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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The new kit lens is a lot better than the old one, with better corner detail.

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This is a full-res crop from the picture above.

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This was shot hand-held at 1/4 of a second. That's Raphael Ravenscroft, best known for the iconic saxophone solo on Gerry Raferty's song Baker Street. You'll notice that he looks nothing at all like Bob Holness.

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The autofocus system is fast and accurate, quick enough even for spur-of-the-moment shots.

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