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Compact digital camera group test Gordon Laing, December 2005


 



 




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/ Resolution / Noise / Corner sharpness / Fringe and macro / Geometry / Vignetting

Outdoor scene - Compact digital camera comparison

  To compare real-life performance we shot the same scene with all cameras within moments of each other using their best quality JPEG settings, lowest ISO and Automatic exposure modes. The crops are taken from the originals and presented here at 100%.

Sony's N1 may have the highest resolution, but in these crops it's matched by Fujifilm's F11. The Sony is also let down by softness on the edges of its images. Canon's A620 is very close to the F11, and all are visibly sharper and more detailed than the Pentax S6.

Canon PowerShot A620
Fujifilm FinePix F11
Pentax Optio S6
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1
1/200, f4, 50 ISO
1/400, f3.7, 80 ISO
1/160, f3.6, 64 ISO
1/160, f5.6, 64 ISO
1/200, f4, 50 ISO
1/400, f3.7, 80 ISO
1/160, f3.6, 64 ISO
1/160, f5.6, 64 ISO
1/200, f4, 50 ISO
1/400, f3.7, 80 ISO
1/160, f3.6, 64 ISO
1/160, f5.6, 64 ISO

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