The 2.5x digital telephoto softens the image details a fair amount and loses resolution as well. Noise also appears to increase slightly. The large amount of blue in this image often tricks digicams into overcompensating, but the 315's automatic white balance system produces a nice color balance. Skin tones look pretty good, though maybe a touch warm, and the blue of the Oriental model's robe looks nearly accurate. Resolution looks nice, with a lot of detail visible on the bird wings and silver threads of the blue robe.
Details also appear reasonably sharp throughout.
As we noticed in the House poster, the 315 has trouble with color gradations between dark and light tones, producing abrupt color changes. We see this effect here in the strands of each model's hair, as well as in the highlights of their lips and in the flower garland of the blonde model. The violin strings show a slight moire pattern, which is typical of many digicams. Noise is moderately high throughout the image, with a brighter grain pattern than in the other test images. Overall, we would have rated the 315 quite highly for it's handling of this shot, but the tonal breaks drop its performance considerably.