In such situations, even a slight loss in image quality could have serious consequences.

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"Revenue loss and image damage is a concern, " said Benny Ng, an operations manager for the chain.

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The ISO 3, 200 should obviously be kept to extreme situations, with a significant loss of image detail, but the shots were better than no shot at all, which is the general point.

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