Samsung MV800 Digital Camera 16 Megapixels with Swivel Screen white

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The MV800's Live Panorama mode shoots either a 2D or 3D panorama image by sweeping the camera either horizontally or vertically. The MV900F’s stylish design and incredibly bright and fast lens, makes it the ideal camera for a night out on the town – as it will capture fantastic videos and photos, even in dimly-lit places. Now more than ever, we want to share these experiences instantly with friends and family, so the MV900 will take images consumers will be proud to share using the camera’s SMART Wi-Fi features,” said Reid Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Mobile Entertainment, Samsung Electronics America. “The unique MultiView display, intuitive touch screen and cutting-edge SMART camera technology means that superior quality images can be captured from any angle and shared at any time.” Creatively Capture Group and Self-Portraits The Samsung MV800 handled chromatic aberrations fairly well during the review, with some purple fringing present around the edges of objects in high-contrast situations, as shown in the examples below. As a CCD-sensor based camera, the MV800 is a slow performer. There is a continuous drive mode, but no burst mode to speak of, not even at a reduced resolution. Speed was clearly not on the minds of Samsung's engineers when they designed this camera. Shot to Shot ({{product.raw_scores['Shot to Shot Score']}})

is a lot to ask for a compact camera with so-so image quality and only a 5 x zoom lens, so its vital that the MV800 delivers on its main aim of being the ultimate point and shoot. Happily it largely succeeds on that promise, allowing us to recommend the Samsung NV800 as a great social camera with a literal twist.With a whopping 15 built-in effects, the MV800 has the most in-depth effects mode we've ever seen on a camera. Our scoring rubric doesn't even allow us to award as many points as we think this camera deserves for these fun extras. Like all of the Samsung point-and-shoots we've seen, the MV800 only has one color mode. Sharpness, contrast, and saturation are all adjustable in the MV800's Program mode, but there are no other color presets, and no way to adjust the overall accuracy. Any serious changes will have to be made with PC-based photo software. The MV800 offers a better overall user experience too. The Tryx's rotating screen makes it easy to shoot from tons of odd angles, but the MV800 is no slouch in that regard, and, unlike the Tryx, it actually has a zoom lens, which opens up framing possibilities that the Tryx can't. The Samsung also has an excellent user interface, where the Tryx is just OK.

How to Video for Samsung Camera. Find more about 'How to use MultiView on Samsung MV800 Camera?' with Samsung Support It's worth noting that the MV800's color scores are in the same ballpark as many point-and-shoots' standard color settings; those cameras just also have several other color profiles, at least one of which is usually much more accurate than the default modes. Noise RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.,July 18, 2012 –Samsung Electronics America Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today announced the availability of the MV900F, the latest digital camera to join the company’s Wi-Fi enabled SMART line-up. Following the success of Samsung’s MV800, the MV900F also features Samsung’s innovative 180-degree MultiView display, making it easy to capture and share creative self-portraits from any angle. The MV900F’s shooting flexibility does not end with its rotating display. With Samsung’s unique Gesture Shot, which uses motion-sensing technology, users can zoom and snap a photo with simple hand motions from across the room. Auto: 1/8 - 1/2000sec / Program: 1 - 1/2000sec / Night: 16 - 1/2000sec / AEB,continuous: 1/4~1/2000sec Exposure Control The Casio Tryx is the only other small camera on the market that has an adjustable LCD, and it costs about as much as the MV800, so it's probably the most appropriate comparison point.

One of the bigger selling points about the MV800 are the 14 individual digital filter effects. Here’s the ‘Miniaturisation’ one in action.

Metering is generally pretty accurate, although the small sensor does limit dynamic range. During testing we found that the camera tends to favour shadows and mid-tones so expect to lose some highlight detail when faced with a high-contrast situation. Automatic white balance isn’t a problem though, delivering consistently accurate results. You can, of course, tweak WB settings should you want to change the colour temperature or set it up for specific conditions. The MV800 surprised us with its great resolution scores—the best in the comparison group overall, as well as in each individual resolution test. This high ranking does come with a few caveats, but from what we can tell, the MV800 earned its high scores mostly fair and square, without too much software-based funny business. More on how we test resolution. Distortion ({{product.raw_scores['Distortion Score']}}) Saturation is actually adjustable, which could even out the intensity, and there are some additional shooting modes especially for portraits. But those both require tweaking, and we only count results from default color modes, so they don't factor into our rating here. In any case, neither of those options will actually improve the inaccurate shades. Thanks to the vagaries of image processing, the signal-to-noise ratio doesn't count for everything, but we still confidently rank the MV800 as a below-average noise performer. The sensor output is rougher than its competitors' even at lower levels, and the noise reduction algorithm is too heavy-handed for our liking.One final thing to bear in mind is that the MV800 takes microSD cards, which can be a bit fiddly and often require a dedicated card reader for uploading to laptops. You can, however, plug the camera directly into a computer using the supplied USB to micro-USB cord and transfer images in this way too. The LCD is one of the MV800's characteristic features: It's a 3-inch widescreen unit that can flip up and face forward. This so-called MultiView model builds on the (apparent) success of Samsung's DualView series, which feature front-facing as well as rear-facing LCDs to make self-portraiture more accurate. It feels a bit silly dedicating a whole section to this one button, but we didn't know where else to include it in the review: When the LCD is flipped up, it reveals an auxiliary shutter button on the rear panel. This makes it easy to hold the camera at an arm's length and take a shot, all with one hand. Of course, as a touchscreen camera, users can still just press the LCD to select a focal point and take a shot, but that requires an extra hand. Handling

And here are some portrait shots. As you can see, neither the Auto setting or the Red eye fix option caused any red-eye.Out of the comparison group, the MV800 scored the lowest in our noise tests. However, looking at the crops, we don't think that it's really the worst performer of the group. The Canon ELPH 500 HS and Samsung PL120 both scored better, and their shots do look superior to the MV800's at higher ISO settings. But the Casio Tryx earned the best noise score in our group, yet its photos look atrocious. It uses so much destructive noise reduction that it's difficult to see what the photo was supposed to be in the first place. Slightly lower down on the scale of usefulness is a Pose Guide mode that serves up an on-screen outline of a classic model pose for you to arrange your subject into, an Intelligent Portrait mode that takes three shots for the price of one, and a Face Zoom feature that automatically zooms in when it detects a face to get a slightly tighter crop of your subject. The 16.3-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor and brighter F2.5 lens help deliver top-notch image quality even in low-light situations without the typical bleaching effect of artificial light. The Low Light Shot mode automatically selects the camera’s best setting when shooting in low light conditions. By taking three continuous shots and merging them together into one, this feature helps to create an image without the blurs and noise. In addition to low-light settings, the MV900F is also designed for ease of use in the brightest sunlight. The upgraded display boasts a 3.3-inch WVGA AMOLED touch display for seeing clearer images even in intense light. Instant Sharing without Compromise The big talking point here, of course, is the flip-up screen. This rotates through 180-degrees, allowing you to stand in front of the camera and see what’s in-frame. Of course, you can also use it to take low- or high-angled shots with an on-board gyroscope ensuring that the image is always displayed the right way up.