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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.Nikon S630 Comparison
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13.Panasonic FX580 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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ISO: 80 Taken outdoors on a cloudy day, using automatic white balance, and forest color mode. The forest color mode brightens the foliage noticeably. The difference in sharpness between the center and periphery is also visible. |
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ISO: 400 Shot in macro mode, with white balance set to cloudy. The high ISO was necessitated by the poor light conditions, and lousy weather. The cloudy white balance gave everything a reddish tinge, even on normal color mode. With ISO 400 noise starts to become visible at full size. |
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ISO: 80 This still life is based around objects of known color, so you can see easily, based on the real world, how the camera handles color performance. The HZ15W’s most accurate color mode was ‘calm’, though it had some issues with orange and blue. |
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ISO: 1600 Shot under very low light, using the highest full-resolution ISO, with automatic white balance. The camera had trouble metering this situation properly. With the photo scaled down to the extent seen on the left, it doesn’t look too bad, but the full size crops show just how bad the noise actually is. |
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Still Life Examples
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| Samsung HZ15W | Canon SD970 IS | Nikon S630 | Panasonic DMC-FX580 |
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| Samsung HZ15W | Canon SD970 IS | Nikon S630 | Panasonic DMC-FX580 |
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| Samsung HZ15W | Canon SD970 IS | Nikon S630 | Panasonic DMC-FX580 |
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| Samsung HZ15W | Canon SD970 IS | Nikon S630 | Panasonic DMC-FX580 |
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| Samsung HZ15W | Canon SD970 IS | Nikon S630 | Panasonic DMC-FX580 |
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| Samsung HZ15W | Canon SD970 IS | Nikon S630 | Panasonic DMC-FX580 |
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| Samsung HZ15W | Canon SD970 IS | Nikon S630 | Panasonic DMC-FX580 |
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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