Galaxy S6 : Camera Shots! Show us your pictures

[Dan Jacques]

 

[Stang68]

A nice macro shot from my S6, in auto mode.

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[anon(8702321)]

From my other galaxy device, I just thought this was pretty and nice. Note 4.

 

[chezm]

Still in testing and learning phase....

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[osolot729]

Can anyone comment on this camera ability to shoot kids, see alot of great pictures of static objects, most important to me is taking pics of my toddlers, my iphone 6 is incredibly good at this, only reason i have an iphone prefer android but so many times i tried different android cameras and they all fail when it comes to kids test... any input helpful

 

[chilledbeer]

Here's mine. I used one of the built in filters in the camera. That's the view from my office.

 

[chilledbeer]

@osolot - yesterday I was trying to shoot pics of my 4 month old. And she was moving around. The pics did come out blurry even after taking multiple shots.

 

[Cobravision]

With good light, you can get great pics of moving kids. But in low light, it's pretty much impossible to get action shots without a flash, although that goes for almost any camera.

 

[Cobravision]

A couple of snakes getting it on outside my front door.

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[xPNUTx]

Tap'n from my Samsung Galaxy S6.

 

[kide#WN]

Best phone camera I ever had!

 

[lutin]

@osolot - yesterday I was trying to shoot pics of my 4 month old. And she was moving around. The pics did come out blurry even after taking multiple shots.

Ah that's pretty disappointing. The reason a camera phone is so important to me us taking pics of my kids.
Do you know how it is compared to the iPhone? (for taking pics of moving kids (indoors) , that is)

 

[unluckystars]

I found the easiest thing to do when trying to get a photo of something moving, is to take video and get screen shots of good stills.

 

[Cobravision]

Taking sharp pictures of moving children under indoor light without flash is a tough nut to crack for any camera. OIS will only help hand shake. If subjects are moving, all bets are off.

 

[lutin]

Taking sharp pictures of moving children under indoor light without flash is a tough nut to crack for any camera. OIS will only help hand shake. If subjects are moving, all bets are off.

I agree. The iphone 6, does a pretty good job of freezing the action (fast shutter speed) from what I have seen of friend's photos - certainly better than my z2. I guess I was hoping that the s6 might be up there with the iphone 6 for this specific use case. I *think* it might just fall a bit short.

On a side note, I wish just one of the website camera reviews would include a test for moving object under various light conditions. All we see are macro shots of flowers, landscapes, and night shots. Surely taking pictures of moving people is an extremely popular use case.

 

[jimbl]

Can anyone comment on this camera ability to shoot kids, see alot of great pictures of static objects, most important to me is taking pics of my toddlers, my iphone 6 is incredibly good at this, only reason i have an iphone prefer android but so many times i tried different android cameras and they all fail when it comes to kids test... any input helpful

I've learned that if I stay still, but my kids are moving, the shot usually turns out good. Not every shot mind you, but 8 out of 10 if I had to guess. Here is a good example. This one I was still while taking the picture but my son was swinging a golf club:


Galaxy S6 action shot - golf swing by Jim B L, on Flickr

Now on the flip side, if I'm moving and they're moving, the shot can come out fairly blurry. I'm learning this and compensating accordingly. My guess is this might be true of most smartphones, including the iPhone? Obviously I can't say for sure, but you have the iPhone so you know. Here is an example of one of my kids riding a tricycle while I was walking and trying to take a picture. This was in the evening with the sun down behind trees, so better lighting might have helped?


Galaxy S6 action shot - riding bike by Jim B L, on Flickr

Now I have a small sample size to work with, I've only had the phone a little over a week. Overall I'm extremely happy with the camera, but at the same time I'm trying to be unbiased and give you honest real world answers. My mom has the iPhone 6, and I've always been envious of the pictures it takes. Now I am not, and from what I've seen, my photos are as good or better now. I've seen some fairly blurry ones from her phone too, and my guess is it's the same thing I've experienced, if I'm not keeping the phone fairly still then chances are good you're going to get some blurring.

 

[lutin]

I've learned that if I stay still, but my kids are moving, the shot usually turns out good. Not every shot mind you, but 8 out of 10 if I had to guess. Here is a good example. This one I was still while taking the picture but my son was swinging a golf club:

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Galaxy S6 action shot - golf swing by Jim B L, on Flickr

Now on the flip side, if I'm moving and they're moving, the shot can come out fairly blurry. I'm learning this and compensating accordingly. My guess is this might be true of most smartphones, including the iPhone? Obviously I can't say for sure, but you have the iPhone so you know. Here is an example of one of my kids riding a tricycle while I was walking and trying to take a picture. This was in the evening with the sun down behind trees, so better lighting might have helped?

[url]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7664/17209328412_67dda9d793_c.jpg[/url]
Galaxy S6 action shot - riding bike by Jim B L, on Flickr

Now I have a small sample size to work with, I've only had the phone a little over a week. Overall I'm extremely happy with the camera, but at the same time I'm trying to be unbiased and give you honest real world answers. My mom has the iPhone 6, and I've always been envious of the pictures it takes. Now I am not, and from what I've seen, my photos are as good or better now. I've seen some fairly blurry ones from her phone too, and my guess is it's the same thing I've experienced, if I'm not keeping the phone fairly still then chances are good you're going to get some blurring.

Thanks for this great post and for your unbiased opinions. I'd say a lot of us are just trying to take great pics of our kids!
I wonder if there is any "mode" which might have helped reduce the blur of your child on the trike. Like a sports mode which might default to a shorter shutter speed. In that specific pic it seems like sacrificing some of the brightness for a sharper picture would be a fair trade-off.

 

[jimbl]

Thanks for this great post and for your unbiased opinions. I'd say a lot of us are just trying to take great pics of our kids!
I wonder if there is any "mode" which might have helped reduce the blur of your child on the trike. Like a sports mode which might default to a shorter shutter speed. In that specific pic it seems like sacrificing some of the brightness for a sharper picture would be a fair trade-off.

Good point and I believe you are correct about the shutter speed and sacrificing some brightness. There isn't an easy "mode" for this anymore though, Samsung removed the clutter in the Camera UI, and I'm glad they did. In doing so there is no Night Mode, or Action Shot, etc. There is a Pro Mode though, were you can manually set ISO, White Balance, etc. Generally, with my kids, I won't have time to go into Pro Mode and tweak these things in time. What can be done though is 3 custom Pro Modes can be saved. I just have to take the time to find the right settings that work for evening, or movement, etc. Then, it'll be easy enough to enter Pro Mode and have the presets I need for a given situation. So I'm glad you brought that up, because so far I've only used Auto mode, and I think with a little tweaking even the blurring I mentioned in my last post could be greatly reduced.

 

[f308gt4]

There is a sport mode you can download. Go to the camera and under modes, there is a download button. Press it, and it will take you to the samsung store where you can download several different camera modes.

 

[jimbl]

There is a sport mode you can download. Go to the camera and under modes, there is a download button. Press it, and it will take you to the samsung store where you can download several different camera modes.

Cool. I didn't know that. Does it add it as one of the Modes in the Camera UI, or is it accessed elsewhere? Thanks.