Landscape: 6.6MB, Program, 1/500, f7.1, 100 ISO, 14-42mm at 14mm (28mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Landscape: 6.32MB, Program, 1/200, f5.6, 100 ISO, 14-42mm at 14mm (28mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Landscape: 6.08MB, Program, 1/320, f8, 200 ISO, 14-42mm at 42mm (84mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Portrait: 6.52MB, Program, 1/125, f5.6, 100 ISO, 14-42mm at 28mm (56mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Macro: 5.03MB, Macro mode, 1/160, f4.5, 100 ISO, 14-42mm at 14mm (28mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Portrait: 6.72MB, Program, 1/60, f3.5, 100 ISO, 14-42mm at 14mm (28mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Landscape: 6.82MB, Program, 1/400, f7.1, 200 ISO, 14-42mm at 14mm (28mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Interior: 6.71MB, Program, 1/125, f4, 400 ISO, 14-42mm at 14mm (28mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Interior: 5.96MB, Program, 1/100, f5.6, 800 ISO, 14-42mm at 42mm (84mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Interior: 4.92MB, Aperture Priority, 1/20, f4.5, 1600 ISO, 14-42mm at 14mm (28mm equiv) Click image to access original at Flickr Now check out our verdict!

The following images were taken with an Panasonic Lumix GF2 in Program mode using the Lumix G 14-42mm kit zoom. The GF2 was set to its best quality 12 Megapixel resolution with Auto White Balance and ISO sensitivity set manually. Image stabilisation was enabled for these hand-held shots

All of the images below are available to download in larger or their original formats for analysis. Click on the desired image to access the files at Flickr.

Note: you may wish to open a number of galleries for direct comparison of detail and noise: Olympus E-PL2 sample images, Sony Alpha NEX-3 / 5 sample images.