quality In low sensitivities, the pictures are rather convincing; well colored, exposure is harmonious and white balance is neutral. When zooming on the pictures, you can see some imperfections such as purple fringing and chromatic aberrations in high-contrast...

• -Panasonic DMC-FS7
• -Sony DSC-T700
• -Panasonic DMC-FX150
• -Sony DSC-W300
• -Nikon Coolpix S710
• -Canon PowerShot A1000 IS
• -Canon PowerShot SD990 IS

were nicely exposed and appeared reasonably sharp. Shooting directly at a very bright sun reflection, I noticed chromatic aberration at the edges on high power (purple fringing, which represents an inability to bring all planes of light to a common focus)....

field and results in noise at high sensitivity settings. Sony is the first manufacturer to go beyond those limitations with their R1. Should you rush out to buy one?. At ISO 1600 noise becomes more clearly visible, with a little chromatic aberration, but...