Samsung Galaxy S5 review

Samsung goes for evolution over revolution... again.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 review
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It might not look like much, but the S5 is a very capable smartphone

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Samsung Galaxy S5 review

Focus can be a little hard to achieve, but works well when it does

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Bright sunlight generally means better pics

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The flash fill here is better than on an overcast day

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Colours are well reproduced

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Shadows come out clear and crisply

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Zoom (4x shown here) looks smooth with decent light

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This cat is still a fool. You might remember him from last year.

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HDR mode works well

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One of the few off the cuff snaps that came out well

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Despite having a long time to capture this shot, I still nearly missed it due to the speed of the camera startup

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Clear, bright scenes are well captured

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The defocus is decent if not impressive, and takes a few attempts

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Without HDR mode, items generally look sharper

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Low light performance is generally not great, but at extreme levels comes back impressively

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Aah, the old 'animated photo'. I'll never tire of this, no matter how low-res it comes out at

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I also have other cats, and I don't want them to feel left out

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