Camera

[Jofaba]

Looks pretty good to me! The camera is one of the most important aspects of this phone for me. The stills are nice if you take them up close with decent light, but the video just plain sucks. The video I've seen of the Captivate look great. They also look right on par with the international Galaxy camera, so it looks like they kept the same hardware which is nice.

 

[dsjr2006]

If you want a great camera phone then get the iPhone 4 and you won't be disappointed, otherwise you will have to learn to live with the Captivate. I might miss the camera on my iPhone 4, but that's why I'm keeping both, either way I'm sure I'll love the Captivate.

 

[dsjr2006]

If you are bound to AT&T, maybe not so much. If not, the Incredible, EVO, Droid X all have 8 megapixel cameras with a flash just to name a couple off the top of my head.

They have 8 MP cameras yet they can't seem to actually take better pictures...... reason is that more megapixels doesn't mean better pictures.

I can buy a 10 megapixel Walmart camera and it won't take better pictures than a 6 megapixel Canon from a few years ago.

 

[pkulak]

They have 8 MP cameras yet they can't seem to actually take better pictures...... reason is that more megapixels doesn't mean better pictures.

I can buy a 10 megapixel Walmart camera and it won't take better pictures than a 6 megapixel Canon from a few years ago.

Exactly. I have a 6 megapixel Fujifilm that I bought 6 years ago and it still takes better shots than any point and shoot I've seen released lately. And better video than my Flip!

 

[maerlim]

The video in this thread is about my experience with the Captivate too. Video looks pretty darned good. Not as good as the good camcorders on the market today, but probably better than the one my Wife and I bought 3 years ago (which doesn't record in high def at all). Pictures looked pretty good as well. Certainly not high-quality, but it blows the doors off the 2 megapixel camera in my old phone and looks better than my Wife's Backflip pictures.

 

[beertha]

Dont know if you guys read this camera shootout between the Iphone4 vs the Droid Army (including a Galaxy S). Since it has to do with phone cameras I figure this would be a good place to post it.

Smartphone Camera Battle: iPhone 4 vs. the Android Army - PCWorld

 

[tekonus]

I dunno how well HTC makes cameras compared to Samsung, but for what it's worth the little HTC Aria I'm rocking now until the captivate comes out actually takes pretty nice pictures. I haven't done a whole lot of low light shooting with it, and the video quality isn't half as nice as the picture quality, however.

 

[ajerman]

If you are bound to AT&T, maybe not so much. If not, the Incredible, EVO, Droid X all have 8 megapixel cameras with a flash just to name a couple off the top of my head.

And not one of them takes a better picture than an iPhone 4. Disappointing, maybe, but I'm tired of the iPhone. I've wanted an Android for a while, and I'm going to have to sacrifice the camera on the iPhone 4 that I currently have for less on a Captivate, but if I have to, I have to.

The thing isn't how amazing of a picture it takes for professional photography, but anyone who likes photography and taking pictures, and has a camera on their phone, probably takes a bunch of pictures with their phone. It's not because it's the best camera they have, but you don't carry your DSLR or even your point and shoot around with you everywhere, you DO carry your phone everywhere. I looked in my photo library on my computer and about half the pictures I took are with my phone. With the iPhone 4 you can take a picture as good as many point and shoots, which is nice, but I think I'm going to have to look past that and give up camera quality for other features.

This is all part of why I want to go get my hands on one to make sure I'd be happy with the Captivate. But then, I'm a gadget nerd, I'll never be happy with what I have.

 

[fireonhigh]

Index of /images/galaxys got these from a review on modaco,not bad!!

 

[Jofaba]

Index of /images/galaxys got these from a review on modaco,not bad!!

Not bad at all. The bright-day shots look perfect. The videos, while painful... looked great lol.

 

[Eazail70x7]

Another Captivate video sample:

YouTube - Samsung Captivate 720p HD Video Sample: Outdoors

I'm no photographer but I think this looks pretty darn good even next to the iphone 4. I'll be very happy with the Samsung Epic 4G camera if it looks just like this. Way better than my 3.2 MP Moment camera.

Here is a video sample from the Galaxy S:

YouTube - Samsung Galaxy S 720p HD video sample

One more sample from the Vibrant:

YouTube - T-mobile Samsung Vibrant 720p camera test

 

[Eazail70x7]

Samsung Vibrant (T-Mobile) image and video samples | DroidDog Android Blog

 

[AndyCr15]

Index of /images/galaxys got these from a review on modaco,not bad!!

Don't forget then rest of the review here -

Samsung Galaxy S Review - Hemorrdroids.net

 

[voogru]

The pictures from the camera phone on the captivate will hold up in court.

Good enough for me.

 

[mcleod90]

haha, I just got done ranting about mega-pixels. I don't want more pixels... I want a better camera. And flash ruins photos. I'd rather have an underexposed shot than one full of red-eye and people who look like freakish zombies. But, it is at least nice to have the option.

However, after all this complaining about the camera, this is really not bad at all for an indoor shot:

YouTube - Samsung Captivate 720p HD Video Sample: Indoors

Samsung seems to prefer to underexpose a bit rather than just hike up the gain and show bags of noise. I actually prefer that.

how do you upload to youtube in, hd?

 

[Jofaba]

I'm very impressed with the camera so far, and I'm pretty hard to please. I haven't taken any serious shots worth sharing, but the video is fantastic, and the day shots are amazing. I haven't taken any night shots yet. I know we all wish it had flash but it doesn't so what are you going to do?

 

[YellowGT0]

You can check them out here they are to large for the forum

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[kpenning]

A really good Captivate camera review here with pictures and videos.

Indoor:
YouTube - Samsung Captivate 720p HD Video Recording Test (Indoor)
Outdoor:
YouTube - Samsung Captivate 720p HD Video Recording Test (Outdoor)

Looks good to me overall!

 

[CaCHooKa Man]

i was testing the camera out the other day and it started lagging then finally just stopped recording. you can see the video skip a few times. it hasnt happened since. it couldve been because of a program i had running in the background since ive been installing apps like crazy.

YouTube - Samsung Captivate Outdoor Camera Test

 

[Jofaba]

i was testing the camera out the other day and it started lagging then finally just stopped recording. you can see the video skip a few times. it hasnt happened since. it couldve been because of a program i had running in the background since ive been installing apps like crazy.

YouTube - Samsung Captivate Outdoor Camera Test

Have you ever thought of getting a real dog one day? =P

 

[Jofaba]

Some pictures I took recently

Garden! - a set on Flickr

my favorite of the garden shots, taken today: