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Compact digital camera group test Gordon Laing, December 2005


 



 




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

Compact digital camera corner sharpness comparison

  To measure corner sharpness we photographed our test chart with each camera set to its best quality JPEG settings. We used the lenses at their widest and longest focal lengths and with various apertures; note compact cameras often have limited aperture options, preventing us from always selecting the same settings. The crops are taken from the lower left corner of the chart and presented here at 100%.

The Canon A620 is sharpest overall in its corners, although the Fujifilm F11 comes close, especially at wide angle. Sadly, despite being pin sharp in the middle, the Sony N1 is let down by soft corners, although closing the aperture helps. Note the Pentax only has two aperture settings.

Canon PowerShot A620
Fujifilm FinePix F11
Pentax Optio S6
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1
Canon PowerShot A620 at 35mm f2.8
Fujifilm FinePix F11 at 36mm f2.8
Pentax Optio S6 ar 37mm f2.7
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 at 38mm f2.8
35-140mm at 35mm f2.8
36-108mm at 36mm f2.8
37-112mm at 37mm f2.7
38-114mm at 38mm f2.8
Canon PowerShot A620 at 35mm f5.6
Fujifilm FinePix F11 at 36mm f5.7
Pentax Optio S6 at 37mm f4.3
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 at 38mm f4
35-140mm at 35mm f5.6
36-108mm at 36mm f5.7
37-112mm at 37mm f4.3
38-114mm at 38mm f4
Canon PowerShot A620 at 35mm f8
Fujifilm FinePix F11 at 36mm f8
Pentax Optio S6 - only two aperture settings available
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 at 38mm f8
35-140mm at 35mm f8
36-108mm at 36mm f8
Only two aperture settings available
38-114mm at 38mm f8
             
Canon PowerShot A620
Fujifilm FinePix F11
Pentax Optio S6
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1
Canon PowerShot A620 at 140mm f4.1
Fujifilm FinePix F11 at 108mm f4.9
Pentax Optio S6 at 112mm f5.2
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 at 114mm f5.4
35-140mm at 140mm f4.1
36-108mm at 108mm f4.9
37-112mm at 112mm f5.2
38-114mm at 114mm f5.4
Canon PowerShot A620 at 140mm f5.6
Fujifilm FinePix F11 at 108mm f5.6
Pentax Optio S6 at 112mm f8.3
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 at 114mm f8
35-140mm at 140mm f5.6
36-108mm at 108mm f5.6
37-112mm at 112mm f8.3
38-114mm at 114mm f8
Canon PowerShot A620 at 140mm f8
Fujifilm FinePix F11 at 108mm f8
Pentax Optio S6 - only two aperture settings available
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 at 114mm f16
35-140mm at 140mm f8
36-108mm at 108mm f8
Only two aperture settings available
38-114mm at 114mm f16

Results continued...

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


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