Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 Review

June 11, 2014 | Mark Goldstein | Rating star Rating star Rating star Rating star

Introduction

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 is a new version of last year's Galaxy Camera hybrid camera / smartphone, additionally offering a faster 1.6GHz Quad Core processor, 2.0 GB of RAM, enhanced battery life, Android 4.3 Jellybean and NFC connectivity. The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 is a 16 megapixel superzoom compact camera with a 4.8-inch high-definition capacitive touchscreen, a 21x optical zoom with a focal range equivalent to 23-483mm, built-in optical image stabilisation, and the Android 4.3 operating system with Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity. The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 can record Full 1080p HD movies as well as slow-motion video at up to 120 frames per second. The remote viewfinder feature allows you to see what the camera sees on the display of your smartphone and take a picture from a distance. The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 even offers voice control - you can command the camera to zoom in, zoom out and take a shot without touching it. The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 costs £399 / $499 and is available in white.

Ease of Use

The Galaxy Camera 2 is virtually identical in appearance and features to last year's Galaxy Camera. This new version boasts the exact same lens as it's predecessor, a 21x optical zoom with a focal range the 35mm equivalent of an ultra wide 23-483mm, supported by optical image stabilisation. There's also the same 16.3-megapixel effective resolution from the standard sized 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor sporting 17 total megapixels, which is physically much larger than the sensor that you find in a smartphone and therefore promises better image quality. On the back is a 4.8-inch 1280 x 720 (HD) Super Clear touchscreen LCD (TFT). The Galaxy Camera 2 now uses the latest Android 4.3 operating system. One crucial difference between this and a Galaxy S5, for example, is that the Galaxy Camera doesn't have any telephony features other than support for Skype or Viber through Android, so it's not going to replace your mobile anytime soon, although it is possible to send text messages if you choose to install (and pay for) a SIM card.

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 measures 71.2 x 132.5 x 19.3mm, which means that it's best stored inside a camera bag rather than a pocket, and weighs a manageable 283g without battery and card, making it about 25% bigger and heavier than the WB850F camera. Its undoubtedly a large device that will definitely get you noticed, especially given the attractive white finish and the large, protruding zoom, so it's not as inconspicuous as the ubiquitous smart-phone. Having said that, the ability to zoom-in to 483mm using a relatively compact device means that you will be able to capture lots of moments that no smartphone can reach.

With what feels like a higher proportion of metal in the build than plastic, the Galaxy Camera's sleek and stylish exterior certainly looks the part. It actually features something approaching a proper handgrip with a subtly textured surface to one side of its faceplate - a feature usually jettisoned in favour of cameras that pander more to sleek styling. This thereby suggests that sharp shots towards the telephoto end of its zoom range just might be that much more achievable. Other than the 21x lens and the handgrip, the only other feature on the sparse front of the Galaxy Camera is a small porthole shaped window housing the AF assist lamp/self timer lamp, positioned just above the lens.

This uncluttered presentation is due, in part, to the integral flash being moved to the top plate where it is neatly of the pop-up variety. If we've one gripe though it does seem to take an age to charge from cold before it can be fired. This wait might not be more than a few seconds, but it can take three squeezes of the shutter release before it will fire off a shot in flash mode.

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Front Rear

Looking down on the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2's top-plate with its back facing us, at the left hand edge is the aforementioned pop-up flash, with a manual switch for its activation provided alongside, so the flash won't automatically fire unless you have raised it first. Give this a press with a fingertip however and the flash pops up with a satisfyingly solid metallic clunk. Simply press the spring-loaded contraption back down to deactivate. Located on the left-hand side of the camera is a pair of microphones, underneath the new NFC logo.

Also on the top-plate is a tiny inset power button. Hold this down for the first time and the Galaxy Camera stutters into life, taking almost 30 seconds to display a series of graphical screens and then extending the lens from within its body housing to maximum wideangle setting, while the rear screen switches to camera mode a couple of seconds later. The startup time from Standby is thankfully much quicker at just under 3 seconds, roughly what we'd expect from a point-and-shoot camera, although no speed demon.

A half-squeeze of the tactile shutter release button and a central highlighted AF point appears in green along with the customary confirmation 'bleep' that the user is free to go ahead and take the shot. Do so either by using the shutter release button or with a tap of the screen and in default single shot mode a full resolution, Super Fine (top) quality image is committed to either th built-in 8GB memory or a microSD card in one to two seconds, which is impressive. Samsung also kindly provide 50Gb of free cloud storage via the ever popular Dropbox. You can even take a picture using the power of your own voice, with "capture", "shoot", "smile" and "cheese" commands all available. Voice control can also be used to zoom the lens, fire the flash, set the timer options, and change the shooting mode, amongst other settings.

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2's shutter release button is encircled by a lever for operating the 21x optical zoom; with a nudge from the forefinger the lens mechanics take five seconds to propel the user from maximum wideangle to extreme telephoto. While, once again, it's not the quickest response ever, this was still sufficiently responsive to enable us to quickly frame up the shot we saw in our mind's eye.

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Front Top

When shooting video, the zoom takes more than twice as long to move through the same range, no doubt to minimize the already fairly quiet operational buzz. While this is fine, the initial response could be quicker. Press the virtual record button on the LCD screen and wait a couple of seconds while the 16:9 ratio screen display blanks out and then re-appears before recording begins - by which time the subject you were attempting to frame may well have moved on.

The Samsung Galaxy has an array of beginner and more advanced shooting modes. The subject recognizing Auto setting is point and shoot all the way, the camera getting it mostly right, although - typically - busier scenes can confuse the auto-focus and the shutter will still fire even if the image is noticeably soft, so you can occasionally come away with blurred results. No matter, re-compose the shot and simply try again. The Smart setting is essentially a range of 15 different clever scene modes, including the useful Macro and Panorama modes. There are also 13 creative filters available which are accessed by pressing the arrow icon at the botoom of the touchscreen, useful for previewing and adding a not-too-cliched effect.

The other available shooting modes are the familiar program mode plus the unexpected bonus of aperture, shutter priority and manual modes, which are grouped together in the Expert option along with the Video mode. Aperture, shutter speed, ISO speed and exposure compensation are all cleverly set via virtual dials on the touchscreen LCD, which in reality is a lot quicker and more intuitive than it might first sound.

The Wi-Fi options here are many and varied, and include the ability to sync up with a handset in order to use your phone as a remote viewfinder. There's also the ability to let the camera search for a local wireless network in order to directly upload imagery to the likes of Facebook, Picasa, YouTube and the ilk, or connect to a wireless network to email a selected picture to an email account - the address input within the camera with the aid of an on-screen 'qwerty' keypad. There are further automatic wireless back up (either to your desktop or a cloud service) and TV link options for those who have the relevant tech at their disposal. The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 now also features NFC (Near Field Communication) technology (the same technology that's used for mobile payments), which allows you to connect it to a compatible internet enabled device or another NFC-enabled camera by simply tapping them together.

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Memory Card Slot Battery Compartment

Pressing the Home icon in the top-right of the screen fires up the Galaxy Camera's default screen, which displays the time and date, allows you to perform a Google Search, includes icons for the Paper Artist, Instagram, Photo Wizard, Video Editor, Camera, and Gallery apps, plus Dropbox, Play Store and a further Apps icon which accesses all the default apps and the Widgets screen. Having the ability to connect to a wi-fi network (or cellular data if using as SIM card), then edit your images and video with either the Samsung apps, Instagram or any one of hundreds of other Android apps, and then upload them to your favourite online network quickly becomes compulsive and makes the traditional process of downloading to acomputer seem laborious and old-fashioned. If only all cameras offered the same out-of-the-box connectivity of the Galaxy Camera.

At the back of the Samsung Galaxy, in the expected absence of any optical viewfinder, stills and video are composed with the aid of a HD Super Clear LCD screen. Samsung does of course have expertise in screen technology, and here that gives rise to deeper blacks and better contrast when both composing and reviewing shots, which, coupled with a respectable 614,000 dot resolution, to our eyes results in a more-than -life-like picture being relayed. The downside is that images may not look quite as dynamic as they did at the point of capture when subsequently viewed on your desktop PC. On the positive side, a sharp screen image ensures that menu options and function icons also look clean, crisp and legible.

With the 4.8-inch screen swallowing up the entire backplate of the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2, there are very few other physical controls. A plastic flap protects a port for AV/USB output on the right-hand side, with a metal hoop for attaching a wriststrap just below and a headphone port just above. On the bottom of the Galaxy Camera is a metal screw thread for a tripod provided slightly off-centre, and alongside this a catch operated compartment holding both the supplied battery, mini-HDMI port and a vacant slot for a micro-SD memory card and the rechargeable 2000mAh battery, which provides longer life than the original Samsung Galaxy Camera.

Image Quality

All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 16.3 megapixel SuperFine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 6Mb.

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 produced images of average quality during the review period. Noise already becomes obvious at the relatively slow setting of ISO 200, along with a softening of fine detail, and this only becomes progressively worse at the still modest settings of ISO 400 and 800. The fastest speeds of ISO 1600 and 3200 simply aren't worth using.

Chromatic aberrations were fairly well controlled, with some purple fringing effects appearing in high contrast situations. The 16 megapixel images were a little soft straight out of the camera at the default sharpen setting and require some further sharpening in an application like Adobe Photoshop, or you can change the in-camera sharpening level.

Macro performance is OK, allowing you to focus as close as 10cms away from the subject. Commendably barrel distortion is well controlled even at the 23mm wide-angle focal length. The built-in flash worked well indoors, with no red-eye and good overall exposure.

The anti-shake system works well when hand-holding the Galaxy Camera in low-light conditions or when using the telephoto end of the zoom range, while the maximum shutter speed of 16 seconds allows the camera to capture enough light for most after-dark situations.

Noise

There are 6 ISO settings available on the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2. Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting.

ISO 100 (100% Crop)

ISO 200 (100% Crop)

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ISO 400 (100% Crop)

ISO 800 (100% Crop)

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ISO 1600 (100% Crop)

ISO 3200 (100% Crop)

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Focal Range

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2's 21x zoom lens provides a very versatile focal range of 23-483mm in 35mm terms, as demonstrated below.

23mm

483mm

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File Quality

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 has 3 different image quality settings available, with SuperFine being the highest quality option. Here are some 100% crops which show the quality of the various options, with the file size shown in brackets.

16 SuperFine (4.91Mb) (100% Crop) 16M Fine (2.95Mb) (100% Crop)
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16M Normal (1.96Mb) (100% Crop)  
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Sharpening

Here are two 100% crops which have been Saved as Web - Quality 50 in Photoshop. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images are a little soft at the default sharpening setting and benefit from some further sharpening in a program like Adobe Photoshop. You can also change the in-camera sharpening level.

Original (100% Crop)

Sharpened (100% Crop)

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Chromatic Aberrations

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 handled chromatic aberrations fairly well during the review, with some purple fringing mainly present around the edges of objects in high-contrast situations, as shown in the examples below.

Chromatic Aberrations 1 (100% Crop)

Chromatic Aberrations 2 (100% Crop)

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Macro

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 offers a Macro setting that allows you to focus on a subject that is 10cms away from the camera when the lens is set to wide-angle. The first image shows how close you can get to the subject (in this case a compact flash card). The second image is a 100% crop.

Macro

Macro (100% Crop)

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Flash

The flash settings on the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 are Off, Fill-in and Slow Sync. These shots of a white coloured wall were taken at a distance of 1.5m.

Flash Off - Wide Angle (23mm)

Flash On - Wide Angle (23mm)

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Flash Off - Telephoto (483mm)

Flash On - Telephoto (483mm)

ISO 64 ISO 64

And here are a couple of portrait shots. The Fill-in mode didn't cause any amount of red-eye, a good thing as there is no red-eye reduction mode.

Fill-in

Fill-in (100% Crop)

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Night

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2's maximum shutter speed is 16 seconds, which is great news if you're seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 10 seconds at ISO 100. The camera takes the same amount of time again to apply noise reduction, so for example at the 15 second setting the actual exposure takes 30 seconds.

Night

Night (100% Crop)

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Optical Image Stabilisation

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 has an anti-shake mechanism, which allows you to take sharp photos at slower shutter speeds than other digital cameras. To test this, we took 2 handheld shots of the same subject with the same settings. The first shot was taken with anti shake turned off, the second with it turned on. With anti shake turned on, the images are noticeably sharper than with anti-shake turned off.

Shutter Speed / Focal Length

Anti Shake Off (100% Crop)

Anti Shake On (100% Crop)

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Sample Images

This is a selection of sample images from the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 camera, which were all taken using the 16.3 megapixel Superfine JPEG setting. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way.

Sample Movie & Video

This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of 1920x1080 at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 20 second movie is 42.1Mb in size.

Product Images

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Battery Compartment

Conclusion

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 feels more like a silent revision of an existing product, rather than an exciting new replacement, such is the lack of change since last year's original Galaxy Camera was released. We'd be hard pushed to think of another camera that offered so little that was new when compared to its predecessor, with a slight quickening of the operational speed, slightly longer battery life, double the internal memory, 50Gb of free Dropbox space and NFC connectivity the only things to write home about. With Samsung themselves releasing the much svelter Galaxy K Zoom (with 10x zoom) at the same time as this new Galaxy Camera, we can't help feeling that maybe Samsung should have waited a while longer before releasing the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2.

Basically, all of the things that we concluded about last year's model apply equally to the new Mark II version. In many ways this new kind of device succeeds, particularly if you already routinely edit and upload your photos using a smartphone. For those users, the massive screen, long zoom and better image quality offered by the Galaxy Camera 2 will be a real attraction, while the latest Android 4.3 operating system with all of its apps and widgets makes editing and sharing your images instantly addictive. The Camera app is also worthy of mention, sporting a very polished interface that is easy to use if you're shooting in full auto or one of the advanced shooting modes.

By compact camera standards, though, the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2's image quality isn't that great, suffering from obvious noise at relatively slow ISO speeds and chromatic aberrations, with the photos somewhat misleadingly looking much better on the excellent LCD screen than when downloaded onto a computer and viewed more closely. Still, its more than perfectly fine for cropping and resizing for posting on Facebook or Instagram, or for making regular-sized prints.

Although the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 is a large and eye-catching device, certainly more so than the ubiquitous smartphone or humble compact, its 21x zoom lens is much more versatile. The effective image stabilisation system makes it possible to shoot at the full 483mm telephoto setting in good light and still get acceptably sharp results, while the 23mm wide-angle setting will happily accommodate group shots of your friends and family.

So while the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 offers very few improvements and still doesn't take the best photos in the world, it is a versatile device that is surprisingly easy to use given its almost total reliance on a touchscreen interface, with its real strength lying in the ability to edit and share your photos online with very little fuss. For those users, the so-so image quality won't be such a big factor, so if the main way that you share your photos is uploading them to your favourite social network, then we can continue recommend the new Samsung Galaxy Camera 2. Just don't expect any new fireworks...

4 stars

Ratings (out of 5)
Design 4
Features 4.5
Ease-of-use 4.5
Image quality 3
Value for money 3.5

Main Rivals

Listed below are some of the rivals of the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2.

Google Nexus 5

The new Google Nexus 5 is one of the cheapest flagship smartphones on the market, but also one of the most powerful and full-featured too, running the latest KitKat version of Android. But what kind of experience does it offer photographers? Read our Google Nexus 5 review to find out...

HTC One (M8)

The HTC One (M8) is a new flagship smartphone with not one, but two cameras, using the second one as a depth sensor that allows you to change the point of focus after taking a photo and achieve DSLR-like shallow depth-of field effects. Does this make the HTC One (M8) the best smartphone for avid photographers? Read our HTC One (M8) review to find out..

Nokia Lumia 1020

The Nokia Lumia 1020 is a new 41-megapixel smartphone - yes, you read that right, 41 megapixels. The Lumia 1020 also offers built-in optical image stabilisation, a 3x loss-less zoom for stills and 6x for movies, a 26mm fixed lens with fast f/2.2 aperture, and 1080p video at 30fps with stereo sound. Read our Nokia Lumia 1020 review to find out if it can replace a compact camera.

Samsung Galaxy S4

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the most popular flagship smartphones of 2013, but can it replace your compact camera? Read our Samsung Galaxy S4 review to find out...

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

Introducing the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. Is it a camera? Is it a phone? No, the Galaxy S4 Zoom is Samsung's attempt to bring both together in one device - but have they succeeded? Read our Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom review to find out...

Review Roundup

Reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 from around the web.

pocket-lint.com »

The original Samsung Galaxy Camera was notable because, although it wasn't the first dedicated camera to use the Android operating system as its user interface, it was the first to integrate an up-to-date version of the operating system with great success. It made a lot of sense, was a great Android device that could rival many smartphones, and yet it missed the mark when it came to some of the more critical camera features. And given that it was supposed to be a camera first and foremost, it therefore failed to deliver on its full potential.
Read the full review »

techradar.com »

Now, Samsung has updated the original Galaxy with the Galaxy Camera 2. It has many of the same specifications as the original, making some tweaks along the way for improved performance. Interestingly, Samsung has also taken the decision to remove 3G capability from the camera, making it less 'phone-like' than the original, but it retains Wi-Fi functionality.
Read the full review »

ephotozine.com »

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 was announced in January 2014 and is the successor to the original Galaxy Camera - it has the same sensor, lens and screen, but now has a new design and processor as well as running the latest version of Android, v4.3 (Jellybean). The new Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 is available in white or neo black and costs around £330.
Read the full review »

Specifications

 

Network/Bearer and Wireless Connectivity

  • Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz / 5GHz
  • Wi-Fi Direct Yes
  • Bluetooth Profiles 4.0
  • Connectivity Support HDMI 1.4
  • PC Sync. KIES

OS

  • OS>Android 4.3 (Jellybean)

Image Sensor

  • Sensor Type BSI CMOS
  • Sensor Size 1/2.3"
  • Effective Pixel Approx. 16.3M
  • Total Pixel Approx. 17M

Lens

  • Focal Length f = 4.1 ~ 86.1mm (35mm film equivalent: 23 ~ 483mm)
  • F No. 2.8 (W) ~ 5.9 (T)
  • Optical Zoom 21x Zoom Lens

Image Stabilisation

  • Mode Optical Image Stablization

Display

  • Technology HD Super Clear LCD (TFT)
  • Colour Depth 16M
  • Size 4.8"
  • Resolution 1280 x 720 (HD)

Chipset

  • CPU Type Quad Core Application Processor
  • CPU Speed

    • Type 1.6GHz

Memory

  • Memory 8G Byte (including read-only sections such as Android operating system)

Sensors

  • Sensors Accelerometer, Geo-magnetic, Gyro-sensor, Gyro-sensor (for OIS)

Physical Specification

  • Dimension (HxWxD) 71.2 x 132.5 x 19.3mm
  • Weight 283g

Colour

  • Colour White, Neo Black

Connectors

  • USB USB 2.0
  • Earjack 3.5pi 4pole, Stereo
  • External Memory Slot MicroSD (up to 64GB)
  • Connector Micro USB

Battery

  • Capacity 2000mAh
  • USB Chargeable Yes
  • Still Image Capturing 400 shots. Based on CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association) testing standards
  • Video Recording 125min
  • Audio playback 45hr
  • Video Playback 5hr
  • Internet use 7hr

Location

  • Location GPS / GLONASS available

Focusing

  • Type TTL Auto Focus (Centre AF, Continuous AF, Multi AF, Face Detection AF)
  • Range Normal: 80cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 350cm ~ Infinity (Tele) Macro: 10cm ~ 80cm (Wide), 150cm ~ 350cm (Tele) Auto Macro: 10cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 150cm ~ Infinity (Tele)

Shutter Speed

  • Shutter Speed Auto: 1/8 ~ 1/2000sec Manual: 16 ~ 1/2000sec

Exposure

  • Control Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual Exposure
  • Metering System Multi, Spot, Centre-weighted, Face Detection AE
  • Compensation ±2EV (1/3EV steps)
  • ISO Equivalent Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

Flash

  • Mode Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash Off, Red-eye fix
  • Range Wide: 0.5m ~ 3.8m (ISO Auto), Tele: 0.5m ~ 1.8m (ISO Auto)
  • Recharging Time Approx. 4sec.

White Balance

  • Mode Auto WB, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H, Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom Set, Colour Temperature

Still Image

  • Shooting 1. Auto 2. Smart (28 Modes): Smart mode suggest, Beauty face, Best photo, Selfie Alarm, Continuous shot, Best face, Colour bracket, Kids shot, Landscape, Dawn, Snow, Macro, Food, Party / indoor, Action freeze, Rich tone (HDR), Panorama, Waterfall, Animated photo, Drama, Eraser, sound & shot, Interval, Silhouette, Sunset, Night, Fireworks, Light trace 3. Expert Control (5 Modes): P (Program), A (Aperture Priority), S (Speed Priority), M (Manual), User 4. My Modes
  • Image Size 16M: 4608 x 3456 (4:3), 14MP: 4608 x 3072 (3:2), 12MW: 4608 x 2592 (16:9), 10M: 3648 x 2736 (4:3), 10MP: 3960 x 2640 (3:2), 9.2MW: 4096 x 2304 (16:9), 5M: 2592 x 1944 (4:3), 3M: 1984 x 1488 (4:3), 2MW: 1920 x 1080 (16:9), 1M: 1024 x 768 (4:3)
  • Effect No effect, Vignette, Grey-scale, Sepia, Vintage, Faded colours, Turquoise, Tint, Cartoon, Moody, Rugged, Oil pastel, Fisheye

Movie Clip

  • Recording * Movie Size: 1920 x 1080 (30fps), 1280 x 720 (60fps), 1280 x 720 (30fps), 640 x 480 (60fps), 640 x 480 (30fps), 320 x 240 (30fps) * Multi Motion: 768 x 512 (120fps)
  • Effect No effect, Vignette, Grey-scale, Sepia, Vintage, Faded colours, Turquoise, Tint, Cartoon, Moody, Rugged, Oil pastel, Fisheye

Services and Applications

  • Samsung Apps Yes
  • ChatON, mFluent IM ChatON
  • Special Features Tag & Go, Dropbox, Story Album, Samsung Link, Group Play, Xtremera, Paper Artist, Gallery, Photo wizard, Video Editor, S-Voice

Audio and Video

  • Video Format AVI, MP4 / 3GP, WMV, FLV, MKV, WEBM
  • Video Resolution Full HD (1080p) Video Recording & Playback
  • Video Frame rate 30fps
  • Audio Format MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA, OGG, FLAC, 3GA / M4A, WAV

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