Samsung Galaxy S5 review

Can the Galaxy S5 still be considered a viable buy?

Samsung Galaxy S5 review
It might not look like much, but the S5 is a very capable smartphone

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Now including some additional shots to show the S5 capturing faster-moving scenes

Samsung Galaxy S5 review

Focus can be a little hard to achieve, but works well when it does

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Bright sunlight generally means better pics

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The flash fill here is better than on an overcast day

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Colours are well reproduced

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Capturing spray in burst mode worked well

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The auto mode worked well in bright light

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Another sharp scene - the S5 works well in strong light

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Shadows come out clear and crisply

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Zoom (4x shown here) looks smooth with decent light

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This cat is still a fool. You might remember him from last year.

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HDR mode works well

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One of the few off the cuff snaps that came out well

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Despite having a long time to capture this shot, I still nearly missed it due to the speed of the camera startup

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Clear, bright scenes are well captured

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The defocus is decent if not impressive, and takes a few attempts

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Without HDR mode, items generally look sharper

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Low light performance is generally not great, but at extreme levels comes back impressively

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Aah, the old 'animated photo'. I'll never tire of this, no matter how low-res it comes out at

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I also have other cats, and I don't want them to feel left out

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Gareth Beavis
Formerly Global Editor in Chief

Gareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grown with the site (primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor) until becoming Global Editor in Chief in 2018. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. Passionate about fitness, he can bore anyone rigid about stress management, sleep tracking, heart rate variance as well as bemoaning something about the latest iPhone, Galaxy or OLED TV.