Pudding Camera on the Samsung Galaxy S2

Pudding Camera is currently one of the most popular camera apps available from the Android Market. It has an interesting, simple and user-friendly interface which makes it nice to use:

Pudding interface

I took a number of photos testing out various filters with some of the results below. What I didnt like is that 'Pudding Camera' seems to vertically stretch some photos slightly, with most settings other than 'Snap'. I'm not sure if this is only on the SGS2 phone or whether it's a univeral issue.

Using 'Fantasy' and 'Dazzle' together does make for some nice surreal shots, and I've often seen the 'Fisheye' filter used for shots at nightclub events to great effect. Pudding has features for taking more Retro
looking shots such as 'Noir', 'Vintage Brown' and my personal favourite, 'Vignetting'.

What I do like about this app is that it allows you to choose 'Flash option' with all of the filters. Something even the Galaxy S2's own internal application doesn't allow.

Unfortunately, the Free App can only take photos to a maximum resolution of  1280px.

Basic Setting

Basic Dazzle

Basic Vivid

Snap Basic

Fantasy Basic

Fisheye Basic

Fantasy Vivid

Fantasy Dazzle

Comparing the Samsung Galaxy S2 Camera with the Nokia N8

The Nokia N8 is considered for many the current market leader smart phone for taking photos with it's massive 12 megapixel carl weizz lense and powerful flash. However, how does it compare to the the Galaxy S2 camera? Have a look at this comparison blog post which pits the two phones together for a number of shots.

http://sgs2vsn8camera.blogspot.com/2011/08/samsung-galaxy-s2-vs-nokia-n8-camera.html

We can see that the Galaxy S2 performs very well against the N8, but we can also take note the importance of adjusting settings for the best photo possible. For instance, night shots with the N8 outperform, however tweaking the SGS2 settings such as turning on the 'autocontrast' may make a big difference.

The sharpness and shutter speed of the Galaxy S2 also compared favourably against the N8, with settings like 'Macro' in 'Focus Mode' settings making a noted difference for close up shots. Finally, the blogger noted that the N8 seemed to pump up the colour compared to the SGS2 for some daylight shots, so it may be worth opting for a 'Scene Mode' such as 'Beach/Snow' to add warmth to shots.