The crops are taken from the original images, saved as High Quality JPEGs in Photoshop CS2 and presented here at 100%. Each number represents 100 lines per picture height (lpph), so a figure of 20 means a resolution of 2000 lpph.

In terms of resolving power, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX33 delivers 1950 and 2000 lpph of horizontal and vertical resolution respectively, which is a very small improvement over its predecessor – but then we are only talking about an increase on 1 Megapixel. It’s interesting to note the FX33’s softer-looking result here, perhaps due to different image processing – we repeated this and other shots to ensure this wasn’t a testing error.

Overall, this is the kind of result we’d expect from a typical 8 megapixel compact, so no surprises here. Now let’s look at the camera handles different sensitivities in our FX33 noise results.