Performance
Evaluative metering generally produces bright, well-exposed images, which, when combined with the standard or vivid colour settings, make for great pictures that need little editing before printing or displaying.
Edge details are sharp, although the default noise reduction does blur surface texture, even at ISO 400. I would recommend turning down the noise reduction to its low setting to increase the detail at the expense of introducing some luminance and colour noise. With no raw-shooting option, it is important to get the noise reduction and sharpening settings correctly set in-camera.
The lens focuses steadily, without being exceptionally fast. Optically, it is sharp in the centre, but there is a little fall-off in sharpness at the edges. I found that the 24-100mm 35mm-equivalent focal length worked well, offering a good range for landscapes, travel and portraiture.
One of the only issues with the image quality is that there is severe purple fringing on high-contrast edges of an image. This can cause issues if you are photographing landscapes with a treeline against an overcast sky. It is odd that the P310 does not have an automatic lens correction feature to remove this purple fringing.
Image: Colour and images have a good level of contrast
