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[LG V20 Real Life Review] HD2FORNICK:
Even I'm a note4 guy and besides the screen I'm not missing anything from the note. I love what this phone has to offer and while i miss the amoled inky blacks I've really come to appreciate the beautiful natural colors of the V20. The camera and the dac is it for me. I have 2 other daps eating dust now.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
The automode is REALLY hit or miss. I basically never use it unless I am taking throw-away pics of something. Samsung phones have phenomenal automatic mode and the Pixel appears to be really good. Basically, I wouldn't recommend the V20 to anyone if they want to just use it for basic snapshots or automatic mode. Have you tried other camera apps like Open Camera, Camera FV5, Bacon Camera, ABetterCamera? Might have better results with them.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
Eeeh.. you can take moving pics. You just have to track the object well or be in really good lighting and crank the shutter speed way up.

I took this with my v20..

I have others but this was on my phone still. Heh.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
These are awesome pics! Yes, talking to you :) What extra hardware are you using or are you just using the phone + editing? You mentioned filters.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
I will review your recommendation for camera app.

Will try to follow-up.

I had come across open camera app, felt it downloaded a lot of junk apps so I uninstalled it. But in all honesty I was not sure, so I'm going to try these app one at a time. Will follow-up.

Thanks.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera&hl=en

Make sure it is that one. It wont install any other junk with it. If you had that problem something was horribly wrong.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
I checked the link you provided, that was the app.

And as I'm evaluating it, no unwanted apps thus far...

Thank you again.

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Thank you for the vote of confidence in my decision.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] RojasTKD:
I'm with you. The Auto mode should at least provide pictures as usable as my more budget minded devices (Nexus 6P and Axon 7). There isn't always time to fiddle with manual settings when trying to quickly take that in the moment photo.

V20 samples:
[LG V20 Real Life Review] RojasTKD:
Nexus 6P samples
[LG V20 Real Life Review] RojasTKD:
Axon 7 samples
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
You're v20 photo samples, were they on automatic or manual?

As I reviewed your samples of photos, the v20 shots look better as compared to nexus and axom...[emoji57]
[LG V20 Real Life Review] RojasTKD:
Is this was my first test of the new phone everything was in auto mode. Aslo as my comments where about the auto mode this is what I showed.

I don't know in several of the pictures I think the V20 is the worst, in some it close in some aspects, I think in one would I clearly choose the V20.

For example in the parking garage the V20 is over exposed and bay far the worst to me. With the Axon 7 I can actually zoom in and read those license plates on the left, something the V20 or 6P fail to capture.

In the shot on the stairs (movie theater) the 6P does the best capturing the whole scene and not blowing out the light in the far background. THe V20 and Axon 7 are close and probably just a matter of preference.

The road shot under the street light the V20 is overexposed and blurry with bad colors. The 6P and Axon 7 give you a better representation a sense of the actual conditions, a night shot (very dark).

The picture at the park is prety good by all, but the V20 give a sense of haze in the background the others don't to me. The 6P does the best job capturing the sky. You really can't see it here, but in the far far background just behind the pavilion there is a garbage can with the letters KS on it. Those litters are far more visible when zoom in on the Zxon 7's shot.

The one pic I'd outright pick the the V20 is the pic over looking the rail road tracks with the building in the background. The V20 is the only one that didn't blow out the buildings. Still the other did better with the trees and everything in the foreground.

At night and low light the 6P does a very good job. In day light I prefer the Axon 7's less dull pics.

Of course all this is in auto mode. I'll be checking out the manual mode next.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
You mean all of those are in automatic, right?

The V20 stock camera app is awful for the most part in auto. It uses too slow of shutter speeds and/or too high of ISO most of the time.

Also, the Axon 7 has a 20MP sensor versus 16MP for the v20, and 12.3MP for the 6P. It is pretty much guaranteed to have a bit better definition unless it has awful optics and software.

But, yeah, the Axon 7 photos have been really good.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] RojasTKD:
Correct.

Apparently, so... ;) I haven't really noticed much improvement in manual mode, but I haven't really messed with the settings much yet to see what results I get.

Funny, because the camera is the biggest complaint from Axon 7 owners. Yeah it 20MP, but generally considered a mid tier camera. It actually pretty good in good lighting, in low light it's ok, mediocre or pretty bad.

The Nexus tend to be much warmer (darker) but I think does really well in low light, relatively speaking.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
Not much improvement in manual mode? Are you just smacking the AE-L button and calling it a day? All it does is the automatic mode's ISO/Shutterspeed/white balance etc choices. The whole point of manual mode is to manually change that :P
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
Here are a few more I've taken over the last couple of days.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] RojasTKD:
Nice...

Is that just with manual mode or is post processing also involved?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
Post processing. More with some than others. The brick wall + pipe and rust one has a minimum amount of processing. The yellow flowers has some a small amount. A lot of its look is because I cropped an image a fair amount. It's about 40% of the full image.

The field with the hay bales is mostly some contrast and exposure adjustments with a little bit of black level adjusting, lowering the highlights a lot so the sky was properly exposed, and I warmed it a little bit.

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The handdrill is mildly edited.

The one with the barn doors had the white levels, highlights, and contrast adjusted some. I also dropped the blue saturation to get rid of some odd whitebalance issues (it was super sunny and the camera wasn't cooperating fully) and I upped the details a little bit to bring out the wood patterns.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] HD2FORNICK:
These pictures are a good example of what the V20 can do and what it can do in the hands of a good photographer.

The V20 auto mode is what most phones auto mode is. High ISO with a high shutter speed. I don't understand why LG does not implement a max ISO policy in auto mode because this camera on the V20 has a great OIS system in place. I have gotten tack sharp pictures with very low shutter speeds.

To get good pictures, you have to get used to the manual mode. The sensor on this camera is excellent. I know this because I am a photographer and I can tell you that leaves on trees don't look clumpy and blades of grass look like blades of grass. But you have to learn to use the camera in manual mode.

Set the mode to "Manual". Set the ISO to 100 and then all you do is set the shutter speed by sliding it up or down. The auto mode is good for small sized FB quality pictures but if you are doing landscapes or architectural photography, please use the manual mode. Trust me, nature and buildings are not in a hurry to go anywhere. You have enough time to slide the shutter speed up or down.

Also, expose on the slightly low side if the sun is at an angle as this will blow highlights if you're not careful. If the sun is behind your back and uniform then expose as you see on screen.

Hope this helps as this is indeed a great camera if used properly!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
Exactly. The automatic is garbage. And I agree on the under/over exposure bit. Depending on the scene I am shooting, I try to keep my exposure levels to where a small portion of the sky/brightest area looks blown out because there's enough sensor data captured to be able to correct that usually. But bringing out detail from under exposed areas is much harder.

Also, thanks for the images comments :)
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
I have to admit that having lgv20 and this forum has allowed me to experience photography in a whole new way.

Thank you guys.

I'm also likeing the ability to play around with manual settings.

Looking forward to talking awesome shots.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] HD2FORNICK:
Awesome. Looking forward to your pictures.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] loguhn:
i think i got freezer burn after taking this, yikes lol
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
Some new pics.

The 3rd image, the sun rise, has 0 post processing done. I cropped a small portion of the bottom off (storage building)but that's it. Otherwise directly processed dng -> jpeg.

The 4th image is a sunset that I heavily cropped and adjusted a little bit. I'll upload the uncropped version if anyone is interested in how far you can crop and it look decent :p

The sunrise was taken with a 1/1900 shutter speed @ ISO50

BTW, I used Image Shrink on my phone to shrink all of these to 1280x1024 before uploading.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] SamsinghOO7:
How to keep a perfect camera settings for recording youtube videos in a tripod. Need the settings for indoor shooting with window lighting.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Partyzane:
Dng with manual settings, processed in Lightroom Mobile.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
There's no such thing as perfect settings for a description of a room. You have to set the perfect settings for a given environment.

Paint color of the walls, size and number of windows, any curtains or blinds or similar, color of the floor and ceiling, color/texture of objects being filmed etc etc. It will all play into it.

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oh man, that outside one of the buildings is phenomenal.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] wrigglevision:
Migrated here from an iPhone 7. Here's an auto mode shot of my doggo Pixi, edited in Lightroom Mobile, filtered in VSCO:
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
That's adorable. How are you finding the phone's camera versus the iPhone 7? And how are you liking the phone in general versus the 7?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] markmessier8888:
New V20 owner here

Are you guys turning off HDR? I read that it may improve photo quality.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] gustav30:
Outdoors I tend to leave HDR on, but indoors I usually turn off.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
I tend to only use manual mode and then post process afterwards. It doesn't add much time to things, honestly, and you will get vastly better results than using automatic mode.

Otherwise, I use HDR outside and HDR off indoors 99% of the time if I use automatic mode.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
Some photos from my weekend trip to the Smokies. Went 7/27 - 7/30
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Partyzane:
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[LG V20 Real Life Review] Partyzane:
Last week flying over New Zealand

Raw + Lightroom Mobile
[LG V20 Real Life Review] HD2FORNICK:
Lol Showoff!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
Gorgeous!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Bubba Fett:
I was messing around with iso and shutter and fihured some stuff out. The last one is the kids messing around. Iso 200 , 8 second shutter.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Bubba Fett:
I am fairly new to experimenting with the manual settings and the results so I can't explain this photo. You all seem to know what you are doing. Quick back story, I was sitting on a dock on the 4th of July. The local hillbillies had some good fireworks, I tried to get a pick with low ISO and long exposure and I knew I moved the camera. I can't explain how the boat is so still though! I was very surprised. Its kinda surreal.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] helf:
That is a really cool pic!

The low ISO + long exposure is why the boat looks fairly clear. The brighter objects saturate the sensor with more light that gets added to the final image while the dimmer objects take longer to 'image' on the sensor. So the act of bumping the camera was caught by the brighter objects and the boat's image wasnt impacted much because it was so much darker and taking longer to image. I bet if you crank the contrast negative a lot and increase the blacks and shadows you will be able to see some more ghosting of the boat.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Your friends are never going to believe what you did. The only way to prove it to them is with that video you took. Rate this thread to express how videos shot on the LG V20 come out. A higher rating indicates that videos are smooth (and not choppy) and that auto-focus works very well, and that the camera adjusts quickly to different lighting conditions while recording.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] murph5525:
Still waiting to purchase this phone but found an "AMAZING" video shot with a V20 strapped on top of his head!

Enjoy :cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzX1VJ33daE
[LG V20 Real Life Review] ohblindone:
Wow, talk about impressive.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] CHH2:
Well, the shadow definitely confirms there's a phone on his head. That's seriously amazing to even consider doing that and it does look really good.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Rydah:
I see the wide lens and what he's doing (aside from the views) being amazing, but that quality is horrible. ?

Sent Via My LG V20
[LG V20 Real Life Review] jinkerz9430:
any ideas?

has anyone tried the slow-mo function on recording? when i activate that function the camera becomes way darker :eek: :silly:
[LG V20 Real Life Review] CHH2:
It's shooting at 120 fps! So the shutter speed is incredibly fast and you will need A LOT of light. This is standard with any slow-mo recording. You can try bumping up the ISO but the reality is, you will most likely be doing slow-mo only when you have sufficient light with a sensor this small.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] jinkerz9430:
Now that you are saying that. i remember that with my S5, it was happening the same, so you are 100% right! :good: :cowboy:
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Emerald Core:
Ladies and Gents, please look into youtube for V20 videos. SOME SCENES clearly show a fine line in the middle of the video in most of what I saw.

This is NOT the only example out there, you gotta youtube for more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxe7nyvwXT0

Trust me, I tried not to see it, but it is there.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] mix1987:
None on my phone. Can you provide a time stamp which u see the artifact?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] rudbwoy:
I took the V20 out to my son's baseball game today. Wasn't all that impressed. Maybe because I'm a noob, and have to learn about using the camera and video functions and capabilities of the device. My V20 was set at FHD 60, or aka, 1080/60fps. I was posted near 1st base. When you launch the camera, it goes to auto mode. When action would occur, I would hit the video button, and it would start recording. The footage came out very bright. It was a sunny day today with occasional cloud cover.

I won't compare this too my Note 4, or my Hero4 Black that I have been always using at the baseball games. I may have left the "AE-L" feature enabled, or I should have just been in manual video mode to begin with. I will pay attention to the settings next outing, and hopefully it's just user error the first time around!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Partyzane:
Will post here too.

Low light footage sbot with Cinema 4K, 2K/200Mbs, edited in Adobe Premier.

youtu.be/iQcTSWLWAG0
[LG V20 Real Life Review] rubiicon59:
WTF
[LG V20 Real Life Review] vargala81:
Unique sound quality and great picture in manual mode!

https://youtu.be/1z3SJuy5spk

https://youtu.be/EKoEaLrkuwc

https://youtu.be/ynLz4a0OMiw

https://youtu.be/yHnH-Wgvs5c
[LG V20 Real Life Review] custommsp:
All shot on our beloved V20;

Part 1: https://youtu.be/mg4-K_MiHKI

Part 2: https://youtu.be/dJ5VjPwAs_Q
[LG V20 Real Life Review] klassical:
I have shot my short film on my LG V20. Please check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e-coqRsgRQ&t=3s

Thank you!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Optimusman:
Awesome!!!

Great work and great short story friend! Thumbs up
[LG V20 Real Life Review] klassical:
Thank you very much! Stay tuned for more films! :)
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Jesus is God Almighty:
Question - in auto mode it has the possibility of doing 60 frames per second on video. If I go to manual video mode and make it do it's auto thing it dumps down the frames mostly to 50 fps and to make it go up you need more light and then it goes up, first it begins to push down iso until 50 then it will start effecting the FPS number. Why is that - why would it go down to 50 fps and not just down to 60 fps?

-

Apparently it now goes to 60 frames by standard - no idea what why it changed and how - it correctly do 1/60 now and not 1/50 - maybe it was the update.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the LG V20 performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] cameronm:
This may have been talked about before but my search didnt come up with anything so i thought i'd ask

i have a sony bluetooth headset and when i make and recieve calls it works fine

when i listen to music it comes out of the speaker on the phone

i guess this is a known 'problem' .. is there a setting somewhere i need to set

thanks in advance guys
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Farsquidge:
To get standard audio thru the headset it has to support Wireless Stereo otherwise it will only work as a voice command/phone unit.

If you have a BT headset such as the Promate PM-2006 (which looks like a small pair of headphones with a mike) when paired to the phone it will show two profiles, 'Hands Free' and 'Wireless Stereo'

To set up audio thru this headset you go to 'Settings' 'Bluetooth' 'Devices', hold the stylus on the paired device you want to use and select 'Set as Wireless Stereo from the small drop down menu.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] cameronm:
yeah i have both wireless stereo AND hands free selected .. thats what was confusing
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Farsquidge:
Just to be sure...

You need to select both profiles when you first pair it.

But every time you want to listen to audio through it you need to go and select it for 'Wireless Stereo'. The phone then connects to the headset for that purpose.

Hope that's clear.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] cameronm:
cheers .. i'll take a look at that ..

seems a bit crap tho eh??
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Farsquidge:
Same on all windows devices, you have to tell them to play the audio through BT whereas a phone is listening for a headset.

True, a quick connect button would be much more help and I am sure if you search around you can find one.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fusi:
ive got a paitr of motorola ht820's they just automatically pair up and sort out the myusic and calls when i turn bluetooth on o_O however, they dont play nice when wifi is turned on :(
[LG V20 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
There! Something just happened! Did you take a picture of it? Rate this thread to express how fast the LG V20 can go from "zero to picture". A higher rating indicates that launching the camera app and taking a photo is extremely fast such that you never miss an important moment, like when your cat attacks the couch again.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] koppee1:
The camera starts fast. It's the focusing that may fail you. In good lighting is fast enough, but you may still end up with blurry pictures if you try to take the shot the moment the camera comes up. But in good lighting, it's usually in focus. Don't try it with lesser light.. It will need up to a second to focus
[LG V20 Real Life Review] 2015Ducatimulti:
well let me put it this way... for me I returned my V20 and went back to the the S7 edge, found the 7 edge opens quicker and take`s quicker pics for me, double hit the big home button and boom there you go, and the small little voulme buttons on the V20 are a pain, I found myself hitting the volume up instead the volume down to open the camera quickly, and in general I still find the pics from the S7 edge better than the V20. but that`s my opinion, and you know what they about opinions. lol
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
Camera on the lg v 20 needs work. I really feel it's a software issue, hardware is very good.

I miss the Samsung camera. I don't think I can return my v20 so I'll have to deal with it. Hopefully lg release an update.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] imeem:
horrible video recording speed using SD Card, internal storage is a bit better but idk why there's a delay in the first place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KbXS-8QsrQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbK_COczXz0

Is my phone broken?

I think I found the cause of it and it is a software bug/limitation (I’m on 7.0 on the Nov 6, 2017 security patch). This black screen happens when the photo size is set to 4:3 and the video resolution is different (all the video resolutions are 16:9), and you press the video record button. This only affects the stock camera when used in auto mode, and does not seem to affect third party camera apps.

While setting the photo size to 16:9 to match the video resolution, this does not solve the 1-5 seconds of delay when I press the record button and when the phone actually records. The delay seems to be less with third party apps.

Why does LG do this?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you hand your phone to granny to take a photo of you, can she get the job done? Rate this thread to express how you deem the LG V20's camera software. A higher rating indicates that the software is easy to use, fast, uncluttered, and inclusive of advanced features for when you need them.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Sidz4u:
I wish the Clear All button in the recent apps menu was placed down below instead of top right. Lg should bring it down considering that it is a 5.7 inch phablet.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Lasmcter:
I am going to losing my mind , because the deleted data can be back again ,
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Sidz4u:
Didn't really get you. Please elaborate.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
The smart setting is limited, i. E. Actions why can't I edit more actions?

I need to get apps for this. But smart setting was a brilliant idea but limited.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
Factory reset

I had to do that today.

It's over all nice. I'm sticking to oem experience this time around.

I think what I end up doing is installing all third party apps and disabling the oem apps, some how I feel that ruins the over all experience of using the phone and functioning of the phone gets alerted.

Don't know if this is my feeling or a true experience.

I'll follow-up.

V20 right now is by far the smoothest experience for me. I think nougat now is the most stable os for android.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] 8bitzawad:
I'm pretty sure you're able to do that on the G6.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Sidz4u:
I am planning to sell my v20 to buy G6 now.. ?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] 8bitzawad:
Wouldn't do that, I tried the G6 in store, and in terms of the speed, they're about the same. The displays are pretty much the same, and I'd personally prefer 16:9. The G6 is beautiful, but it's made of glass, so the V20 is much more durable. The G6 does have wireless charging if you live in the U.S, and a slightly better second camera, but it's not worth selling the V20 for it.