Overall, a somewhat disappointing performance. This shot is always a very tough test of a camera's white balance capability, given the strong, yellowish color cast of the household incandescent bulbs used for the lighting, and the 315's automatically controlled white balance system does a pretty good job. Color balance appears somewhat magenta, but isn't too bad overall, especially considering the camera's limited exposure control. Not having an exposure compensation adjustment, the 315 produces a very dark image in this shot. The ability to lighten the exposure may have lessened the magenta color cast.
Noise level remains moderately high, as with the other indoor portrait.
Overall, the 315 doesn't do too well indoors, but we found that the images cleaned up fairly well with simple adjustments in image editing software. The 315's automatic white balance does a nice job with this shot, producing an accurate white value and good color overall. Detail and resolution look good, and reasonably sharp. The camera seems to have some trouble with the color gradation in the shrubbery and trees, showing abrupt contrasts between light and dark tones with no visible blending. This pattern also occurs in the brick outline and gives the image an illustration effect.