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Title: Overspecified, with too many compromises
Review: This camera has a great zoom range but, on the other side, the lens' quality seems to be below average, with a lot of distortion, chromatic aberrations, noticeable corner softness.Also, the sensor/processor combo seems to be a step backwards from previous models, in terms of image quality. The pics look soft and there are a lot of visible compression artifacts, due to the lack of fine quality mode.All of this translates in poor images, which may look good resized at 5 megapixels, or in small prints, but then, why would you want an eight megapixel camera that only delivers pictures with quality on par with 5 mp cameras, from 2 or 3 years ago. A Huge step backwards for sony, if you ask me.
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