Review: Pantech Pursuit
Camera
The Pantech Pursuit may pack a lowly, 2 megapixel sensor, but the camera software was pretty good. All of the settings are available as buttons on the viewfinder screen, no need to dig through menus or leave the action behind. The camera sprang to life in under two seconds, and after a quick preview of the picture you just shot, you can take another quickly by pressing the shutter button again.
The Pursuit has some fun effects for the camera. The standards are mostly there, including white balance, negative and sepia tones, and a variety of resolution settings. But there are also a few wacky options, as well. The camera can detect faces, and Pantech includes a Face Effect mode, where the camera will apply various effects to the central face in view. These include a fisheye effect, a radial blur, a red-faced tint and even falling snow. Strangely, the camera never properly detected my face, but it had no trouble recognizing the face of a scary clown on my computer monitor, so I've included some examples of him with my sample images.
Image Gallery
Viewing images on the Pantech Pursuit is easy with the highly competent image gallery. You get a list view or a grid view, but the list view is much more useful. From the list, there's an arrow next to each picture that lets you send the image via MMS, via Bluetooth or to AT&T's Online Locker. Of course, AT&T charges an additional fee for online photo storage, a feature that's free on most smartphones. You don't get any editing capabilities, not even cropping or rotating photos. But you can tag faces in your pics and store the images by the person's name. Too bad the Pursuit can't take the tagged pics to Facebook; that would be a real coup for this phone.
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Pantech Pursuit
