ISO 1600, with all shadow detail blurred out and lousy colour reproduction.

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/f5911d|5b99_5470-Olympus780ISOmax.jpg

This is the full frame at ISO 1600.

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