I was looking at the street sign, and the house number across the street.
To my untrained eye they are NOT very crisp. In one of the photos I can clearly read the sign. Im most of the photos the house number is hard to make out.
I would think that even for the small size of the sensor, those 2 items should look sharper.
I do NOT know if this is due to bit rate, focus, or I am just expecting too much. My cell phone is only 5MP and it takes better pictures.
Unfortunately because of the design of the lens it probably will not permit the camera to place such small items in crisp super sharp focus. If I tweaked the lens I may be able to get it a touch sharper than it currently is but not by much. Honestly I would need a new lens to get a more crisp photo.
HERE IS A TEST ANYONE CAN TRY TO TEST THEIR CAMERA IMAGE QUALITY
Just snap a photo of something that has objects near/far. Because you want to see the best crispness in the photo, use image setting of Gorgeous (this adds sharpening to the image).
Next, look at the photo on your computer in whatever photo viewing software you use. You should be able to ZOOM in on the image. ZOOM in to 100% ZOOM and look at an object(s) in the distance. If they are in focus, then your camera is set as it should be. If they are blurry, then your focus is not correctly set. Your Focus should look the same in the center, top, bottom, left and right of image. If distant trees look like one big mass of green with no definition then your focus is not correct.
Here is an example. This is the same boring image from above. There are a total of 7 photos at different zoom rates. Notice that at 100% zoom everything in the distance looks OK (not spectacular, but OK). Then at 200% zoom and beyond we begin to see the limitations of the camera lens and enhancement software built into the camera (i.e., the image setting of Gorgeous).
The photos are:
- 0% Zoom (full image) - Image looks great on an overcast day
- 50% Zoom - Image looks great
- 100% Zoom - The image sharpening from the "Gorgeous" setting is noticable around the edges of trees and distant objects. Objects are in focus. Distant trees and objects look as they should.
- 200% Zoom - Image sharpening is very apparent, objects are starting to become blotchy (definition in distant objects is being lost)
- 300% Zoom - Starting to get that "watercolor" painting effect due to definition in the picture just not being there
- 400% Zoom - Objects with straight lines are starting to get the jagged edges.
- 600% Zoom - This is like zooming into a postage stamp at this zoom factor. Blotchy and jagged edges everywhere but one can still make out what they are seeing in the image.