Image 1. Even under good light some mottling of what should be smooth tones can be seen. Fine details like brickwork, are not being recorded well.
Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec
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Image 2. Purple fringing is well controlled though the sky blue is pink in areas, something we see a lot with the Arena.
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Image 3. Distortion is pretty much absent in views like this and sharpness is generally good.
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Image 4. This contrasty scene has been exposed well.
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Image 5. This is a testing shot with some sharp edge detail that tends to break up - technically known as 'aliasing'. It makes us wonder if the true resolution of the camera is lower than the claimed 5 megapixels.
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ISO: 80
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Image 6. Even when focused down to a few inches, the extreme depth of field this camera exhibits means even distant objects are hardly out of focus.
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Image 7. Macro performance is not bad at all, though the autofocus tended to lock onto areas we weren't aiming for.
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ISO: 80
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Image 8. Macro again.
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Image 9. At closest macro focus the camera sees about six centimetres across the frame, which is very good, though barrel distortion is evident.
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ISO: 80
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Image 10.
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Image 11.
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Image 12.
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Image 13.
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Image 14.
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Image 15.
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Image 16.
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Image 17.
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Image 18.
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Image 19.
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Image 20.
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Image 21. This ISO 400 shot does show a lot of noise and much of it is chroma speckling.
Shutter Speed: 80/1000 sec
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ISO: 400
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Image 22. Image quality at ISO 800 is not a disaster, but it's badly affected by chroma noise and banding. ISO 800 is only to be used in extreme circumstances where flash is forbidden.
Shutter Speed: 39/1000 sec
Aperture: f 2.79998779297
ISO: 800
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Image 23. ISO 200 image quality is respectable.
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ISO: 200
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Image 24. ISO 100 is free of noticeable noise, but by then it's difficult to keep things steady and this shot does suffer from camera shake.
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ISO: 100
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Image 25. The wide dynamic range from the bright outdoors area to the shaded areas in the foreground are reproduced remarkably well.
Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f 2.79998779297
ISO: 80
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Image 26. This shot was recorded in 1.2 megapixel mode.
Shutter Speed: 60/1000 sec
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ISO: 80
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Image 27. The colour and dynamic range of this outdoor shot is remarkably good for a camera phone. Skin tones are reproduced very well too.
Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: f 2.79998779297
ISO: 80
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Image 28. Although shutter lag is a problem, action photography, even under relatively low light, is perfectly possible with the LG Arena as long as you can anticipate the action.
Shutter Speed: 6/1000 sec
Aperture: f 2.79998779297
ISO: 80
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Image 29. A 1.2 megapixel resolution shot like this is fine for web or email use, but is only just adequate for a 6x4 inch print.
Shutter Speed: 3/1000 sec
Aperture: f 2.79998779297
ISO: 80
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Image 30. Colour can become slightly muted when the light drops and the ISO speed rises.
Shutter Speed: 60/1000 sec
Aperture: f 2.79998779297
ISO: 200
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