Samsung MV800 review

Tilting touchscreen and 16MP on a compact camera

Samsung MV800
The tilting touchscreen is handy and the body comes in different colours

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Colours produced by the MV800 are sharp and punchy, if a little oversaturated at times.

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Focusing is relatively quick, allowing you to speedily grab images.

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Taken with the lens at fully wide

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Taken with the lens fully zoomed

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Shot with "old film" filter

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Shot with the "vignetting" filter

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Shot with the "Soft Focus" filter

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Shot with the "Half-tone dot" filter..

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Shot with the "Fish-eye" filter

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Shot with the "Classic" filter

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Shot with the "retro" filter.

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Shot with the "oil painting" feature

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Shot with the "ink painting" filter

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Shot with the "cartoon" filter

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Shot with the "zooming shot" filter

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Amy Davies

Amy has been writing about cameras, photography and associated tech since 2009. Amy was once part of the photography testing team for Future Publishing working across TechRadar, Digital Camera, PhotoPlus, N Photo and Photography Week. For her photography, she has won awards and has been exhibited. She often partakes in unusual projects - including one intense year where she used a different camera every single day. Amy is currently the Features Editor at Amateur Photographer magazine, and in her increasingly little spare time works across a number of high-profile publications including Wired, Stuff, Digital Camera World, Expert Reviews, and just a little off-tangent, PetsRadar.