Good skin tones in all three models, just-right color otherwise too. Detail on this shot is well within the mainstream for 1.0 megapixel cameras. As before, the table below shows examples of all combinations of image size and quality. In Macro mode, the DC215's focus is fixed at 8 inches, and the zoom is fixed at its telephoto position. As noted earlier, the DC215 has amazingly good color for an inexpensive digicam, once again borne out by this test.
Tonal range is also surprisingly good.
It even produced a usable, albeit dark, image at a light level of 2 foot-candles. This agreed well with the results of our own tests, which showed the flash being adequately bright out to about 9 feet, but then fading fairly quickly after that point. The DC215 actually performed somewhat better on our resolution test than we'd expected, representing a significant improvement over the earlier DC210. Visual resolution was approximately 600 lines per picture height in both vertical and horizontal directions, although there was some aliasing at that frequency. Performance at wide angle and telephoto focal lengths was about the same.