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We'd have bet good money that Samsung would have wanted to bring out the Windows Phone 7 handset that had the best camera, but that's not the case here.
Instead of the 8MP camera with Xenon flash on the HTC Mozart, the Samsung Omnia 7 comes with a pretty basic 5MP option with only a single LED flash.
The camera interface is pretty basic too, but it's easily accessed from the phone's screen, and enables you to change the focus mode, ISO levels and a constant option to change the flash, which we're glad Microsoft has realised is among the most often used features.
The same can be said for video where, like the camera mode, the light can be toggled on and off for easy use and there is a basic range of options to mess with resolution and the like.
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The flash can be used to good effect in brighter situations
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However in darker scenes it completely washes out the subject; this was the third attempt from progressively further away
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Despite the hilarity of a dental fitness centre, the background light still bleeds into this quick snap
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A mixed scene will show up better however, with some nice detail captured
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Despite the super-fast camera loading, the Samsung Omnia 7 still has problems capturing a quick snap
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The Omnia 7 does its best in bright light - a good portion of detail is captured here although the contrast isn't the greatest
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Again a brightly lit scene works well on the Omnia 7
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Macro mode took a couple of tries to get correctly in focus, but the results are quite detailed
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Captured with the standard auto mode
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With high contrast
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With low contrast
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Zooming in loses most of the detail in the picture
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It's possible to take some stunning shots with the camera - it's perfectly passable for the odd point and shoot but it's not enough to label the snapper on the Omnia 7 as a killer feature
