Samsung MV800 Digital Camera
Samsung MV800 Digital Camera
- Approach the shot from every direction and explore every artistic possibility
- 26mm wide-angle lens
- 5x Optical zoom
Samsung MV800 Digital Camera
The 3.0-Inch Flip-Out Display lets you take and view great pictures from
multiple angles. Easily adjust the LCD from 0 to 180 degrees and make
any shot possible. Snap a picture over a crowd or get waist-level
candid's of kids and pets, or spin the display for perfectly framed
self-portraits. Choose from 3 shutter options to comfortably snap pics
from any position.
Samsung MV800 Digital Camera
Therefore, my primary method of documenting my presence in their young
lives is to take self portraits, and for that reason, I have always
considered a flip/swivel screen to be a mandatory feature on all my
digital cameras. Unfortunately, this seems to be a bit of a niche
feature, largely phased out of point-and-shoot cameras. Many of the
bulky SLR cameras have a flip/swivel screen, but unless you're setting
it up on a tripod, you can forget about one-handed self-portraits. Even
most of the "point and shoot" varieties are still too bulky to fit
comfortably in a pocket. But Samsung seems to have finally hit my sweet
spot with this small, sleek, fully-featured, highly capable,
flip-screen camera. Here are some of the features that stand out:
Samsung MV800 Digital Camera
That is because most of the features are accessed from the touch screen.
The touch screen is very responsive to touches and swipes, comparable
in my experience to iPhone touch screens. However, as with other touch
screens, you will not be able to operate the touch screen while wearing
gloves, so if you plan on taking lots of outdoor photos in the winter,
you might want to invest in some gloves with conductive fingertips, or
make your own using metallic thread (I saw a DIY article on it
somewhere). The main menu has no less than five screens of options,
including various photo and video shooting modes, scene selections,
novelty modes, etc, but Samsung thoughtfully made this customizable so
that you can put the options you use most on the first screen. While
you're in shooting/viewfinder/review mode, icons for any available
options will pop up with a simple touch of the screen, but are otherwise
hidden for a clean, uncluttered screen.
Samsung MV800 Digital Camera
LOVE it. Although the screen only flips upward 180 degrees (it is not
fully articulating like some of the other flip-screen cameras I've had),
the camera itself is small and handy enough to rotate the body of it to
achieve any viewing angle you want. I am a short woman and like to be
able to take pictures above the heads of people in a crowd. By holding
the camera upside down and angling the screen down towards me, I have an
excellent high view and can still easily press the shutter button with
my left thumb. Even better, the camera has an internal accelerometer
that senses its position, and automatically rotates pictures taken from
an upside-down position. And the fact that the flip screen is also a
touch screen means that the menu is handy even when the camera is
pointed toward you, making it easy to set your options for your
self-portrait.
Samsung MV800 Digital Camera
