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Sony ZV-1 Review. Fujfilm XV Full Review. Top 17 Best Cameras For Kids You write: "the pictures are ideal for those who prefer to share on the web". OK, but then 16 mp is way over the top. Quote: You write: "the pictures are ideal for those who prefer to share on the web". The problem is that if the manufacturers put something like ten mp's in these sort of cameras the image quality would possibly be better but nobody would buy them on the basis of such a low mp sensor. You must be a member to leave a comment.
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Photography Competitions. Directory Pages Search for all the latest photography gear and services in our dedicated photography directories. Calibrate your monitor so you can see 16 different shades :. To be fair, it only occurs in the darker areas of the picture and looks mostly like salt and pepper noise. Mid-tones and highlights remain ok. It's obvious noise reduction software is at work, though, so the problem could be worse than we're led to believe.
The problem with noise gets slowly worse as we rise through the settings. Detail starts to dissipate at ISO as the noise reduction software attempts damage control. Edges are still sharp, but at full magnification, noise is starting to be noticeable on mid-tones. Edges start to suffer at ISO with noise beginning to break them down. Detail in darker areas such as shadows has all but disappeared. Noise also starts to become noticeable at normal viewing distance.
The final setting has blobs of noise all over the darker areas, so kudos to the noise reduction software for keeping it at bay up until this point. It looks pretty bad, but let's look at it from a comparison of other cameras: Yes, noise shows through early and that's not a good thing.
However, the noise reduction system does seem to keep it relatively under control. ISO is a much better result than we've seen from other cameras that have been better at low ISO. However, we generally use the 35mm equivalent distances and in this case that would be 28—mm. Adding some sharpening to a low ISO image certainly benefits the picture, but if you go over ISO , the noise simply gets worse.
We found traces of chromatic aberration on high contrasting sharp edges. It was noticeable with black on white and white on black. That's good enough for most situations. The image quality does drop out quite early, which isn't a good sign. We expect it to do just that, but maybe not at such an early stage in the frame. Vignetting occurs at wide-angle whether the flash is used or not.
This disappears on zooming out fully. Using flash simply stabilises any dappled light. The flash is an intelligent version in which it compliments the ambient light and simply helps it along. We did see a flash of red in the eyes even when the red-eye reduction was switched on.
Upon closer inspection, it's not red-eye, but looks more like a type of chroma around the catch-light from the flash. The Canon PowerShot A IS has a Night scene mode as well as the Program mode being able to get long enough exposures as long as the camera is steady.
In our test, taken at around 5am, the Program mode used a 1 second exposure with the sensitivity forced to ISO The resolution also drops from 16 megapixel to a more sedate 4 megapixel. Arguably because of the amount of noise that a full size image would generate. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way.
This is a sample movie at the quality setting of x at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 41 second movie is Mb in size. Still, each manufacturer has to have a range of cameras that target a market that isn't interested in the newest feature. Some people simply want a picture taking machine. That's what a camera such as the A IS is. It has the technology that's been passed down through the years from higher spec cameras with some general improvements in programming to keep the image quality up to the standard that we expect.
If you use it on anything higher than ISO , you're going to get noise showing through — even with the noise reduction system. If you want the smoothest images it can give, you need to have bright sunlight or use flash all the time when it's not bright sunlight. The flash is intelligent and does supplement ambient light. It's not designed to take over unless there isn't any ambient light.
That's not bad going for the price. It gets a little let down on the battery door being only plastic. A bit of metal to strengthen it wouldn't go amiss. We also don't like the rubber USB port covers, although we have to thankful that they're covered at all. Some cameras don't have them.
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