Camera Phone Reviews

Samsung D900

Pocket-lint reviews the Samsung SGH-D900 and writes, "In tests, we were very impressed with the camera's performance, and although it doesn’t match up to the quality of the K800i from Sony Ericsson it certainly give it a run for its money with plenty of features like ISO and white balance settings for those who want to be a bit more adventurous. We also found that compared to the other models in the Ultra range the camera's response time was considerably better and the extra megapixel certainly helps. As with the other D830 images can be saved either to the units 60MB embedded memory or to the phone's external micro SD card."

Digit-Life reviews the Samsung SGH-D900 and writes, "The quality of photos, taken by the D900, is a tad worse than we expected. There are three major flaws — faded colors, typical of mediocre CMOS sensors, blurry focus, and slow reaction. Photos are in pastel shades even in ideal lighting conditions. Besides, the camera may set the wrong white balance, typical of all Samsung models since the D600. As a rule, the colors are too warm. Together with insufficient saturation, it produces a well-recognizable effect of a CMOS photo. But the colors may also shift to the blue hue. It's very difficult to get a sharp photo. It may be the fault of the auto focus system that is not accurate enough or a too long exposure, when such problems appear because of shaking hands."

Vnunet reviews the Samsung D900 and writes, "The camera is an impressive 3megapixel model, and it’s mounted behind the slider, so it's protected when the handset is closed. Of course, you can shoot video, too, and output it all to a TV if you want. Samsung's operating system is straightforward and easy, though texting can be irritating. It's much improved (automatic capital letter at the start of a sentence, for instance), but if you want a capital mid-sentence, you have to press the capitalisation key twice - once just changes the input to numbers. On the whole, though, it's still an appealing set-up."

Infosync reviews the Samsung SGH-D900 and writes, " The Samsung SGH-D900 features a 3-megapixel camera capable of very good images, if you can hold it very still. Unlike most digital cameras that let you focus by pressing the shutter release half way, the SGH-D900 begins a lengthy focus and shutter routine after you click, requiring a steady hand while it works. We took solid landscape shots outdoors, but portraits or low-light pictures ended up blurry or stretched as we pulled our hand away too soon. The camera also lagged from shot to shot, with about a three or four second load time. Strangely, images go to the phone's ample 60mb of memory, instead of your memory card, and you have to copy them to the card later. The Samsung PC studio is lousy at photo management, unreliable at transferring files and lacking in any organizational editing software for images, which keeps this handset from being a real camera-phone contender. PictBridge printing via USB or Bluetooth is a nice addition, but we prefer working off our PCs. "

CNET reviews the Samsung SGH-D900 and writes, "We were very pleased with the 3.0-megapixel camera. Not only are the images excellent, but also we really like the camera's user interface. All of the buttons on the keypad--even alphanumeric keys--can be used as shortcuts to adjust camera settings on the fly. The D900 comes with a plethora of camera settings. They include: image size (2,048x1,536, 1,600x1,200, 1,280x1,024, 1,024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240, 240x320, and 240x180); image quality (superfine, fine, normal); viewfinder mode (full screen or standard ratio); exposure metering; white balance; eight preset color effects; 30 picture frames; a flash; a self timer; ISO settings; zoom; brightness; and a focus mode (pan focus or auto focus). ... While we weren't terribly impressed with the video quality, it was still much better than many camera phone videos we've seen."

MobileChoice reviews the Samsung D900 and writes, "One strong feature of the Samsung D900 is its three-megapixel camera with auto-focus, which brings the slider into the elite range of high-resolution camera phones, including the LG KG920, the Nokia N93 and N73 and Sony Ericsson's K800i. You know you're dealing with a sophisticated camera, because when you select the 'Take Photo' option, the viewfinder on the phone's display is flooded with icons offering a plethora of features and effects. ... The only real photographic feature that you don't get with the D900 is optical zoom, which only features on a couple of the very best camera phones, so that is no ghastly omission."

ShinyShiny reviews the Samsung D900 and writes about the phone's camera: "The camera is a key point on this phone - it's the best available on this design of phone. However, despite offering 3 megapixels, it loses against the competition as it still appears as a camera phone, rather than something that you'd consider dumping your camera for. The light is LED, so doesn't use a flash, making your subjects look odd in low light. There is also a limited number of things you can do with the photos once you've taken it. Yes, you can MMS it, and you can send it via Bluetooth to a printer, but there's no extended applications, such as loading it onto a blogging site, which both Nokia and Sony Ericsson have included."

SiliconRepublic reviews the Samsung SGH-D900 and writes about the phone's camera: "As a multimedia phone the D900 acquits itself really well. Though I’m no great fan of camera phones, this handset’s 3-megapixel resolution comes a lot closer to a proper camera and the photos are god quality in a range of light settings. The video function is serviceable but not spectacular. I’d call it YouTube-quality at best: it’s definitely not as good as the Nokia N90 I reviewed here earlier this year, but given the price difference it’s not bad at all."

CityWire has a review of the Samsung SGH-D900 and writes, "The classy design and slide motion in such a lightweight wafer thin package make this phone special. Despite being so thin it still squeezes in a good quality digital camera with flash and room for extendable memory up to 1GB on a MicroSD card. ... navigating around is somewhat of a chore. I have never read an instruction manual with a new phone, but I had to for this one. Simple things like switching the phone to silent, using the features of the camera and putting video to full screen are really difficult to figure out without having to refer to the instructions."

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Absolute Gadget reviews the Samsung D900i Candy and writes "The Samsung D900i Candy includes an excellent 3.0-megapixel camera that takes good quality images on a decent-sized full colour screen. Pictures are slow to take so you have to be a bit patient and hope the guy in front of you at the gig doesn’t move – or you end up getting a picture of the back of his head! During tests the camera took better quality pictures outside than indoors, with images coming out a bit grainy inside. Image size starts at 800x600 and goes all the way up to 2048x1536."

CNET Australia reviews the Samsung D900i and writes, "The Samsung SGH-D900i has thrown in its all with its 3MP camera and video recording mode. There are oodles of ways you can get more creative with your photos, beyond changing more conventional shooting options such as ISO and white balance. Included are effects such as sepia and black-and-white, plus the sort of frames that would be at home in a Japanese sticker-photo machine. The camera and video include 4x digital zoom and auto-focus. Thankfully, the quality of the photos can be matched by Samsung's 2-inch, 262k-colour QVGA TFT screen, which is bright and displays crisp images...As the camera is limited to digital zoom, photos rapidly become fuzzy as you zoom in on a scene. The 4x zoom is also a tad slow, so you are better zooming and cropping your photos after the fact. Given the overall quality of the camera, this is a small niggle amidst a plethora of pluses."