General Image Quality
For these pictures, the camera was reset to its factory default setting. Then, it was set to its highest quality recording setting. The pictures were then taken in Auto mode. Click on a thumbnail to view the full-size image. The crops below the thumbnails are 100%. Click to enlarge. |  Click to enlarge. |  Click to enlarge. |
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| In this first crop, we can see that the CP5200 is capable of capturing a good amount of detail. In addition, the picture has a very even exposure. | In this image, although the camera overexposed the sky, car, and other bright white objects on the left side of the frame, we can see that the Nikon ED lens helped to avoid any significant chromatic aberrations. The main subjects in the image (the dumpsters) are well-exposed and sharp. | This image is exposed properly and the colors are well-balanced. However, there is some loss of detail in the shadows to the left of the door. |
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| This image shows a fair amount of grain, but detail is not lost and the color is right on. | In this macro shot, the subject is clear while the background is thrown softly out of focus. The colors are nicely saturated, detail is high, and image grain is not an issue. | Again, in this macro image, the lines are sharp and the colors are pleasant. |
Our outdoor images look pretty good overall. Despite the CP5200's tendency to produce slightly grainy pictures, the level of detail seems unaffected. In the picture with the overexposed sky, there is no problem with chromatic aberrations and the main subject of the image has good detail and color balance. The CP5200 demonstrates its versatility producing sharp and nicely saturated "walk-around" pictures in addition to vibrant and well-focused macros.
Video
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