Olympus Camedia C-5060 Zoom
Review Date: 28th August 2004
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Image Quality
All of the sample images in this Review were taken using the SHQ 2592x1944 mode, which gives an image size of between 2-3Mb and allows around 160 images to be stored on a 512Mb Compact Flash memory card.
Noise
As mentioned previously in this review, the ISO range available on the Olympus C-5060 Zoom is 80-400. Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting:
ISO 80 (100% crop) |
ISO 100 (100% crop) |
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ISO 200 (100% crop) |
ISO 400 (100% crop) |
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Noise is already starting to creep in at the ISO 100 setting, and at ISO 200 and especially 400 it is quite apparent in the image when viewed at 100%.
File Quality
Here are some 100% crops which show some of the file quality settings of the Olympus C-5060 Zoom:
HQ (2592x1944) |
SHQ (2592x1944) |
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TIFF |
RAW |
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Sharpening
Here are two 100% crops which have been Saved as Web - Quality 50 in Photoshop. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. As you can see, the out-of-the camera images, which were taken at the default Sharpening setting of 0, are a little on the soft side. You can either change the in-camera setting (there are 5 levels of sharpening available) or use Photoshop or a similar program to sharpen the image.
Original 100% Crop |
Sharpened 100% Crop |
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Chromatic Aberrations
On an overcast day with bright white skies, the Olympus C-5060 Zoom suffered from some chromatic aberrations in a couple of sample photos, especially in high-contrast situations, but on the whole it coped well with the conditions. The sample 100% crop below shows some purple-fringing in a situation where I would have expected more.
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Overall Image Quality
The Olympus C-5060 Zoom improves on the results obtained with its predecessor, the C-5050 Zoom. The images from the Olympus C-5060 Zoom exhibit true-to-life colour and are not overly saturated. ISO 80 produces photos with very little noise, but the higher ISO settings are noticeably noisier. The images at the default setting could benefit from a little more sharpening, which can either be adjusted in-camera or done later on your computer using Photoshop or an equivalent software package. Chromatic aberrations are very well controlled, only appearing in a few images and even then not being too obvious. Overall I was very pleased with the images that the Olympus C-5060 Zoom delivered.
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