Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1

	Sample Photos
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Sample Photos

In the following sample images, clicking on the larger image will download the full resolution original. Each photo is accompanied by three actual-size crops.

Macro Sample
			ISO: 125 Shutter speed: 1/1000 Aperture: f/2.8 Focal length: 5mm This macro shot was taken in the HX1's shutter priority mode to try and freeze the movement of the bee. As you can see from the crops below, there is still some noise in the image, and some of the details are still a little soft.
			On these 100% crops, you can see the noise, as well as some JPEG compression artifacts.

Landscape sample
			ISO: 125 Shutter speed: 1/800 Aperture: f/4.5 Focal length:36.10mm This landscape shot was taken in the iAuto mode, where the camera chose the landscape mode. Although the image is sharp at the center (see the first crop), it does get very soft at the edges (see the third crop, taken from the bottom right)

Panorama Sample
			ISO: 125 Shutter speed: 1/500 Aperture: f/4 Focal length:5mm This sample was taken using the vertical panorama mode of the camera, where the camera creates the panorama               within the camera. If you look at the crops below, you can see a few places where the camera has not correctly melded the  exposures together.

Low light Sample
			ISO: 3200 Shutter speed: 0.8 sec Aperture: f/4 Focal length: 16.9mm This low light sample was taken with the camera on a tripod with a single light on in our test lab. As you can see, this high ISO value brings in a lot of noise, but the camera did a good job of capturing the colors of our fake flowers.

Still Life Examples

Below are example shots of our still life setup, shot under good lighting conditions with the cameras on auto, apart from the ISO setting. Click on any of the images to see the original file, but remember that these files are often several megabytes in size.

	Still Life Comparisons
	Sony DSC-HX1	Nikon P90	Canon SX1	Olympus SP-590UZ
ISO 80 (64 for Nikon and Olympus)
ISO 100 (125 for the Sony)
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 800
ISO 1600
ISO 3200
ISO 6400

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.

Nikon P90	Canon SX1	Olympus SP-590UZ
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