Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX60V review – Noise, resolution and sensitivity
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX60V is capable of area-specific noise reduction, which helps to retain edge detail and avoid smudging. It can also combat noise with multi-frame NR by taking a sample of six images shot continuously and stacking them to create brighter images when shooting in low light.
While there is still some loss of resolution due to noise reduction, the HX60V improves on the performance of its predecessor right up to ISO 3200. Luminance noise becomes apparent from ISO 200, while the camera handles colour noise well throughout the range. Images shot up to ISO 800 are still printable, which is an improvement on the sensitivity at which I would have printed images from the HX50.
These images show 72ppi (100% on a computer screen) sections of images of a resolution chart, captured using the 24-720mm (equivalent) lens at 50mm. We show the section of the resolution chart where the camera starts to fail to reproduce the lines separately. The higher the number visible in these images, the better the camera’s detail resolution at the specified sensitivity setting.
