The ‘Funny Face’ mode is laughably bad, although in this particular example it’s also an improvement. The innovative 3.3-inch, 180-degree flip-out display on the MV900F helps shutterbugs easily capture and frame images from any angle, whether it’s a large group of friends or a full-body self-portrait. Additionally, taking self-portraits or group shots are easy thanks to Samsung’s unique Gesture Shot,which applies motion-sensing technology so that users can control the camera remotely using hand gestures alone. By simply making a circular hand motion, users can control the camera’s zoom functions. When the shot is properly framed, users move their hand up and down to snap the photo.

x 3456 / 14MP: 4608 x 3072 / 12 MW: 4608 x 2592 / 10M: 3648 x 2736 / 5M: 2592 x 1944 / 3M: 1984 x 1488 / 2MW: 1920 x 1080 / 1M: 1024 x 768 Both cameras suffer from flawed image quality, but the Casio Tryx is particularly terrible. The sensor output is incredibly noisy, but even worse, its processor applies a harsh, destructive noise reduction algorithm. Details are smeared away, and at high ISO settings, the results barely resemble the original scene. It earned a decent overall image quality score in our tests, thanks to the (technically) low noise levels, but just one look at its sample shots should convince anyone that the real-life picture quality is awful. As we mentioned above, the ISO range extends from 80 to 3200, with a mystifying ISO 100 setting thrown in as well. ISOs 80 and 100 work equally well, so somebody in Samsung's department of redundancy department must have worked that into the interface. There's no perceivable difference between the two settings, so they can be used interchangeably. Here are two 100% crops which have been Saved as Web - Quality 50 in Photoshop. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images are a little soft and ideally benefit from some further sharpening in a program like Adobe Photoshop. You can also change the in-camera sharpening level. DCF / EXIF 2.21 / DPOF 1.1 / Pictbridge 1.0 Still Image: JPEG(DCF) / MPO / Movie Clip : MP4 (Video: MPEG-4.AVC/H.264, Audio:AAC)On average, the MV800 performed equally in our 3000 lux (bright light) and 60 lux (low-light) tests, showing 1.35% and 1.34% noise, respectively. The higher ISO settings showed less noise in our 60 lux test due to extra noise reduction, while the lower ISO settings were cleaner at 3000 lux. But as the crops show, the top ISO setting always looks ugly, no matter how it's lit. Additionally we get the ability to turn face detection on or off, timer and burst settings, adjust photo size and quality, metering (multi, spot or centre weighted), tweak brightness, contrast and saturation in-camera, optical image stabilizer and 'My screen' mode, which displays all your commonly used settings as on-screen icons, all in one place. It feels like Samsung is giving us a surfeit of riches that most of the point and shoot brigade the camera is obviously aimed at will never use. Still, it makes the camera as future proof as possible and staves off any chance of boredom. Power Mac G3 or later / Mac OS 10.4 or later / 256MB (Min) RAM (512MB or more Recommended) / 110MB (Min) of available Hard-Disk Space / USB Port / CD-ROM Drive

Some of the oddball remainders are genuinely cool. The Night Shot setting actually opens up mode-specific aperture and shutter controls for shooting in dark conditions. Beauty Shot can smooth over blemishes—a little or a lot, whichever the user wants to choose, thanks to adjustable parameters. All cameras show some distortion (warping at the edges and corners of the frame), but below a certain threshold, it's unnoticeable. The MV800 sits below that threshold, so it earns the top distortion score that we award (we've tested several cameras that have earned the top score). It shows 0.47% barrel distortion at the wide angle, 0.08% barrel at the middle focal length, and then pincushions to 0.28% at the telephoto setting. Unless you're actively looking for crooked lines, you won't find them easily. The MV800 includes a selection of 'Smart Filter' digital effects among its app-style iconography, including the familiar pinhole camera-like vignetting feature and perspective warping fisheye. A Smart Album feature can also organize pictures by faces as well as by date. According to the specs, it doesn't have stereo sound recording, but all the other things I'm looking for. IFA - BERLIN, Germany – September, 1, 2011 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today unveiled the Samsung MV800 camera , an ultra-compact point & shoot with a 3.0” touch-screen Flip-out LCD display. In combining the Flip-out LCD with an impressive suite of creative features, the MV800 enables users to capture life’s moments from any angle and create images that reflect their unique perspective on the world.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']}}) 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 Samsung MV800's maximum shutter speed is 16 seconds in the Night scene mode, which is excellent news if you're seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 6 seconds at ISO 80. The MV800 shoots several sizes in the standard 4:3 aspect ratio, though it also offers a 12-megapixel 16:9 (widescreen) option and a 14-megapixel 3:2 option. As expected, it does not shoot RAW photos, but it does offer three levels of JPEG compression: Normal, Fine, and Superfine. We conducted all of our tests at the maximum 16-megapixel Superfine setting, though the camera's factory settings are at 14-megapixel Fine shots by default. 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.

To be fair, the MV800's color profile is fine for landscapes and other still-life scenes. Plenty of casual photographers seem to prefer a slightly oversaturated quality in their shots, since it makes the sky bluer, the grass greener, and flowers more vibrant. But it does wreak havoc on skin tones, which is problematic in a camera marketed for its self-portraiture abilities. From the front and in terms of its overall specification, the new Samsung MV800 is very similar to the same company's ST95 model that we recently reviewed. Whereas that camera is firmly in the budget camp, the MV800 is much more of a mid-priced affair. So what could possibly account for the big price difference between the two? 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. But Samsung markets the MV800 as a picture-taking gadget for very casual photographers, and the gadget-y aspects of the design are actually pretty cool. The flip-up screen is genuinely useful—more comfortable for self-portraits than the front-facing LCDs on Samsung's DualView cameras, and handy for framing low-angle shots, too. The touchscreen is actually responsive, and the interface is as elegant as a smartphone's. And as frivolous as it might seem, the quantity and versatility of the effects is as awesome as we've seen on a point-and-shoot.

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The MV800 camera offers enhanced picture quality, capacitive touch screen technology, as well as many innovative and user-friendly features to ensure that all users can relax and enjoy their shooting experience. Consumers can be confident they will be able to capture even the most challenging shot whether they are behind or in front of the lens. As with the SH100, image quality on the MV800 is generally pretty good. Of course, once you start examining images at 100% and the limitations of the small sensor do become apparent especially at higher sensitivity settings, but viewed at regular monitor sizes (or at smaller print sizes) the MV800 produces bright, natural looking images that we suspect the vast majority of users will be more than happy with.