The crops show plenty of detail and no noise to worry about, although the kit lens is exhibiting some fringing in areas of high contrast.

Like the A200 before it, the A350 also displays a modest amount of sharpening with its default settings. This can be boosted if you prefer.

Another shot taken at 100 ISO, although low light meant zooming-in to a mid-way focal length to avoid shadows.

As before, the crops appear slightly soft, but a boost in sharpness can coax out plenty of detail if desired.

There is however a feeling the A350’s high pixel density is pushing the DT 18-70mm kit lens to its limits and you’d definitely be better-served with higher quality optics.

The A350’s AF tracked the approaching boat with no problems even with the basic lens, but close examination at 100% reveals a perceptible increase in noise in shadow areas.

It’s subtle and won’t concern most people, but it’s definitely there.

The A350 has done a good job of balancing ambient light with the flash and produced a natural-looking result.

Again the crops reveal lots of detail which can handle additional sharpening, but doing so will make the faint smattering of noise more apparent.

We shot his in Program mode, but a larger depth of field could have been achieved in Aperture Priority.

The increase to 400 ISO has seen a further softening of detail and a slight increase in noise.

Again it’s subtle, but it’s more apparent than most 10 Mpixel DSLRs would be at this point.

As with the previous example, close examination reveals greater textures from noise and softening of ultimate detail than you’d find with lower resolution DSLRs.

It’ll only really bother pixel peepers at this point, but it’s still worth mentioning. The push to 14 Megapixels on an APS-C sensor is having a negative impact at higher sensitivities.

Our second indoor shot was taken with the sensitivity increased to 800 ISO. Like many cameras, the A350 metered low for this shot, so we applied +1EV compensation.

As you’d expect, there’s a decrease in quality when viewed at 100%, with a noticeable increase in chroma noise. Again it’s still usable, but not as smooth as many lower resolution DSLRs.

The built-in stabilisation has however eliminated any camera shake.

Our final indoor shot was taken with the sensitivity increased to 1600 ISO.

The crops reveal a significant increase in processing artefacts and smearing of ultimate detail.

Compared to lower resolution DSLRs, the noise levels are higher, although it’s worth noting Sony’s own 10 Mpixel A200 is also no angel at higher sensitivities.

Ultimately as you’d expect, the A350’s 14 Mpixel sensor can capture a lot of detail at low sensitivities, but suffers as you increase the ISO.