How fast does the camera focus in low light?

[flyingkytez]

Was a problem in the V20, camera shots in lowlight end up blurry when taking photos of moving objects. How good is the G6 focus speed in indoors and lowlight shots? Is it as fast as the S8 or HTC 11 dual pixel technology?

 

[Fred98TJ]

Was a problem in the V20, camera shots in lowlight end up blurry when taking photos of moving objects. How good is the G6 focus speed in indoors and lowlight shots? Is it as fast as the S8 or HTC 11 dual pixel technology?

It is no where near as fast as the s8 focusing in low light. It hunts (moving focus forward and backwards) a lot when trying to focus in low light. The s8 is almost instant focus in low light.
I can't comment on the U11, I haven't seen one yet.
Low light focusing is not one of the G6 strong points.

 

[DamianP]

It is no where near as fast as the s8 focusing in low light. It hunts (moving focus forward and backwards) a lot when trying to focus in low light. The s8 is almost instant focus in low light.
I can't comment on the U11, I haven't seen one yet.
Low light focusing is not one of the G6 strong points.

Agreed. Shutter lag in low light is pretty bad in my opinion. If your subject is moving it's a challenge.

 

[flyingkytez]

Agreed. Shutter lag in low light is pretty bad in my opinion. If your subject is moving it's a challenge.

Okay good to know. Seems like they haven't really changed this from the V20. Hoping the V30 at least will have dual pixel or something.

 

[flyingkytez]

Agreed. Shutter lag in low light is pretty bad in my opinion. If your subject is moving it's a challenge.

The only way for me was to set my V20 manual mode and change the S setting to 1/50 and ISO 2400 or 3200. Guess I'll have to live with that for now.

 

[Fred98TJ]

The only way for me was to set my V20 manual mode and change the S setting to 1/50 and ISO 2400 or 3200. Guess I'll have to live with that for now.

Pics are horrid at that high of an ISO (not just the V20, but pretty much any camera phone).

 

[LeoRex]

Well... the G6 has a tiny sensor... it's a 1/3" (with 1.12 micron p

ixels)​

, which is quite tiny compared to the competition at the moment (it's dwarfed by the 1/2.3" 1.55 P

ixel sensor)​

. That puts it in a distinctly disadvantaged position when it comes to capturing light... forcing it to expose longer, and at a higher ISO. As far as focus is concerned, it needs those same photons to determine focus... so when there aren't many, it has to work a lot harder.

The one real disappointment I have with this phone is that LG decided to not take the 'bigger is better' approach that most other OEMs have taken recently. Optically speaking, they picked a sensor that is not all that improved over sensors they used in the G3 (and every phone they've released since then). Software processing can only gain you so much.

It is what it is... just know the limitations. The camera is extremely good and supremely useful, but it's just not all that great when the light gets low.

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

I've seen very many comparisons that when you zoom in, the G6 captures more detail in the dark due to it's ois. But it's just not the easiest to get a good pic.. side by side the pixel looks better but when you zoom in it doesn't have the clarity.