To test the device, I set to automatic mode and took two photos of the same object after taking care to disconnect the flash: one with a lit electric light (100 watt bulb); the other in complete darkness.
Both pictures are correct. The second is a little fuzzy, which is normal given the exposure time due to the lack of flash. Its colors are false. The other is glossy. His colors are fairly accurate (no more), but all derive, and whatever the object photographed on the red. It appears that the sensor or the image processing leaves, from this point of view, to be desired.
The dynamic is execrable: the highlights are burned; shadows are clogged. The contrasting scenes, which abound in the summer, are abused.
These two major flaws explain my rating of three stars only.
The sharpness seems to Zeiss appointment. The limited zoom (only 5 times) is the goal of quality. The model "superior" (DSC WX-100), which has a 10 X zoom, Zeiss is not stamped, but only Sony. Carl Zeiss accepts indeed lend its brand (the stamped Zeiss lenses are manufactured in Asia by a Japanese company in a specification imposed by Carl Zeiss) lenses as satisfying quality standards. Or, for a price area and unit size data, it is much more difficult to manufacture quality zooms when the Extender is high, ideally, all things being equal, to be content with a fixed focus.
That is why (and not for the price difference, quite minimal) I preferred the WX 50 WX at 100. There is evidence, moreover, that very long lenses are rarely used in photography and that it is therefore preferable to settle for a more modest development zoom or a fixed focal length.
To conclude: a fairly good camera, very elegant, very light and compact, making pretty good images infidels colors, pulling on the red too, all for a vibrant leaving much to be desired.
Not worth probably no more than its price. But what compact will have better performance in this price range?
One more information: The device is available in different colors (light blue, dark red, black, silver).
