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.
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The lens has a wide angle setting of 31mm (35mm equivalent).

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The maximum extension is 465mm.

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Image are generally pretty sharp.

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This is the central portion with good sharpness but notice the purple fringing on the white ropes.

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Macro performance down to 1cm is good.

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The wide end of the lens has some barrel distortion.