Let’s test the Macro mode now. I am actually quite impressed with the output of the pictures.

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Well, pictures taken in ample lighting looks good, but almost any camera can manage this. To really evaluate it's picture quality, I did some tests in the dark where lighting is not abundant.

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Using Normal mode, the picture quality seems quite good even without much lighting except from the lamp located at the top right of the picture which is yellowish.

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The above picture taken in Portrait mode seems abit lacking in clarity when there is little light.

Next we take a look at the Zoom capability. This videocam is capable of 8x digital zoom on paper but let's let the picture speak for itself.

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Zoomed to the max. Click to see picture before resize.