yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 General] gm007:
You need to clean the lens from fingerprints,that's why the colors are washed out.
[G2 General] crashN2u:
I made sure to check the lens first. These are taken about the same time, same conditions. I really wasn't caring about matching it perfect.
[G2 General] jayochs:
lol.

no, that's not why at all.

it's because of the light bleed from the sun.
[G2 General] gm007:
I know what i am talking about ;)

The new pics have contrast after cleaning the lens.

Those are much better,there is contrast now.

some part are washed out because of the sun hitting the lens.

The first pics where all washed out.
[G2 General] :
Hi,

Quick shots of my snake (ball python), all is on auto mode, with 13 Mp setting, not that bad...:

:)
[G2 General] mky4b11:
I'm pretty satisfied with the camera. There are aspects I miss on my HTC one, like Zoe and highlight videos, and the stereo hdr mics, but I can live without them.
[G2 General] jayochs:
unfortunately, you're wrong.

the sun was in a different spot, as it appears he took it at a different time of day, hence the sun's position in his second set, which made the light bleed at a different angle than the initial shot.

his initial shots are NOT because of a dirty lens, it's because of the bleed from the light. this can easily be reproduced when you have a major light source in a room by simply covering that area of the back of the phone with your hand to block it.
[G2 General] muhamet:
I loved Bankog
[G2 General] JayfromBK86:
Went to Europe snapped a few pics
[G2 General] margaretiak:
Just walking around
[G2 General] margaretiak:
Couldnt post two pictures
[G2 General] crashN2u:
Wow, so I took some more test shots. Changing very minimal settings, if at all. I don't understand how this camera can be so inconsistent.

First 3 are of Louie.

Taken in darkened room, 1 light source from right. 6 ft. away, zoomed all the way in.

Taken in darkened room. 1 light source from right. 6 ft. away, zoomed all the way in, HDR on.

Taken in darkened room, 1 light source from right. 2 ft. away, no zoom. Flash on.

Next set of pictures have no changes in lighting. Shot using auto mode. About noon. The darkened pictures are when I turned in the direction the sun was. Keep in mind, that there were no clouds above us, and the light in the first 3 pics, is the same exact brightness as the dark pics. They just didn't come out looking like it.
[G2 General] woof123:
The minimal settings you changed,there are there for that exactly,to change the picture outcome...You need to play with settings more and you will get better results.The darkest pictures that you took,if you used tap to focus they have come out alot better of not fine.Its not a point and shoot camera.Every little change in settings that might seem nothing to us can do wonders.The 1st one with the dog is not bad at all considering that you zoomed all the way in a night shoot.It could also be better by using night mode and adjusting the brightness to -1 or -2 if the light is enough (night mode quality is crap if you use it with the default brightness seetings)
[G2 General] crashN2u:
Oh, I know. I'm an ameteur photographer. I tried to keep it in auto to show people what they can expect to get if they came to this thread researching this camera. The only settings I changed were HDR for the second dog pic and sport mode for the football pics. That being said, we've been to this location before under similar conditions. My cell phone pics have never came out this bad. It seems, if people are wanting to come to this phone for the camera, they're going to ha ve to do some homework to get the most out of their pics.
[G2 General] thyk888358:
Hi ... can anyone please upload the preload videos in G2? it looks really nice as I saw in showroom.

Thanks
[G2 General] sdsubball23:
Is that mission beach in san diego?

btw, has anyone here come from an htc rezound and can give a comparison review of the camera on both phones?
[G2 General] jayochs:
I had a rezound like 4 phones ago and to this day, the only phones that matched it's camera are the Samsung Galaxy s3 and s4. the rezound camera was so damn good, and i was so mad when the dna sucked horribly compared to it. how does the same companies camera get worse with a better phone? lol
[G2 General] sacredsoul:
On Paranoid Android. Used the ProCapture app.
[G2 General] drc13:
Just got back in from a quick run. Figured I may as well give the G2's camera it's first workout (was delivered yesterday. The sun was setting so it wasn't particularly bright out there but here's a few of the resulting photos.

Panorama
[G2 General] shockandawe:
Thought you guys may like these pics of today's sunset. For some reason,I think tapatalk wants to upload these sideways. Anyway, the first picture is a HDR shot moving about 30 mph through the front windshield. The second is a HDR shot sitting still, and the third is a HDR shot pointing forward going about 40mph.Thought they turned out ok.

Edit: tapatalk did ok.
[G2 General] racingbmwm3:
I still have my Rezound as the backup phone now. I picked the G2 because I didn't want to lose the picture quality I was used to with the Rezound. So far I'm not disappointed. The LG camera app definitely sucks at autofocus. Don't let the app pick what's best or else you likely end up with blurry pics or poor lighting. Touch to focus then take the pic, excellent pictures everytime. Now I just have to be more diligent about dowloading my pics off the phone to conserve space. I had a 32GB sd card in the rezound, so I wasn't worried about filling it up with 8MP photos.
[G2 General] sdsubball23:
Thanks for the review! How is the video quality on the G2 for 720 and 1080p?
[G2 General] racingbmwm3:
Hopefully the autofocus issue will be fixed on the video (and camera). Focal point seems to constantly change so there is lots of extra camera movement, and I'm pretty sure you can see the OIS movement, which is kinda disorienting.

For now, Rezound is better all around camera still. But if LG can fix the focus issues and get OIS working better there won't be any regrets. I mostly use the camera and have almost always done touch to focus, so I'm not really affected by the shortcomings of the current software.

Just noticed the G2 is now $50 on Verizon's site...
[G2 General] DjKr1z:
Using Normal mode and Manual focus.

Tried to catch and shoot the bee, shoot many times but only got this one worth to share :victory:

The photos only resized and cropped
[G2 General] dakunclear:
I'll post some shots when xda app finally decides it will be nice to me on my phone lol
[G2 General] Bigralphn:


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[G2 General] holeshot77:
Some randoms
[G2 General] holeshot77:
Tesla
[G2 General] Bigralphn:
Random Basement shot.
[G2 General] jondrix22:
OK thanks for the picture, but who is able to take an indoor picture (not sunny but indoor lights switch on...) with target moving???

For example a pet, a child walking, moving arms, closing eyes... Are you able to have a shrap picture, not blurry ???

I am not able to take sharp picture under these circumstances, where Galaxy S3 was able with my LG G2 (802)..
[G2 General] dakunclear:
The one photo I ment to take it out if focus.
[G2 General] jhamer83:
The only post processing was resizing with paint

This was in pretty low light. The only source was a CFL bulb inside a thick shade about 15 feet away. Maybe a little light off the TV.
[G2 General] dakunclear:
Looks surreal
[G2 General] Wekkel:
Prettig harsh sunlight, but camera managed well.
[G2 General] mwatson:
I was thinking about jumping to the G2 from the HTC One, but these videos have put me off. They are very blurry. Do all G2 videos look like this?
[G2 General] ipmanwck:
Agreed. Same with nexus 5. But HTC always grabs focus on video really badly. Still think S4 has the best video and audio capture hands down after seeing all samples from most flagships.
[G2 General] jayochs:
yeah, g2 videos are awful. they're over exposed, washed out, and always blurry. there's too much noise-cancellation processing on the images so they're super blurry, and the audio, forget about it..god awful.

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yep, my GS4 kills the G2 in terms of video.
[G2 General] happynoodleboyx:
Backyard

FSU vs Miami game

Doak Campbell stadium after the game
[G2 General] maskarade9:
Here are some I took while at SEMA this past week.

Taken with the stock camera app in HDR mode and edited using pixlr express app.
[G2 General] Maxxsmen:
did some photos in the park. no tweaks just auto.. some are really nice.
[G2 General] garywojdan81:
Yeah but at the end of the day it's still a Samsung :)
[G2 General] SKyRocKeting727:
Sent from my G2
[G2 General] katamari201:
Have they fixed autofocus issues yet? I mean, the phone has been out for two months now. The autofocus issue was prevalent on their older phones as well, so I don't know if it will ever be able to get fixed.
[G2 General] SKyRocKeting727:
We're hoping they address this in the 4.4 Kit Kat update.

Sent from my G2
[G2 General] centro714:
Playing golf at the crack of dawn and caught this nice ray of light.
[G2 General] centro714:
This phone is so awesome in bright lighting (too bad I can't say the same in darker lighting)
[G2 General] dakunclear:
It's pretty good in low light if you ask me
[G2 General] centro714:
Stationary subjects, yes... but try taking a photo of a 3 year old indoors and its tough getting a clear shot.
[G2 General] dakunclear:
Lol okay I'll try with my 2 1/2 year old tomorrow
[G2 General] doctorxerxes:
Outdoor pictures are more or less good but indoor pics are pretty bad. Even when the object is stationary I tend to get terribly washed out images. Just attaching a couple of random samples.
[G2 General] BIGWORM:
Attached.
[G2 General] Norside:
Some examples I have taken with my G2 in various light :D happy with the quality!
[G2 General] ricecake2000:
Just pointed and clicked
[G2 General] kcharng:
Random elephants doing arts.
[G2 General] MoreGone:
The camera on this phone is hit or miss. Here are a couple of my "hits"

For some reason the app is flipping some pics sideways :-\
[G2 General] Lowresolution:
Went out on a meet this Sunday . Took some pics from the G2 :cyclops:
[G2 General] NRGZ28:
My home screen...
[G2 General] Gnarfsan:
A real life firefox (In the zoo in Copenhagen, Denmark)
[G2 General] muhamet:
Woow what theme is that??
[G2 General] phatmanxxl:
Phatman selfie
[G2 General] NRGZ28:
That's just the rom I'm working on for the g2..
[G2 General] Esteway.619:
[MENTION=4405787]Lowresolution[/MENTION] that evo6 is sick. And I love turbo Honda's. I Have an integra w b20v
[G2 General] Lowresolution:
Thanks man :) . Both of the Honda`s are fully built Sohc Turbos ( the green one is as stated on the back sticker pushing 505BHp (d15b) , while the purple one is somewhere 350-400bhp (d16z6) ). And that Evo is actually a normal lancer converted to an evo 6 setup. Its also fully built with a lot of $$$ (yet to be dynoed).

I own the purple honda :)
[G2 General] Makman20:
Thanksgiving Day Parade NYC
[G2 General] ChrisM75:
Hmm, not that impressed with the camera so far, it just doesn't focus as well or have as good colour balance as my HTC One. That phone gets slated for its camera, but its the best out there because its so fast at everything its only let down at 100% crop, but who does that, really? Not convinced? Have a look at the equivalent thread in the HTC One section, some of the shots taken are stunning. Ive seen nothing like those here.

I notice the G2 images tend to be a bit warm, sometimes hazy and not that focused. Its good when it gets it right and after a bit of adjustment, but its more work than it should be.
[G2 General] woof123:
Its a let down with everything except close shoots.You dont even need 100% crop to see the lack of detail.G2 camera software need adjustment and noting more.I hope it will be done sooner than later.I can easily get good pics in daylight and most of the times night pictures too.Only the agressive denoise i dont like that wil make some things (faces too) watercolor depends on the lighting.
[G2 General] ChrisM75:
Totally disagree with you. The One has far better colour balance, focus, contrast and speed than the G2 in any situation. The problem is reviews often dont mention that they are using either old software versions (which did suck), or the GE version, which has the rubbish Google camera and no optimisation. The latest Sense version of the Ones camera is great.

4MP is double full HD, its more than enough to be able to make some great pictures, but if you are zooming in and cropping because you framed the shot badly or took an image at a distance then no you need more. The problem however with the over 8MP units on the market is that they often just dont focus well enough, so you end up with 13MP of slight blur, which makes the extra pixels pointless. Sharply focused 4MP images with excellent balance are far better than warm, fuzzy 13MP images. People think the higher MP camera will give more detail, but thats not always the case. You can lose it with bad focus, contrast and colour and you cant get it back even in photoshop once its gone.

With the high MP phone units you end up with images that have just more rounded blurry blobs on distance objects, there is no more real detail there. Up scale the 4MP images from the One to 13MP and they appear to have more detail than the real 13MP images!

If you can get great pictures with the G2 post them, because ive not seen many yet.
[G2 General] Esteway.619:
Nice man.
[G2 General] woof123:
If you dissagree.Try to take a licence plate of a car that is not 2 metters away..get one with LG in normal mode! and one with HTC one and see the detail it has.And If you see that HTC has better detail let me know.As i said before LG needs to fix some problems with the software,some are already been fixed/minimised with the modded cams.when they do the camera will be ace.
[G2 General] ChrisM75:
Thats just daft. That implies you are zooming and cropping. Why are you dong that? It proves nothing that isnt obvious and is a very poor test of detail capture.

FYI for that example if the weather is in any way challenging the number plate just blows out with the G2 camera anyway, so you dont get anything. Simple black on white is not a test of detail. Brick or something like that is a test of detail and the HTC does better with such things.

You dont seem to understand what detail really means. It doesnt mean being able to read text from a distance it means capturing texture correctly. With poor balance details just blow out or crush and in this area the HTC wins by a mile.

Something to remember is that Avatar was shot in 2K, so less than 4MP, are you saying its not sharp and detailed? Its the same here, good 4MP beats poor 13MP.
[G2 General] woof123:
Why am i doing that?Because i can still get a picture (within the picture) that is usable out of a far away object.I can still get a far away plate even in rain i tried that already (even with the too agressive denoise that i hate its still visible..).I understand what you said but its nothing that software cant fix,(check S4 9500 ,they share the same camera sensor,but sammy camera soft is superiror) sadly the poor detail htc has in everything but close objects cannot be fixed with software...
[G2 General] ChrisM75:
Than I would suggest the usage is the problem, not the camera. Snapping randomly in the hope of capturing something you can crop later isnt the way to take pictures with a phone. The HTC takes better 'scenes' that look better with no adjustment, frame the shot right in the first place and the rewards are there. Frankly I would never crop a smartphone image (unless im cropping something out of the scene at the edge), none of them give good results, even the 41MP lumia. They all come out blotchy under a crop, the HTC just comes out pixelated instead, there isnt much difference in that regard.

Believe me it took me a while to appreciate the Ones camera, I thought much like you, but I now realise I was wrong.

Ive now installed Jishnu's Camera mod. It helps quite a bit, but there is still work to do that needs LGs cooperation.
[G2 General] woof123:
Of course it does,the problem is not in the sensor.And actualy the cropped images are giving quite a good result if you do a reasonable crop that is.
[G2 General] drc13:
Took a few more photos with the G2 today. No focusing just holding the phone in front of me and hitting the shutter button a whole bunch of times and hoping for the best.

Phone is running AOSP PA4 Alpha with the ported LG camera, photos taken in 10mp wide mode.
[G2 General] Wekkel:
These pics are quite okay.
[G2 General] bmoreboy02:
Ravens steelers thanksgiving night
[G2 General] robfactory:
LG G2 under evening setting and using Snapseed
[G2 General] Esteway.619:
Big car meet in memory of Paul Walker. R.I.P dude. You will be missed.
[G2 General] Esteway.619:
One more.
[G2 General] zPacKRat:
Great to see you here Now, big fan of your Amaze ROMs. Looking forward to your work on the G2!
[G2 General] doctorxerxes:
Good stuff !!
[G2 General] CasseTrop:
AOSP with ported camera.
[G2 General] Musicmaster:
Im not complaining, as its 10x better than my galaxy nexus camera....
[G2 General] bd1212:
Off-topic, but can you link me to the ported LG camera app? I can't seem to find it.
[G2 General] sicto:
Sent from my LG-D802 using premium xda app-developers app
[G2 General] alexandroid5:
i been to a few concerts with this phone and the audio is horrible compared to the GS4. on some videos i cant hear any music because of the bass. i'm not expecting perfect audio but on my GS4 i was able to get decent audio. i could hear the song and the bass made it a little bad but not like the G2 where i cant hear anything but the bass.

i've tried it with stock rom at first and now with PA 4.0 Alpha. Is there anyway to fix it?

quick question the D801 has two mics right? the top one next to the IR blaster and the one in the bottom?

(PS my friend next to me recorded with an iphone and it sounded very decent :( )
[G2 General] drc13:
There's a number to choose from.

This is the one I'm currently using

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2540030

There's also

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2525783

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2522889
[G2 General] Esteway.619:
Just took this last night. My baby.
[G2 General] Bigralphn:
The sensitivity on IPhone mics tend to be lower. You are actually overdriving your phone with the loud volume causing clipping. There is a trick that is very simple and improves things some. Just get a small piece of scotch tape and cover the mic on your phone prior to the concert. Scotch tape will still vibrate and act like a mic diaphragm. It is not a perfect solution but it will improve your audio at concerts some. I keep hoping for better recording mics. Android phones tend to have extremely sensitive mics. Background music, even at moderate levels can make talking on the phone impossible.
[G2 General] fommuz:
With flash :)
[G2 General] xdafoundingmember:
My love
[G2 General] N!ghtgold:
Random pics
[G2 General] Darkestred:
These pictures look better on the phone than they do on the computer. I also understand that these pictures are reduced in size.
[G2 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
Thanks for the compliment! He's actually a full grown miniature pinscher. :D
[G2 General] z06mike:
You also have to understand that you are looking at a GORGEOUS screen, whereas most computer screens are not gonna have the same resolution. Look at your pics on an HDTV and look how great they look!
[G2 General] Darkestred:
I understand. Plus a smaller screen will tend to make things look more sharp. I am on a full hd monitor though. Just goes to show, this phone is moneyyyyyy.
[G2 General] Gemms:
I see no one ever mention about the front facing camera, how was it and compare with other flagship devices
[G2 General] vaxick:
I want to buy a G2, but the photos I've been seeing these past few days just don't look right. It's like LG is implementing some sort of post processing that is softening edges leaving images to appear soft and missing detail.

The other issue I'm seeing is that the camera does not seem to be metering properly. Some pictures, areas are completely blown out and in other photos, colors look washed out.
[G2 General] Hardcore73:
The HDR function is the best I have seen over any phone including all the Windows phones.
[G2 General] trevoc1:
Taken in Ohio today. .
[G2 General] drtchocky:
I must say, this is as good as any point and shoot out there. The color representation out of the box is pretty awesome. On my SGS3 I always had to fiddle with temperature in snapseed, here I didn't. Loving it so far.
[G2 General] ripbigcurl:
Camera Pictures

All of the attached pictures were taken with the stock camera app on the LG G2 in normal mode.
[G2 General] ripbigcurl:
Video focus

The pictures I have had no issues with, when filming with the g2 it gets amazing videos, but the focus on it does not work well. It never is in focus when first starting to film, then will constantly jump in and out of focus. Not sure if I am the only with this problem.
[G2 General] stepinmyworld:
I'm trying to figure out why the sound muffles in and out when someone is recording a video.. It doesn't seem like they're covering up the mic(s) .. Some have two mics.. It seems like the audio is chopping up from a software issue.

Also, can anyone say how good the front facing camera is? Can you choose the option to save mirror image? Sometimes on phones when you take the pic, it looks right and then it flips the angle after the pic is taken... And how's the saturation on the front facing cam.. Does it look dull?

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thanks for the pics but low light photos are brutal on this phone... makes the pics look golden.. washed out and takes pics showing low frames or something.. strange
[G2 General] neugenusis:
For those concerned about the audio when recording, it is the same issue on the LG Nexus 4. Since the G2 is young, there's no comparison video, but here you can see one of the Nexus 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75-L0pT_Ut0. You'll notice the similarites between the G2 and N4.

On the Nexus 4 forums, some people say this is a software issue in which the mic's "gain" is set too high by default, and they suggest modifying it after the phone is rooted to fix this issue. That is what I gathered from it. Not sure if it actually works, since some other user are still contesting it.
[G2 General] jayochs:
good good..that's what i was thinking of doing, but i have no idea howto change it. i think we need a custom kernel which allows for it.
[G2 General] jayochs:
WOW. soo, it's dark as hell outside, barely any light.. and i just took this shot. amazing!
[G2 General] craigbailey1986:
Picture take while driving 35 mph on a side road... pic looks,pretty good...
[G2 General] friguy3:
Curious what you guys are shooting at. Meaning is it on intelligent auto or just "normal." Ive got terrible blur on anything with any movement. not sure if changing to "sport" mode or putting the iso at 800 really does anything or not.

(FYI-if you didnt know, if you use the volume down to take a pic, you can hold it down for burst mode to rattle off a few pics)
[G2 General] Wesley32:
I just took a couple quick shots at work. I think they look very well. You can zoom in pretty far!

http://i.imgur.com/AxWtQ8M.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7N3RTPr.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WieiIhg.jpg
[G2 General] Cristi_10:
nice one:D
[G2 General] OptimusL:
Hehe what a nice cat.
[G2 General] votinh:
Super-suck in low-light condition.

With flash on, even worse.

So much for the hype of 13MP with OIS! :(

Taken on the 9th when icy alert in Washington D.C.

Camera set to "Normal" mode with flash was on Auto.

Horrible, horrible, horrible.
[G2 General] ipmanwck:
Yup. Cameras worst point. Low light is quite bad.
[G2 General] Kalaidos:
Are you kidding me?! You shot a picture of a flying bee with your phone? :eek: