Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 - Test shots - Detail and lens perfomance

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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Close to the centre of the frame, the level of sharpness and fine detail is impressive.

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The "Carl Zeiss" lens produces horrible barrel distortion at the wide angle end, and the shot is also slightly over-exposed.

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Centre sharpness is good, but you can see traces of chromatic distortion even here.

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The cyan and green fringes here are caused by chromatic aberration, the lens not focusing all colours at the same point.

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At the telephoto end, pincushion distortion squeezes in the sides of this shot.

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