Image quality, ISO 6400

Sony has vastly improved its noise-reduction feature in recent cameras. While there's still some obvious artifacts here, there's a much better balance between sharpness and color noise reduction than I'm used to seeing in photos shot with older models. The light source was an LED light, which routinely causes problems for automatic white balance algorithms, hence the golden cast.

(A55; 1/50 sec, f9, ISO 6400, centerweighted metering, AWB, 28-75mm f2.8 lens at 75mm, standard Creative Style)

August 23, 2010 9:00 PM PDT

Photo by: Lori Grunin/CNET

| Caption by: Lori Grunin