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[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MaorSwan:
I've had the Nexus 6p for the past 2 years and now have bought the G6. I was REALLY disappointed by the camera but this app is great and improved my pictures big time. Though no matter what I do or which settings I set, HDR+ won't work on front camera. It either collapses or can't access it. Any ideas?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] flaviusbob:
I was as well disappointed of my g6 cam, after the g4 and g5. The G6 image processing is pushing over-sharpening to compensate for a smaller sensor. With the help of the Google cam, the results are now much better, but still is a beta product and I hope people get involve and offer feedback in settings to help optimize the gcam. The front cam hdr is not working to me either.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gabbbbbbb:
Does video recording work? How is EIS?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] flaviusbob:
I have not tried video, I will soon and let you know.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Valeriuz:
I don't know why, but since version 1.5 Hdr+ auto doesn't work. I've tried a moment ago also last version. I've tried many configs, but still auto mode doesn't turn on hdr when it should be required.

With version 1.5, no problem. Anyone facing the same issue?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] vitoski:
It works for me perfectly fine with the latest version and also previous ones.

Does the HDR+ On work for you or not?

Moreover check the first three options. They should be set like in this screenshot.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Valeriuz:
After a reboot now it works! Thank you

In Miui I use Hdr+ Camera just for low light photos, indoor photos, in general every time I need HDR.

If I don't need hdr, for example daylight, I prefer stock camera.

In customs roms I always use Hdr camera.

What device libraries do you suggest to use?

Now I'm using Nexus 6P.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] vitoski:
I used to have Nexus6P set up along with Nexus 6 HDR+ Auto as the camera profile. That set up was giving me the most detailed pictures from all other profiles and settings.

However photos were quite dark, which ruined to whole idea of having a lot of details on the picture:(

Moreover there was that pink tint on white elements.

Now I'm using the same settings as the dev (unless he changed his mind:)

Model (libraries): Pixel XL (Corr)

Config camera: Pixel 2017 (DR Dogfood)

Buffer size: 5

Total imagereader image count: 14

HDR+ burst frame count: 7

Calculation HDR+ imagereader image count: Pixel/PixelXL

Not the perfect setup but for now it needs to work, before I find the time for some tests and pick up the best one for LG G6.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] flaviusbob:
I use the following and they work without freezes and I find good balance between color, noise and detail.

Model: Pixel xl(cor)

Suport level override nexus 2015

config camera pixel 2017 zsl hdr#1

bufer size 15

total imagereder count: 14

HDR+ burst frame count:7

Calculation hdr+: pixel, pixel xl
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dimm0k:
I also found the Nexus6P / Nexus 6 HDR+ Auto to give the most details, but also dark. I tried Pixel XL, but noticed it's not as detailed... faster though
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] vitoski:
What is your setup? Do you have anything to recommend?

Thanks.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dimm0k:
I have the LGV20 and my current settings, which seem to be to my liking so far is

Model: Pixel XL (corr)

Config camera: Nexus6 Hdr+ Auto

15 / 14 / 7

Pixel, PixelXL

everything else is on defaults, however I'm bouncing back and forth between the "Pixel, PixelXL" setting and the "Nexus6P", but not seeing much difference
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] charliecantsurf:
Hey guys,

Is there any way to force the hdr processing in the background like in the v3.8c on the latest version while snapping pictures in the hdr+ mode? It takes too much time to snap multiple photos one after the other since after every shutter button click, the button gets greyed out and a processing wheel comes up, in the 3.8c version the processing part was done in the background so you could snap multiple pictures in "quick" succession. Thank you !
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kisakuku:
B-S-G's Modded Google Camera 4.4.020 with HDR+ for Android 7.0 / ARM64 v4.0 All-in-One Full Manual, no HDR+ on first launch

Download

Changelog:

Modded v4.0 All-in-One Full Manual to start with HDR+ disabled on first launch in order to avoid FCs on incompatible devices / ROMs

If the app FCs after selecting model (libraries) / camera module with HDR+, simply restart the app without clearing data
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] andriman:
Funny, this is actually the first build that really crashes upon install...
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
Anyone have any recommended settings for snapdragon S8 and notice any improvement over built in camera?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kisakuku:
Use the regular v4.0 then, there are no new features in the modded v4.0.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] roshan.parur:
Can anyone recommend the best setting for lg g6???
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sabitsubin:
can anyone tell me how to work hdr+ on front cam
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] <Kakerot>:
Guys im running Resurrection Remix N v5.8.5 on my Note 3 N9005 device, the GC can't install says it's not compatible with my device. Is there any other way of getting it to install?

It seems a very great app

Please help. Thanks in advance
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Agares69:
As far as I know it's not compatible with your chipset which is qc snapdragon 800. It works on 82x, 83x series however.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] pupun47:
You have to running with camera2 api before
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shahroz Ahmed:
It works great on Redmi Note 4 having Snapdragon 625.

Would be great if someone shares the optional settings
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] flaviusbob:
The settings that I use and I find them pretty good(I am on the latest variant posted by the moderator), running an lg g6:

Model: pixel xl (corr),

supoert level override nexus 2015

Suported hw level back camera limited, front cam level 3

Camera Config, pixel 2017(dr dogfood)

buffer 15

total image reader 9

hdr burst 7

calculation pixel, pixel xl
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cryptecks:
Just for anyone looking for a 2nd opinion. I saw this post and looked at mine and they are 100% exactly the same, and I also think my results are pretty damn good (for a non-stock camera app)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] vitoski:
Are you guys shooting in HDR+ Auto mode or HDR+ On?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cryptecks:
Personally.. Auto mode. Most things are ending up with HDR+ on, but those that don't, it makes sense why.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] CommieColin:
How are y'all getting slow motion to work on the G6? Can it work on LineageOS? Every single time it crashes
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] railfan-eric:
anyone notice sometimes the picture is shifted over from where it was when the picture was taken? Sometimes the subject gets cut off when it does that. I thought i had it fixed but it did it again earlier. sometimes it does it sometimes it doesn't.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dyval:
For which version is this bro? Thanks :good:
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sun90:
I always use HDR+ on all the time and it gives the best results.

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Latest 4.0.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] aledex:
I use this with version 4 and it looks like a little (VERY little) better https://imgur.com/y3pCF8i
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] spiderio:
I saw latest updates on 4pda yesterday.. But I can't download it because I don't have account
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] varefaz:
link pls. private message too.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] daninantro:
The problem is with the media profile. Try THIS flashable zip from OP3 forum

Original Post of OP3 forum

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AutoHDR+ and forced HDR are a bit different. For forced HDR, the shutter is slightly slower to give better low light images and the images are a bit more detailed and the image processing needs a bit more time than AutoHDR.

In AutoHDR shutter is fast and hence a slightly noisier image in low light conditions. Rest of the image properties of contrast, highlights, saturation are somewhat similar.:)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] LeoRex:
It's actually they other way around. In 'On', it attempts to expose the brightest segment of the scene first, then takes more exposures in the set. On uses quicker shutter values paired with a higher ISO. That's why in dark/bright mixed scenes, Auto might blow out the highlights, where On handles them much better.

The noise difference, I think, is due to the fact that this software was designed for a camera that is far better in low light so the G6 is more sensitive to ISO changes.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] SurfaceCube:
Would be good if they could make the lens blur work. Other than that amazing app on G6
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] andmanweb:
On my g6 blur is working. You can edit it how much you want.

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[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sagor1:
Can't save the picture, keep crashing.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mistaken:
Oh, thank you so much! Deactivating Tasker worked perfectly fine :)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] fvknl:
Mother of all things unholy, I had the LG G6 and sent it back due to poor camera quality and a faulty charging port. Just purchased a G6+ with the refund and knowing that it's the camera app and not the sensor that's the root cause of atrocious photos.

Thanks for a decent side by side.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jamorimpt:
I'm going to make some tests between LG Camera in manual mode (using JPG and auto exposure/focus/iso settings) and Google Camera today. Need to know if it's just the LG auto mode that "water cleans" the images or the LG Camera in general.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] ASW1:
Also test the LG camera in auto mode to see if the noise reduction is applied there too.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jamorimpt:
LG Camera in auto mode has noise reduction, but if you have v10t update you will have an option to deactivate NR if using manual mode (even if you use manual mode and auto settings). (not available in auto camera mode)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Juice3250:
I especially like Motion Blur and the slow motion seems smoother on the Google Camera.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] The-Last-Hylian:
Ouu, will have to see how the NR toggle makes a difference. Low light will be the true test.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] yellman:
HDR+ ON
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] gerardolan64:
Same here :(
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Juice3250:
One picture is taken with the stock LG G6 camera, the other is with the Google Camera. Can you guess which one is which?

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Every second or third picture, the camera will force close without saving the picture. Also I can't tell if the video is in 30 or 60 fps.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nikaki:
1st Google camera

2nd G6
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Juice3250:
Got it!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisrj28:
Yeah the stock camera definitely exposed that picture a lot better and preserved more detail. From what I'm reading the main benefits of the Google camera are at night
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jcass80:
Google camera lg g6

Been testing it all day/night and coming from a pixel I can tell you the hdr+ mode works incredibly well.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] banesi:
You gotta be joking, just look at the sky, stock camera destroyed it completely.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nathdogg:
Agree, the 1st picture is much better.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] The-Last-Hylian:
Top one is Google HDR+, dynamic range is greater which you can see in the shots retention of the clouds and not blowing out the sky. Also the noise reduction in the LG shot is making the leaves on the trees look 'paintery'

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Perhaps at night on auto, but the LG G6 manual mode will destroy the Google cam if used properly.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Juice3250:
I was testing and comparing the auto modes side by side. I'm sure if I used manual mode, I might get a better shot. But, when I'm shooting pictures of my kids, I'm using auto. I agree, I prefer the Google Camera picture that I took. The G6 blurred the leaves and blew out the sky. I've noticed that the G6 washes out the colors and over exposes most times. In my opinion, it's not much better than the LG G4. But I do love the Wide angle lens.

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The G6 camera has trouble focusing on close objects. The G4 killed it on macro photos and auto focus.

Overall I'm happy with the G6 but the 2 to 1 aspect ratio makes it difficult to tap in certain areas to focus. Unless I'm using a small hand held tripod.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] lateralex:
Thrilled to have the Google Camera, but results have been iffy so far. The HDR+ On setting doesn't persist and I find the auto-focus/ shutter time can be delayed by 1-3 seconds, especially if you don't tap to set the focus. I've had a few HDR processes seem to get stuck in limbo as well - requiring a restart. Anyone else seeing these things, or is it just me? I am on G6 on Verizon.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] spiderio:
care to explain how to do that?

nevermind, It works for me too on v4.

by the way has anyone got the best settings on G6?

please share/screenshot the settings
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] vitoski:
Look a couple of pages back, people were posting their settings.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingFatty:
Can someone clarify if there is a reason to use the older version numbers available/listed on this LG G6 discussion (the first page of this thread only mentions up to version 3.8c)?

When I instead go to the original discussion, they are already up to version 4.4! I'm wondering, do I install the latest from the original thread, or is there some benefit to using the older versions that are specifically mentioned in this LG G6 discussion?

Here is the original page, where it's not specific to LG G6, but it is already version 4.4: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-ported/
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] andmanweb:
4.4 is the version of original google apk. Modded apk is actually at version 4.0. Here is mentioned 3.8c

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[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingFatty:
Ok so then I guess there are three different version. Should we install 3.8c, 4.0, or 4.4?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sun90:
Go for 4.0
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] BR7fan:
Where can I get the latest pixle2 camera app ?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] andmanweb:
Just search

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[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shahroz Ahmed:
It's not from Pixel 2
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] azndan2:
On the essential phone, the Google camera is unable to connect to the front facing camera. Any ideas? Thank you ?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] vitoski:
Play around with settings for SUPPORTED HW LEVEL FRONT CAMERA. Maybe on different settings it will work.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] andmanweb:
Then simply does nor exist.

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[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Juice3250:
I've tried using version 4.0 on my G6 and it lags so bad it is practically unusable. Any help would be appreciated.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] andmanweb:
Have you erased cache after settings?

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[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingFatty:
Does anyone use the google camera as their default/daily camera - and just not use the LG camera anymore (except maybe for accessing the wide-angle lens as needed)?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cryptecks:
Yep, unless I need the wide-angle lens, high framerate, or high resolution video, I just use the modded Google Camera.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] railfan-eric:
I use it most the time. But still use stock for the wide angle camera. I notice though the Gcam uses lots of battery. it went from 20% to 14% in 10-20 mins one night after using the camera.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingFatty:
For daily driver google cam usage, do you use HDR+ auto or HDR+ on?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sun90:
HDR+ on.

Always.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jack-black:
anyone been able to shoot raw + jpeg on lg g6?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] andmanweb:
Works for me. Opened DNG shot with gcam in photoshop.

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[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] AsItLies:
After reading many of the posts, it's apparent that many may not understand what HDR is all about.

HDR isn't about 'any ol pic will now be better'. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. The 'Range' they are referring to here is the lighting (ie contrast). HDR is meant to be used when a picture has a very dark area and a very light area. Think of a pic inside your residence, including some of the room and a big window, on a bright sunny day.

Normally, it's impossible (without excessive additional lighting) to get an exposure that is right for both the window (and what's outside) and the much darker area inside.

While our eyes can adjust to this situation instantly, a camera cannot.

That's what HDR is for. It will take multiple pictures of the same scene. It will take them in a range of exposures. The resulting exposures will have some exposed properly for the window, and some for the rest of the dark room. The HDR software than 'stitches' these together to get the proper exposure for everything in the picture, not just one area. It compensates for the cameras inability to see these contrasts the way our eyes naturally do.

If you're taking just a 'normal' pic, with little contrast in it, for comparisons, it will have much less effect if any at all. As that's not a good test of HDR capability.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingFatty:
I don't know the full details of the Google camera, but I believe there are other advantages to "frame stacking" besides just collecting a range of exposure settings. I think you can also do fancy things like cancelling out noise in a really good way, not just by smoothing, but by looking at the differences across the multiple stacked shots and using AI to identify what is noise vs detail, and just removing the noise. If you just have one frame, it's much harder if not impossible to distinguish noise from detail.

So I think there might be a good reason to use HDR on all the time, if it uses frame stacking to intelligently remove noise without the usual drawbacks when you don't have frame stacking.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] andmanweb:
I use it mostly for the reduce noises.

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[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] railfan-eric:
That's what i heard before about the HDR+.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] flaviusbob:
Hey Guys, is there any more development on the Gcam? it has been times when we got a newer version every day or two. Now it seems that v4.0 is tha last version, and we have for more than a week and a half.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] stoner007:
It is last version from original forum and author: https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=782469&st=6460#entry65436540

Edit:

Alternatively you can use Google Camera from B-S-G for Marshmallow an Nougat OS:

GC_Android-6.0H_arm-arm64_Cam2API.apk from this post https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=782469&st=6940#entry65700474
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rsiddi01:
Thank you!

Thank you for this, I almost returned my LG G6 and bought a Google pixel because of the camera performance, but your port just changed that!!!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingFatty:
Any chance we can revisit whether there is a consensus on the best settings to use for every day usage? So far I thought I had good settings (copied from an earlier post), but when I tried taking a photo of a piece of printed paper, the result was incredibly noisy, even though I had HDR+ set to always on. The printed paper was not well lit, and the stock LG camera did a very good job without much noise, so I was shocked and disappointed that the google camera resulted in much more noise? I figure my settings must be wrong, or maybe they are good for normal dynamic range indoor or outdoor shots, but poor for overall dimly lit shots where you expect noise.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kaleidosc0pe:
I have pixel corr, nexus2015 and pixel dogfood settings and this is for me the best and without noise. With other settings like nexus 6 I have much noise.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] LeoRex:
Yep... HDR+ isn't really HDR... The primary job of HDR+ is to reduce noise and clean up the image without artificial processing. The image set it uses all have identical exposure levels, and the software works to adjust the dynamic range of the image once it's done cleaning things up. There is far less noise reduction and sharpening being done because it's not needed nearly as much as stock.

And since it uses data from the images, rather than some algorithm, the resulting images usually retain far more detail.

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One more thing... Keep in mind that this was designed for a phone with a much larger sensor. On a 6P or Pixel, the images HDR+ often use much higher ISO settings and can deal with the increase in noise. The G6' noise levels are much higher, and harder to fix.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Banan PL:
Keeps crashing on 5X as system app when taking photos. Any ideas?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] ph0b0z:
Meanwhile.. is it possible to use HDR+ on both the normal and the wide angle lenses on the G6?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jamiee6610:
Version 4.0 if ugly as hell!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jamiee6610:
Anyone got a working link to 3.6?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Honser77:
Can you Post your settings. I take yours and the begin looks good. Maybe you can Tell me something more. :o
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kaleidosc0pe:
Hello,

I haven't changed more. Rest is original because I have not much time for testing changes. But there is one thing I can tell you. Leave HDR+ on auto. If you change to always on, there will be a purple tint over pictures.

This is something I recognized in all versions.

Maybe someone can correct me.

I am happy if this helped you.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingFatty:
What settings did you use for this result?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] lordc:
Hi to all!

Can I ask for help to get a nice settings for lg g4?

Thanks in advance
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kisakuku:
B-S-G's Modded Google Camera 5.1.011 with HDR+ for Android 7.0 / ARM64

Download

Changelog:

Set libraries to Pixel 2 XL, all other settings to Nexus 6

Use HDR+ On mode if HDR+ Auto mode doesn't work

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B-S-G's Modded Google Camera 5.1.011 with HDR+ for Android 7.0 / ARM64 TEST 1

Download

Changelog:

Added the ability to select model (libraries) and camera config

Activated hidden settings items

HDR+ Auto works on Nexus Experimental 2016 Tuning camera config
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jamiee6610:
Default
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kaleidosc0pe:
Tested and back to version 4.

Got other profiles not working. Nexus 6 works but extreme noisy. Than it sticks making pictures. The round button turns grey and nothing works.

For German users. I have seen a German language.