hey guys . recently i baught lg g5 and i m very happy with it. but yesterday i took some pics from both mobiles g4 and g5 and i found lg g5 image quality specially when cropped is ****. both images are fine but when we crop images lg g4 s image is very clear with much details and file size is higher then g5, while on g5 when i crop image it start blurring and i cant see it clearly like on g4.
LG and other ppl r saying that g5 camera is i?proved a lot then g4. since both got same lens , same hardware same 16 mp then why g4 image is with more details and higher file size then g5?
i found on forum that g5 post processing image makes it so smooth and it makes loss of details. i dont know this is hardware based or software based, i want to know can this post processing get fixed by next software update??
i like to take pics , i m not pro but what i check is take pic and zoom in and see details...LOL...
anyone can explain this issue would be awesome... thank you guys..
antala said:
hey guys . recently i baught lg g5 and i m very happy with it. but yesterday i took some pics from both mobiles g4 and g5 and i found lg g5 image quality specially when cropped is ****. both images are fine but when we crop images lg g4 s image is very clear with much details and file size is higher then g5, while on g5 when i crop image it start blurring and i cant see it clearly like on g4.
LG and other ppl r saying that g5 camera is i?proved a lot then g4. since both got same lens , same hardware same 16 mp then why g4 image is with more details and higher file size then g5?
i found on forum that g5 post processing image makes it so smooth and it makes loss of details. i dont know this is hardware based or software based, i want to know can this post processing get fixed by next software update??
i like to take pics , i m not pro but what i check is take pic and zoom in and see details...LOL...
anyone can explain this issue would be awesome... thank you guys..
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Have you try with another app? or have you gone into settings and changes the MP to 16? Just to run out of obvious questions LOL
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Have you try with another app? or have you gone into settings and changes the MP to 16? Just to run out of obvious questions LOL
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yeah lol done.everything.....
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I've found that my G4 takes way better pics in low light and has better anti shake. There is a really visible difference.
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Hey guys, I'm returning from a recent trip to iPhoneland and I'm looking for the camera app that's closest to keeping up with the iPhone's camera.
I'm running cm11 and so far the best I've found is this one here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540030
This one takes a lot better pictures than the stock cm or the google camera from the play store, but it still lags behind the iPhone.
it's not about the camera app, it's about the hardware...
No camera app on LG G2 can match iPhone and/or Nokia just because of the camera hardware (sensor, lens,...) which is not that good on LG
To explore full benefits of LG camera hardware, you'll have to move to one of stock based roms and then try i.e. Xdabbeb camera...
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it's not about the camera app, it's about the hardware...
No camera app on LG G2 can match iPhone and/or Nokia just because of the camera hardware (sensor, lens,...) which is not that good on LG
To explore full benefits of LG camera hardware, you'll have to move to one of stock based roms and then try i.e. Xdabbeb camera...
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Alright that's what I was kind of afraid of. I know that there is a limit to how good the camera is going to be but I was hoping I hadn't found it yet. There is a significant variation between the different camera apps I have tried. It's too bad we can't use the camera to its full potential on aosp based roms.
I would strongly disagree with what 60nine just said, but that's just me. The main issue is the stock "camera" app is kinda crappy and does way too much processing on the image data from the sensor. It's not the best image sensor that's ever been made, no, of course not, but it is quite a nice one especially with the OIS as part of the hardware.
Having said that, I personally use Mi2raw nowadays which allows me to capture pure raw image data from the G2 sensor and dumps it as a DNG (Adobe Digital Negative) file which I then transfer over to my laptop for editing/post processing using Photoshop.
If you want some examples of what the G2's camera is capable of, look here:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/[email protected]/pool/
You can find more info about Mi2raw (available on the Google Play Market, it's free) in the main thread for it and yes there's more pics too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/app-mi2raw-enables-capturing-real-raw-t2837089
Again, we're not dealing with the best image sensor ever made but I've been damned happy with the results I've been getting with my G2 because of Mi2raw (I just got this G2 like 3 weeks ago).
As far as other apps, I use Aviary (it was free a few days ago, with every single filter they had for free too so I grabbed it all and backed it up safely), PerfectlyClear which gave away their Android app for free last week (it's not too bad, actually), and Photoshop Express (which can load the DNG files directly on the G2 directly from Mi2raw for quick viewing).
There's also XCam LG which adds a lot of functionality to the G2 including giving it 4K video recording capability (just make sure to read the details in the thread):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2548974
XCam LG has a settings app to tweak it further located on the Play Market as well, it's worth the price if you need it.
For me personally I just use Mi2raw for most every picture I snap these days then do editing/PP work when I get back home, it's what works best for me at this time.
Hope this helps...
Try Cymera. It's free and has good editing tools. Drawbacks are that it takes a bit to load and is not too stable. It's the only camera app that focuses correctly and has a proper white balance!!!! The resolution is small 1 Megapixel?, but the image is sharper and better than any 13megapixel shot from other camera apps or stock.
Otherwise just take the stock LG camera app as a daily driver.
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I would strongly disagree with what 60nine just said, but that's just me. The main issue is the stock "camera" app is kinda crappy and does way too much processing on the image data from the sensor. It's not the best image sensor that's ever been made, no, of course not, but it is quite a nice one especially with the OIS as part of the hardware.
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why would you disagree if its known that iPhone and Nokia use way better sensor and lenses? (and i'm not an iphone fanboy, far from that )
i didn't say that LG hardware is crap - i'm just saying that it's no match to those two... or to say it better - "close but no cigar"
Nokia & iPhone give much better low light images than LG (partly due to better sensor, partly due to smaller f-stop lens number which lets more light onto the sensor)
for comparison
LG G2 has F/2.4 lens < iphone/nokia use F/2.2 lens (smaller the f-stop, more light comes in)
Having said that, I personally use Mi2raw nowadays which allows me to capture pure raw image data from the G2 sensor and dumps it as a DNG (Adobe Digital Negative) file which I then transfer over to my laptop for editing/post processing using Photoshop.
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i didn't mention mi2raw app on purpose because it's not for everyone... and since i'm a photo hobbyist and DSLR owner, it gives me a bit of real camera world in a mobile device...
and what i like about mi2raw (besides its raw capability) is that the photos taken with that app don't look "painted" or "blurred" because of too much noise reduction that other camera apps produce
mi2raw would be too complicated to use for an average user... but hey - it's free, and everyone can try it and see
everything else you wrote - i second...
+ Snapseed is an image app worth mentioning especially with its ambiance setting that gives an image a nice "bump" in every way if it's used correctly...
personally i'm currently "stuck" with mi2raw, xdabbeb's XCam (because of those extra options you mentioned) and google camera (because it's the best for panorama/sphere images)
cheers...
In my opinion the best camera so far has been the one with CloudyG3 ROM
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Hope this helps...
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Thanks for the Mi2RAW suggestion, I'll check that out. I work with raws from my dslr but I don't know how badly I really need to have all my phone pictures shot as raw. I'll see how it goes
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In my opinion the best camera so far has been the one with CloudyG3 ROM
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which is basically a stock cam app that uses xdabbeb's advanced binaries (so it's pretty much the same as XCam, but Xcam gets updated by xdabbeb every now and then)
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Thanks for the Mi2RAW suggestion, I'll check that out. I work with raws from my dslr but I don't know how badly I really need to have all my phone pictures shot as raw. I'll see how it goes
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sometimes you just want that bit of extra image customization that raw offers
since you have dslr as well, you know what i'm on about
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which is basically a stock cam app that uses xdabbeb's advanced binaries (so it's pretty much the same as XCam, but Xcam gets updated by xdabbeb every now and then)
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sometimes you just want that bit of extra image customization that raw offers
since you have dslr as well, you know what i'm on about
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I did not know that thanks
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"a Better Camera" app is what I use on non stock Roms and it's very good. LG camera hardware is not that good? You make me laugh... Can IPhone camera record 4k?Does it have ois?
The only thing that iPhone is better at is the image processing. That's it. (period).
I use the G2's stock camera app on AICP. It's okay, but the images look washed out compared to my Optimus G.
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60nine said:
it's not about the camera app, it's about the hardware...
No camera app on LG G2 can match iPhone and/or Nokia just because of the camera hardware (sensor, lens,...) which is not that good on LG
To explore full benefits of LG camera hardware, you'll have to move to one of stock based roms and then try i.e. Xdabbeb camera...
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Bulsh*t of the month/year? :fingers-crossed: Only way to reveal the potencial of any and I mean ANY camera HW is to shoot RAW only! You can say Lg stock camera is bad and I will agree but not talk about HW whenn you didnt see pure RAW data. Just look at the samples I shot with the best android camera for photo enthusiasts: Mi2raw camera which is capable of capturing pure DNG files without freaky Lg jpeg engine, which is IMHO the worst I ever seen. I took indoor photos on ISO400-800 so dont blame the small sensor of more noise, no such a small sensor will perform any better. Still great results in todays mobile photography. Even Xdabbed camera which is great contribution cannot match results from RAW data and personal approach for photography. One minute for one photo and the results are uncomparable.
Anyone tried porting the Pixelmaster camera app from the various Asus Zenfones? It takes really incredible low light photos by reducing resolution to 2 megapixels and it is awesome (the only reason I fell envious of my brother's otherwise mediocre zenfone 5). Check here too, someone had plans of porting but not sure what happened to him since... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712403
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Anyone tried porting the Pixelmaster camera app from the various Asus Zenfones? It takes really incredible low light photos by reducing resolution to 2 megapixels and it is awesome (the only reason I fell envious of my brother's otherwise mediocre zenfone 5). Check here too, someone had plans of porting but not sure what happened to him since... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712403
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Why should I want 2Mpx photos from 13Mpx camera? From 13Mox->2Mpx I will do awesome photos too! 2Mpx=fullHD , 2160p=4K got it? Rather show us those amazing photos
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Why should I want 2Mpx photos from 13Mpx camera? From 13Mox->2Mpx I will do awesome photos too! 2Mpx=fullHD , 2160p=4K got it? Rather show us those amazing photos
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again. it takes normal pics at full resolution, then there is a night mode which takes very very nice pics in dark situations at full resolution (better than almost any other phone out there) and then there is a special night mode that reduces pic resolution to 2 megapixels, but boy those night pics are the best I have ever seen.... Check this for example. and no worries about zenfone 5 camera being 8 megapixels. the zenfone 6 has 13 and same software...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_TPqwDYStI
so you still live in a world where more megapixels mean better images?
i.e. see why HTC went for lower mpx in its flagship devices...
about my "bullsh*t of the year"... do some reading and know some basics of the digital photography...
i never said that LG G2 camera is bad, read my post again & read hardware tech specs of the other devices...
i like the mi2raw app very much (see my posts there in the app thread) - it's the best thing that happened to this device considering the camera/photo...
and i think LG G2 camera hardware can do much more - especially on the strange "painted like" image compression effect which i hate so much...
i'd say - LG G2 is close, but no cigar
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Bulsh*t of the month/year? :fingers-crossed: Only way to reveal the potencial of any and I mean ANY camera HW is to shoot RAW only! You can say Lg stock camera is bad and I will agree but not talk about HW whenn you didnt see pure RAW data. Just look at the samples I shot with the best android camera for photo enthusiasts: Mi2raw camera which is capable of capturing pure DNG files without freaky Lg jpeg engine, which is IMHO the worst I ever seen. I took indoor photos on ISO400-800 so dont blame the small sensor of more noise, no such a small sensor will perform any better. Still great results in todays mobile photography. Even Xdabbed camera which is great contribution cannot match results from RAW data and personal approach for photography. One minute for one photo and the results are uncomparable.
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Because of RAW the G2 is one of the top android cameras, that is true. However, the flagship Lumia devices also shoot RAW.
Yes I know, iphone can shoot RAW too, so android is behind somehow...
60nine: Ive read everything you've written, thats why I had to react. I know a lot about photography, HW a more, so Im OK. Thanks. And about pixels, even 8Mpx iphone camera is worse than 16Mpx SGN4 camera so give me a break...HTCs cameras are the worst from the biggest flagship manufacturers. HTCs cameras lags of detail and lost every shootout with competition. And I will tell you something, you will need at least 2160p for viewing on upcoming 4K display devices...so now the pixels matters. I know that more pixels suffers from dynamic range and more noise, but it will be hidden in more Mpx photo with good postprocess. So if you find comparison between IP6 and LG G2 in RAW at same settings and same scene and IP6 will be better, youll have my respect and appologies.
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i won't bother answering to a person who thinks more mpx means better images (on a same sized sensor), so cheers...
raw is not for an average users anyway
On the lg v10 as we know there is a dual camera. Well im having an issue with it. When using the normal camera app its all good. But the thing is when i use apps like snapchat the selfie camera cant be switched from wide angle to normal so its always on wide angle and i cant get good selfies with it. I really need to find a way to be able to switch the selfie camera in use in external apps (mainly snapchat). If i anyone can help please do. Thanks! Btw im new here so sorry if im a noob.
You'll have to wait for the third party apps like Snapchat to build this into their software.
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Off topic question, but how are the quality of the Snapchat photos with the LG v10? Thanks in advance.
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Off topic question, but how are the quality of the Snapchat photos with the LG v10? Thanks in advance.
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I'm on the T-mob variant. Photos are good on both the front-facing and rear cameras. Videos from the front-facing camera is good, but the rear camera is just a bit choppy/low-framerate (but the actual image quality is still good unlike on my GS3 where the video was pixelated).
Both look garbage , front camera on Snapchat looks so fuzzy and has a lot of noise compared to original app..might trade my v10 for nexus 6p for this reason ..
I've noticed this too. It looks pretty bad. Luckily for me I really don't use snapchat.
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I don't have an issue with Snapchat if I have the proper lighting. That's with any forward facing camera. Only issue I have is that the Snapchat software makes the image mirror but that's Snaochat's problem.
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Off topic question, but how are the quality of the Snapchat photos with the LG v10? Thanks in advance.
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In my case, I'm suscribed in beta versions and looks great. In dark areas (night, low light) doesn't look good. Btw I like the wide angle sensor in Snapchat. For me, is better.
So I just ordered my G5. Wondered, does it have manual video settings like the V10? I know it has manual shooter controls for the camera, but I wasn't sure about the video camera. If not, anyone heard of/found a way to get the V10 camera on the G5 yet? I was reading a post in another place that someone made the V10 camera app work on G4, so I wondered if the G5 has that function and if not, has anyone made a working version.
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So I just ordered my G5. Wondered, does it have manual video settings like the V10? I know it has manual shooter controls for the camera, but I wasn't sure about the video camera. If not, anyone heard of/found a way to get the V10 camera on the G5 yet? I was reading a post in another place that someone made the V10 camera app work on G4, so I wondered if the G5 has that function and if not, has anyone made a working version.
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I don't think so. In an article by phonearena about lg g5 vs lg g4 it says "both smartphones can record videos in resolutions up to 4K, and both don't have manual video controls."
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So I just ordered my G5. Wondered, does it have manual video settings like the V10? I know it has manual shooter controls for the camera, but I wasn't sure about the video camera. If not, anyone heard of/found a way to get the V10 camera on the G5 yet? I was reading a post in another place that someone made the V10 camera app work on G4, so I wondered if the G5 has that function and if not, has anyone made a working version.
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No it doesn't as the previous poster said. The reason I believe that it doesn't is that the V10 is a flagship primarily focused on Video & Multimedia users. Hence the "V" in it's name.
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No it doesn't as the previous poster said. The reason I believe that it doesn't is that the V10 is a flagship primarily focused on Video & Multimedia users. Hence the "V" in it's name.
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Ah okay. Thanks. Anyone made a work around yet to getting manual features onto the video feature?
So I got my LG G5 today and already I see issues. In snapchat the camera quality and the photo resolution is WAY worse than the camera app especially for rear camera. This also happens in other apps which use its own camera instead of system one like instagram and fb messenger.
Here are photos of same place taken at almost same time
Snapchat - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwYUx-GeAB7bS00wT0JCNDFiaHM/view?usp=drivesdk (file size - 833kb)
Camera app - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwYUx-GeAB7bZDU1cWxFUkdpVkE/view?usp=drivesdk (file size - 7.3 mb with HDR off)
Such big difference in file size shows that there is definitely a problem or is it snapchat doing it on purpose to reduce date usage?
Why is this and is there a fix? I use snapchat alot and the photo quality looks same as my old note 2 maybe even worse....
Thanks
Also same as my LG G4
I would now avoid taking from Snapchat camera, I would go to Camera Roll which is in Memories. The picture quality is awesome as I took from stock camera. I would upload from Camera Roll only instead of ****ty Snapchat camera.
Yeah I asked my friends who have Galaxy S7 edge and for them it's the same too, well it's good that memories is a thing now.
Thanks.
I have an G5 and the quality is pretty bad too, even in good light you only get a 'decent' photo/video/selfie, what I do now is the same, camera roll, but sometimes I only want to use the snapchat app like otrher people
I used to had an Xperia C5 ultra and the selfie cam was AWESOME, the best I had ever test, even better than in a iPhone, I have a friend that has a LG G4 and another one has a Samsung S6 and the quality is damn good too(S6 is awesome for selfie on SC)
Sorry I never used snapchat. But any xposed moduels help?
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Lanjos said:
I have an G5 and the quality is pretty bad too, even in good light you only get a 'decent' photo/video/selfie, what I do now is the same, camera roll, but sometimes I only want to use the snapchat app like otrher people
I used to had an Xperia C5 ultra and the selfie cam was AWESOME, the best I had ever test, even better than in a iPhone, I have a friend that has a LG G4 and another one has a Samsung S6 and the quality is damn good too(S6 is awesome for selfie on SC)
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My friends who also have an Android phone have big difference in resolution between Snapchat and Camera app buy not as bad as G5 and I'm gonna be with this phone for at least 2 years now
Nick216ohio said:
Sorry I never used snapchat. But any xposed moduels help?
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I haven't rooted my phone yet and idk if I will soon, but I'll see if there are any module which improve the photo/video quality because I want to use Snapchat like other people too
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My friends who also have an Android phone have big difference in resolution between Snapchat and Camera app buy not as bad as G5 and I'm gonna be with this phone for at least 2 years now
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I think its the G5, bought a Nexus6p yesterday and the front camera its almost like stock camera, but far better from the G5 snapchat front camera, rear its also the same.
Hi all,
just bought G5, mainly for it's cam. What I would like to know, is there any way, modded, rooted (...) to get more options for video recording (like exposure or ISO) ? Or, when shooting timelapse, a way to setup image exposure, that would be amazing.
I know there's a way to get 60 fps in 1080, but can't find anything on this topic. Any suggestion appreciated!
Thanks
Mka5 said:
Hi all,
just bought G5, mainly for it's cam. What I would like to know, is there any way, modded, rooted (...) to get more options for video recording (like exposure or ISO) ? Or, when shooting timelapse, a way to setup image exposure, that would be amazing.
I know there's a way to get 60 fps in 1080, but can't find anything on this topic. Any suggestion appreciated!
Thanks
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No manual control for video (yet?).
Regarding 60fps, I created a mod for rooted G5 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/themes/root-60fps-1080p-video-recording-photo-t3439025
If you are not rooted, you need to look for the V10 ported camera.
galr said:
No manual control for video (yet?).
Regarding 60fps, I created a mod for rooted G5 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/themes/root-60fps-1080p-video-recording-photo-t3439025
If you are not rooted, you need to look for the V10 ported camera.
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Thank you for the answer. Do you think hardware is that good, that maybe we'll see mod's one day?