However, the ELPH 500 is a much better picture-taker. It has a wide-open f/2.0 lens, which helps out real-world low-light performance quite a bit. Its lab scores are great. The only category where it comes up short is distortion, which is unsurprising for a camera with a 24mm equivalent wide-angle setting. 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']}})

One of the bigger selling points about the MV800 are the 14 individual digital filter effects. Here’s the ‘Miniaturisation’ one in action. The innovative Live Panorama function, meanwhile, enables easy photography of large groups by simply holding down the shutter button, then previewing the whole scene that’s being captured, via the LCD. Moreover, by simply connecting the Samsung MV800 to a 3D HDTV, images and panoramic shots can be viewed in outstanding 3D in-depth quality instantly. The MV800's interface is that camera's greatest asset—just a charm to use—but it's the ELPH 500's biggest flaw. The resistive touchscreen is clunky and unresponsive, which is especially problematic for a camera with manual controls that plenty of users will want to access. Regular shooting modes are limited to Smart Auto, six Scene modes and a Program mode that offers a bit of control over some basic shooting parameters. Staying briefly with the other ‘sensible’ shooting modes, there’s a Touch Shot that enables you to select a point of focus and take a picture simply by touching the screen, a Self Shot mode for self-portraits, a Night Shot that allows you to control the shutter speed and aperture for long exposures (over one second), a Dual IS mode for sharper results at slower shutter speeds, a Close Up macro mode and a 3D picture mode (3D viewing device sold separately). 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.

How to Video for Samsung Camera. Find more about 'How to use Smart Touch 3.0 User Interface on Samsung MV800 MultiView Camera?' with Samsung Support A camera that must be plugged in to charge (non-removable), is useless when the power goes; usually at the most inopportune time. Extra battery(ies) can be easily carried. 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. The ‘Funny Face’ mode is laughably bad, although in this particular example it’s also an improvement.

The 5x Schneider zoom delivers pleasingly sharp results especially in the centre of the frame, however barrel distortion at the 26mm wideangle setting is quite pronounced. The built-in Image Stabilisation does an effective job of keeping blur to a minimum at longer telephoto settings and slower shutter speeds too. Again, as with the SH100, there isn't a dedicated video record button on the MV800, a now expected feature on even the humblest of compacts, a virtual one has been provided instead. Tap the Smart Movie icon and one unexpectedly appears centre bottom of screen, the red button in the midst of a white square subconsciously recalling the Japanese flag, despite Samsung's Korean heritage.

When you view the images at full size you can see that they are sharp with good detail in the centre but they become quite blurred in the corners. Typically with Samsung compacts, colour reproduction is excellent. The lens has a minimum focus distance of 5cm, allowing a decent macro image to be taken. The Samsung MV800’s combination of industry-leading innovation, sophisticated design and the ultimate in user-friendly features, ensure total mobility, premium picture quality and maximum enjoyment. The Samsung MV800 is the perfect tool to not just capture an image but to tell a fun and creative story on the move. MV800 specifications Price (with 18-55mm zoom lens) The Samsung MV800 Multiview is the latest addition to the company’s self-portrait oriented compact camera range, along with the existing 2View models. The idea of these products is to provide you with a screen that faces the same way as the lens, making it easy to take pictures of yourself and your friends. The 2View range did this in a slightly clunky way by having a second screen on the front of the camera whereas the MV800 does things a little different, employing a single screen that normally faces rearwards but can flip all the way up until it can face the front. 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. It also applies obvious sharpening, especially at the wide angle. The 4.5mm crops below look blurry, particularly on the right side of the frame. But the MV800 adds a dark line where the sharp edge should be, which improves the contrast from a regular viewing distance, and fools image-testing software into thinking that the edge is actually well defined. To be fair, most cameras do this to a certain degree, and the MV800 is far from the most egregious example we've seen.