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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 SD970 Comparison
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12.Samsung HZ15W Comparison
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13.Sony T900 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: 4.4mm Taken outdoors, on a partly cloudy day. Shot in program mode with automatic white balance. Even though it was fairly bright out, the camera didn’t use a smaller aperture, though it could have. The highlights in the clouds blow out. |
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Focal length: 4.4mm
ISO: 80 Shot in program mode, with macro enabled, and a manual white balance. Just after a rainstorm, this water drop was suspended from a statue’s nose, and provided a gorgeous macro shot. The maximum aperture of f/2.8 allowed for a very sharp area at the center of the image, and a soft background. |
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Focal length: 11.3 These three shots were all taken under exactly the same shooting conditions, but with different levels of noise reduction. From this you can see if ramping it up improves anything dramatically. In our opinion, the noise reduction does improve the image noise levels, but the sharpness loss is dramatic, especially at +2. |
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Noise reduction: 0 |
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Noise reduction: +2 |
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Focal length: 6.8mm This shot shows a group of familiar objects with immediately recognizable colors. It was shot under a combination of fluorescent and incandescent illumination, using automatic white balance. The camera struggled with dark greens, blues and oranges. |
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Still Life Examples
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| Panasonic DMC-FX580 | Canon SD970 IS | Samsung HZ15W | Sony DSC-T900 |
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ISO 80
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| Panasonic DMC-FX580 | Canon SD970 IS | Samsung HZ15W | Sony DSC-T900 |
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| Panasonic DMC-FX580 | Canon SD970 IS | Samsung HZ15W | Sony DSC-T900 |
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| Panasonic DMC-FX580 | Canon SD970 IS | Samsung HZ15W | Sony DSC-T900 |
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| Panasonic DMC-FX580 | Canon SD970 IS | Samsung HZ15W | Sony DSC-T900 |
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| Panasonic DMC-FX580 | Canon SD970 IS | Samsung HZ15W | Sony DSC-T900 |
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| Panasonic DMC-FX580 | Canon SD970 IS | Samsung HZ15W | Sony DSC-T900 |
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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