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hey what's up guys it's Marquez from the mkbhd Channel and back with an answer to one of the most frequently asked questions I've gotten about the Galaxy Nexus since I got it and that's been about the camera on the back it's gotten very mixed reviews I even gave it a mixed review in my first impressions video by the way thumbs up on this video um but I just want to preview this video by saying that you know there are three megapixel sensors there are five megapixel sensors there are 8 10 and 12 megapixel sensors all in smartphones but it's really all about the quality of the optics which is basically the sensor and the glass and I'll go more into this in the video but I basically want to let you guys know this is my review of the camera of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus it's really all about anything you could possibly want to know about it so sit back relax and enjoy here we go so as we've all heard the Galaxy Nexus has a 5 megapixel rear facing shooter I like saying shooter instead of camera um but it has a 5 megapixel shooter and it has a single LED flash which does a great job for illumination especially during video I found that dual LED was actually a little bit too bright so it's a 5 megapixel back facing shooter and a single LED flash so let's get right to the test shots cuz I know that's what you guys who probably came here to see so we started off indoors and this is a look at the camera software and one of the most important things about the software is number one captive focus and number 2 instant shutter so as soon as you take a picture whether or not it's in focus or not you can choose whether or not to focus BAM the pictures taken no lag whatsoever I'll show you some of these pictures and some videos in a second but basically the gallery is just like any other version of Android so it's nothing really too noteworthy here so let's go ahead and jump back out and look at the video mode video mode with the 5 megapixel sensor you can take 720p videos or you can take 1080p videos you can also take standard definition but I chose for a 720p just so it would match up nicely and the frame rate is 30 frames per second so you can see here it does look pretty good this is all indoors of course you have a crazy special effects no one will use and the time-lapse mode and other cool options and stuff but overall it's about the quality right oh yeah yeah that's right so let's just go ahead and start recording and as you can see here we are indoors and it doesn't look all that bad but like I said it's it's from a cell phone so this is really acceptable so here's some more video that I took indoors and again not all that bad looking but not all that sharp either it could be a little bit sharper but I do appreciate that I can take a video in low-light but just remember that in low-light autofocus like any other camera will take a little bit longer so now let's take it outdoors where this actually really shines I walked around in 25 degree weather that's Fahrenheit I had to get these shots for you and from what I can see it looks around average you know nothing too spectacular this is 720p it definitely works the frame rate is easily 30 frames per second so I'm gonna say on the smartphone scale this guy takes around and eight for me I definitely would use this to take video and send it to people zooming in and out though while recording it's just something you don't want to do it's just a tip the front-facing camera on the Galaxy Nexus which is footage that you're looking at right now is also 720p and it looks pretty good to be honest it also has facial tracking so if I move my head around it's constantly focused on my face so that's a pretty good feature and I'm a fan so definitely gonna be using this for like Google Chat and Skype and things like that now taking a look at the pictures it takes these are where it's literally hit or miss if you press the shutter button when the item is out of focus you will get that out of focus picture so I always tap to focus just to make sure and I got pretty average results again nothing to write home about but the convenience factor of having instant access from the lockscreen and instant shutter really does make up for it in my opinion and I'm really a big fan of the camera software rather than the camera hardware so that's it for you guys that's basically my overview of the Galaxy Nexus it's probably going to be my last video until I can really get to know this phone and give you guys my full review but expect some other tech videos and some other YouTube tips coming up in the very near future thanks for watching and I'll talk to you guys later peace