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Compact digital camera wide angle geometry comparison
| To measure geometric distortion we photographed a custom test chart consisting
of a grid pattern with perfectly straight lines. Here are the results for
the cameras at their widest focal lengths. The images were analysed with
Imatest using 5th Order line calculation and the full areas presented here
at a reduced resolution. The Canon, Pentax and Sony cameras performed roughly the same, exhibiting a typical degree of geometric distortion at wide angle. The Fujifilm F11 boasted an above average result here. |
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Canon PowerShot A620 |
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Fujifilm FinePix F11 |
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35-140mm at 35mm Distortion: 2.7% barrel |
36-108mm at 36mm Distortion: 1.53% barrel |
37-112mm at 37mm Distortion: 2.7% barrel |
38-114mm at 38mm Distortion: 2.89% barrel |
Compact digital camera telephoto geometry comparison
| To measure geometric distortion we photographed a custom test chart consisting
of a grid pattern with perfectly straight lines. Here are the results for
the cameras at their longest focal lengths. The images were analysed with
Imatest using 5th Order line calculation and the full areas presented here
at a reduced resolution. Zoomed-in to telephoto, the Canon and Sony models again exhibited average distortion, although the Pentax S6 was measurably worse in this respect. Once again though, the Fujifilm F11 took the lead. |
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Canon PowerShot A620
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35-140mm at 140mm
Distortion: 0.271% pincushion |
36-108mm at 108mm
Distortion: 0.176% barrel |
37-112mm at 112mm
Distortion: 0.985% barrel |
38-114mm at 114mm
Distortion: 0.255% pincushion |
| Fujifilm FinePix F11 See FinePix F30 review and video tour |
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-N1 See Sony N2 review and video tour |
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