G4 camera: officially disappointed

[GibMcFragger]

Action shots seem OK to me, although it looks crappy because I uploaded from my phone. The light also wasn't great.

 

[SCjRqrQCnBQ19QoYCtdl]

Wow, your shot looks really good... settings?

Thanks! To be honest, I think I missed the focus slightly, but I hope to get better at the manual focus ability.

 

[Jonneh]

I think that the s6 is probably the best camera for those not wanting to mess around with manual mode. I came to that conclusion before buying the s6 for my wife and the g4 for me.
I think anyone who seriously researched the two phones would come to the same conclusion. s6 will beat the g4 in both auto camera and in video.

I like to mess with the settings to get the best possible shot but my wife doesn't. That is why I got the g4 for me and the s6 for her. I bet that I get better pictures than her though

Your username is incredible. <3

 

[tardus]

We just got our phones on Wednesday night so not a lot of chance to compare and contrast - but here is an example of my wife shooting the s6 and me shooting the g4 of the same subject to kind of illustrate our different approaches and why the s6 is best for her and the g4 me.

Galaxy s6
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LG G4
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Congratulations! You have two great phones. I also like the G4 much more for my needs and both excellent phones.

 

[RedOctobyr]

Even when choosing the focus point, it still chooses the wrong exposure in auto mode for moving objects, resulting in a blurry photo. Why? Because it chooses too low of an iso and too slow of a shutter speed. This is just bad auto programming on LG's end. There's no getting around that

While reading through the thread, I was also hoping that a different camera app might produce better results. I guess not yet, but hopefully in the future.

Bad auto programming by LG could hopefully evolve with time, however. I'd rather have issues which can hopefully be resolved via software, vs being innate hardware problems.

I'm not disputing your observations, about how the camera makes poor exposure choices for action shots, with low ISO, and slow shutter speeds. But those same choices might be great for the person shooting landscapes. Perhaps the addition of different auto modes might help.

My Canon P&S has different Scene modes, with ones biased towards high f-stops & slow shutters, and vice versa, etc. That might be a big help here.

I am admittedly in the camp that only full-Auto, and full-Manual, is too far to the extremes. Give me shutter-priority, Auto with +/- EV settings, Auto with different exposure choices (spot, etc) and so on. Full-manual, for me, is really only useful for set up shots where I can take my time, and take multiple shots. Night pics, things like that.

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[Mikey47]

Action shots seem OK to me, although it looks crappy because I uploaded from my phone. The light also wasn't great.

In both cases, on and off, I'm having the focus issues

Have you tried turning auto HDR off? Lots of people have mentioned turning this off allows action s his and better auto focus.

 

[limeaid]

While reading through the thread, I was also hoping that a different camera app might produce better results. I guess not yet, but hopefully in the future.

Bad auto programming by LG could hopefully evolve with time, however. I'd rather have issues which can hopefully be resolved via software, vs being innate hardware problems.

I'm not disputing your observations, about how the camera makes poor exposure choices for action shots, with low ISO, and slow shutter speeds. But those same choices might be great for the person shooting landscapes. Perhaps the addition of different auto modes might help.

My Canon P&S has different Scene modes, with ones biased towards high f-stops & slow shutters, and vice versa, etc. That might be a big help here.

I am admittedly in the camp that only full-Auto, and full-Manual, is too far to the extremes. Give me shutter-priority, Auto with +/- EV settings, Auto with different exposure choices (spot, etc) and so on. Full-manual, for me, is really only useful for set up shots where I can take my time, and take multiple shots. Night pics, things like that.

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Having different scene modes could definitely help the situation. A bit surprised that they weren't included.

I agree with everything in your post

 

[maybish]

We just got our phones on Wednesday night so not a lot of chance to compare and contrast - but here is an example of my wife shooting the s6 and me shooting the g4 of the same subject to kind of illustrate our different approaches and why the s6 is best for her and the g4 me.

Galaxy s6
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LG G4
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Did you zoom in before taking?

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[SCjRqrQCnBQ19QoYCtdl]

Did you zoom in before taking?

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No, I just got real close.

 

[AlwaysSmile]

No problems here!
Auto Mode with HDR on Auto

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[Duncan1982]

I happen to like this thread and thanks for sharing your insights.

Yes lets move on is very wise words

So what is your next move are you going to opt for the S6 or Edge?

Or perhaps wait to see what is next? Like the Nexus or Moto X or perhaps the Note 5?

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[limeaid]

I happen to like this thread and thanks for sharing your insights.

Yes lets move on is very wise words

So what is your next move are you going to opt for the S6 or Edge?

Or perhaps wait to see what is next? Like the Nexus or Moto X or perhaps the Note 5?

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I'm still weighing my options. I've gone through a couple of gs6 devices and while I liked the camera, I had severe quality control issues with the devices. My first device had the dreaded pink screen tint and then after a week, the camera had an issue where it wouldn't auto focus unless you shook the phone. This is apparently not an uncommon problem on Samsung devices.

The second device I received had an isocell sensor instead of a Sony. And I'm in the camp that thinks the isocell is inferior to the Sony. These issues combined with the terrible battery life are making me hesitant to go back to the gs6.

I'm still holding out a bit of hope that LG will release an update soon and fix some of the issues with the phone. Oh, and getting root access at some point would be nice.

Either way, I'll definitely be getting the next nexus device when it comes out. I still have my N5 and love it.

 

[Duncan1982]

I'm still weighing my options. I've gone through a couple of gs6 devices and while I liked the camera, I had severe quality control issues with the devices. My first device had the dreaded pink screen tint and then after a week, the camera had an issue where it wouldn't auto focus unless you shook the phone. This is apparently not an uncommon problem on Samsung devices.

The second device I received had an isocell sensor instead of a Sony. And I'm in the camp that thinks the isocell is inferior to the Sony. These issues combined with the terrible battery life are making me hesitant to go back to the gs6.

I'm still holding out a bit of hope that LG will release an update soon and fix some of the issues with the phone. Oh, and getting root access at some point would be nice.

Either way, I'll definitely be getting the next nexus device when it comes out. I still have my N5 and love it.

Haha your not the only one that really likes the Nexus 5, I had two as one met its death in a military drop tested case lol that's for another thread though. I sold my replacement for I forget which phone, but the guy I sold it to is still using it and very much likes it...

Yeh I have been fortunate with my S6E and so far very few issues found or had.

I'm sure there will be updates and know root and ROMs will follow for the G4. Really looking forward for development to pick up pace.

Good luck & be happy

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[MDMcAtee]

I consider myself lucky because I had no issues with the camera on my g4. Comparing it to my current s6 Active is difficult at best. I appreciated the g4's controls and wished my Active had them on it...if the future updates fixes both it will makes everyone very happy... For ease of using the Active as a point and shoot makes it a better choice, however what the g4 can accomplish when you can take your time and utilize the controls I have found is way beyond the s6.

Both cameras are very good and we are exceedingly lucky to have the choices between them. Both have raised the bar exceedingly high for future phones.

Posted from my Samsung S6 Active

 

[Almeuit]

Mod Note - Cleaned up some off topic posts. Remember to please report offending posts rather than engage.

Thanks!

 

[GibMcFragger]

I have been playing with Camera FV-5. It takes some incredible shots. As for the issues with blurry shots of moving objects, I just hold down the button and rapid fire off several shots. I have had no issues grabbing moving objects clearly that way.

 

[sswitzer]

I have been playing with Camera FV-5. It takes some incredible shots. As for the issues with blurry shots of moving objects, I just hold down the button and rapid fire off several shots. I have had no issues grabbing moving objects clearly that way.

Ok - based on that glowing reference, I'm trying FV5 again

After installing it and doing some test shots, here are my impressions of FV5:

- Bad lag on opening, changing manual settings, and shooting - none of which are a problem with the lg camera

- The controls are not as bad as I first thought, although im still not crazy about the focus control; i love the exposure control

- photo quality is excellent

- somehow the lg app manages to allow for much closer macro

 

[GibMcFragger]

I agree on the lag part, it takes forever to do anything, including snapping a shot. It takes great pics though.

I should mention that when I was talking about taking multiple shots, is referring to the stock LG camera app.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

I have been using a G4 and yes, auto mode does tend to overexpose at times, and while this somewhat bothers me in landscape photography, for other stuff, it's just fine.

HDR does even out the lighting, making it less overexposed but I absolutely LOVE using the manual mode.

 

[sswitzer]

I agree on the lag part, it takes forever to do anything, including snapping a shot. It takes great pics though.

Yes, the FV5 camera does take very nice quality shots. The lag is surprising; I'd understand if it was just saving photos that took a long time (due to the 16MP), but even just clicking between the focus and exposure settings.