Another year, another Samsung Mini — is this one any better?
Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini camera. The Galaxy S5 Mini sports an 8-megapixel rear camera and 2.1-megapixel front-facer, and both are relatively competent mid-range shooters. The layout of the camera app largely mirrors that of the GS5, the main exception being that the HDR (or "rich tone," as it's called) now lives in the "modes" menu, as opposed to being accessible from the grid layout. At the same time you don't get a real-time HDR previews, and HDR shots take longer to process.
A DECENT MID-RANGE CAMERA, WITH ONE SLIGHT WEAKNESS.
The GS5 Mini's rear camera generally takes good-looking shots — better than the HTC One Mini 2's 13-megapixel camera, at any rate. Most of the time you'll get pleasing shots without any of the aberrations associated with low-quality smartphone sensors: visible noise, mushy over-processed images, artefacting or washed-out color. On the whole, particularly in daylight, the Mini captures decent-looking photos with a plenty of fine detail. Look up close and you'll see evidence of software sharpening, but even that's not too obnoxious.
Another year, another Samsung Mini — is this one any better?
Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini camera. The Galaxy S5 Mini sports an 8-megapixel rear camera and 2.1-megapixel front-facer, and both are relatively competent mid-range shooters. The layout of the camera app largely mirrors that of the GS5, the main exception being that the HDR (or "rich tone," as it's called) now lives in the "modes" menu, as opposed to being accessible from the grid layout. At the same time you don't get a real-time HDR previews, and HDR shots take longer to process.
A DECENT MID-RANGE CAMERA, WITH ONE SLIGHT WEAKNESS.
The GS5 Mini's rear camera generally takes good-looking shots — better than the HTC One Mini 2's 13-megapixel camera, at any rate. Most of the time you'll get pleasing shots without any of the aberrations associated with low-quality smartphone sensors: visible noise, mushy over-processed images, artefacting or washed-out color. On the whole, particularly in daylight, the Mini captures decent-looking photos with a plenty of fine detail. Look up close and you'll see evidence of software sharpening, but even that's not too obnoxious.