Samsung Galaxy K Zoom review

Samsung's shot at the ultimate cameraphone is off the mark

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Samsung Galaxy K Zoom review
A decent camera in a larger phone

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Samsung Galaxy K Zoom

On the whole the phone's camera performs admirably

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The camera is able to cope well with a variety of lighting conditions

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Church tower, with no zoom applied

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Church tower at full stretch 10x optical zoom.

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The shots from the camera are good, but are they good enough?

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The image quality isn't quite the step up you might expect

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Field taken with automatic camera settings

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Field taken with the recommended Sunny Day filter applied

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There's no doubt that the phone sports a quality camera lens

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Fuzziness and blurring was occasionally a problem

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The camera is up there with the best smartphone snappers around

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Canal shot by the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom on default settings

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Canal shot by the LG Nexus 5 on default settings

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Canal shot by the Nokia Lumia 1520 on default settings

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The camera doesn't always do enough to justify its extra bulk

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The majority of close up shots and portraits turn out well

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Flowers taken with the camera's automatic mode

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Flowers taken with the camera's macro mode

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The dedicated camera button helps when snapping pictures

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Indoor shot using automatic settings and no flash

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Indoor shot using automatic settings and auto flash

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Indoor shot sing automatic settings and fill-in flash

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David Nield
David Nield
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Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you'll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

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