This scene was photographed indoors with a flash in a room with subdued natural lighting. This photo is taken at the widest setting of camera's zoom lens using Digital ESP metering mode. Overall exposure is good. Objects at the periphery of the image are adequately lit. When viewed at 100 percent in an image editor, there was little noise, even in the dark areas on the floor. The center of the photo is sharp, but the detail of objects were soft in areas outside the triangle formed by the camera, lamp and tripod-light. Colors are natural with good fidelity to what's seen with the naked eye. Detail outside the window is soft due to the low aperture setting chosen by the camera.

This shot tests the camera's zoom on the still life scene under the same lighting and metering conditions.

With the zoom at maximum telephoto, the camera produced a sharp and evenly exposed image with very little discernable noise. Detail was good. Although the mode dial is out of focus, texture of camera strap and numbers on the lens barrel were sharp. Colors were vivid.

This is an outdoor test shot taken in Digital ESP metering mode. The house has lots of fine detail in the shingles and slate roof, as well as the architectural design of the doorway.

Elements in the photo are sharp and the colors are true. Exposure is very good, especially the sky, which would be blown out with a less adept exposure system. Displaying the image at 100 percent in a photo editor showed no noise in the typical places--the dark spots under the eaves and in the doorway itself. Shingles on the house, panels on the door and icebreakers on the roof were sharp and nicely rendered.

Without moving from the spot that the building photo was taken, the image of the entrance to the house was captured with the camera's zoom at maximum telephoto. Image stabilization was enabled. At 100 percent view in a photo editor little noise was detected. All detail was terrific--from the peeling paint on the columns to the entrance to the leaves on the trees to the fine lines in the lace curtains in the windows. Color appeared natural and faithful to the lighting in the scene.