A sophisticated user will certainly be able to squeeze slightly better results out of the camera due to exposure compensation, etc. , but, in my opinion, a "mess" of compression artifacts, So what? With normal viewing on a computer monitor and TV, (and on A3, for sure), everything will also be decent, I' for all soap dishes) Photo examples:
Canon PowerShot A480 camera, black
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