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 my 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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The picture is nice and sharp, but the overall level of detail isn't great.

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The Carl Zeiss lens produces some barrel distortion at wide angle, but it isn't too severe.

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Centre sharpness is excellent.

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The sharpness at the corner of the frame is also very good.

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The lens produces minimal picushion distortion at the telephoto end.

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