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Introduction
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01.Product Tour
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02.Color
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03.Noise
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04.Resolution
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05.Video
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06.Sample Photos
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07.Playback
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08.Hardware
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09.Controls
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10.Design & Handling
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11.Canon SX120 IS Comparison
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12.Nikon L100 Comparison
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13.Panasonic ZS3 Comparison
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14.Conclusion
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15.Photo Gallery
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16.Comments
Sample Photos
Sample Photos
In the following sample images, clicking on the larger image will download the full resolution original. Each photo is accompanied by four actual-size crops.
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Focal length: 14.2mm In this shot of a selection of common consumer goodies, you can get a feel for how well the Z950 captures color. This was shot in the Natural Color mode, in program mode under mixed fluorescent and incandescent lighting. In the crops below, you can see how the camera shows some over sharpening; the edge of the cup is a little jagged, and there is a slight fringe to it caused by the processing the camera does. |
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Focal length: 6.2mm
ISO: 100 This shot of a performer getting ready for the HONK! 2009 festival was taken with the camera on program mode. For this shot, the camera chose a fast shutter speed and open aperture, which enabled it to keep the ISO low. As you can see from the crops below, the noise in the images is low, but the highlights (such as the sunny side of the gold fabric on the blue meanie’s chest) are rather blown out; there is just no detail left in them. |
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Focal length: 6.2mm This shot of the state of my iPhone after a close encounter with a set of stairs illustrates one of the issues with the Z950; the poor macro mode. the camera could not focus in any closer: 4 inches is the closest that the camera can focus. So, you can forget getting the sort of close-up macro shots you see on nature programs. |
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Focal length: 6.2mm This shot was taken in the landscape scene mode on a typical Boston dull day. Although the camera was in the landscape mode, it did not increase the aperture beyond f/3.5, which means that the closer objects are in focus, but the more distant ones are not. If you look at the crop of the leaves below, you can also see how the photo gets rather soft at the edges: the details of the leaves are rather lost in the haze. |
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Still Life Examples
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| Kodak Z950 | Canon SX120 IS | Nikon L100 | Panasonic DMC-ZS3 |
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NOTE: The images above are not used in our testing or scoring, but are included here to show real-world examples of the differences between cameras at the various ISO settings.
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