Sony Cyber-shot HX100V review

Is Sony's 30x optical zoom HX100V the superzoom market leader?

Sony Cyber-shot HX100V
A great all-round 30x superzoom camera

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As part of our image quality testing for the Sony Cybershot DSC-HX100V, we've shot our resolution chart

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 100 the Sony Cybershot DSC-HX100V is capable of resolving up to around 24 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG file

sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v iso100

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v iso100

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 100

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 100

ISO 100, score: 24 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 125

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 125

ISO 125, score: 24 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 160

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 160

ISO 160, score: 22 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 200

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 200

ISO 200, score: 22 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 250

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 250

ISO 250, score: 22 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 320

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 320

ISO 320, score: 22 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 400

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 400

ISO 400, score: 22 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 500

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 500

ISO 500, score: 20 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 640

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 640

ISO 640, score: 20 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 800

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 800

ISO 800, score: 20 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 1000

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 1000

ISO 1000, score: 18 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 1250

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 1250

ISO 1250, score: 18 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 1600

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 1600

ISO 1600, score: 18 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 2000

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 2000

ISO 2000, score: 16 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 2500

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 2500

ISO 2500, score: 16 (see full image)

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 3200

Sony cybershot dsc-hx100v resolution iso 3200

ISO 3200, score: 16 (see full image)