[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] One Twelve:
I find it interesting you've attempted a portrait with the wide angle. I've not seen many attempt it because its harder to do. The other reason is the lack of ois, auto focus and smaller aperture. Though the F1.9 on the V30 helps compared to previous models.

Points to keep in mind when using the wide angle. Try to keep all points equidistant from the lens. In the above photo her legs are closer so get distorted more than say her face. If you stepped back a bit the image will change. Now the difference will be less as will the distortion.

You will need to experiment with this to learn how the wide lens works. You have 13MP to play with here so cropping is possible. You don't have to fill the frame. Don't use digital zoom. Crop after. The effect is the same and retains image quality.

To get a better idea, find a grid that has intersecting lines. A brick wall can work but a grid with small squares is easier to see distortion.

Bring the lens close trying to keep camera parallel with the grid. Move back and forward and see how the lines change shape.

If you now tilt the camera either up or down you will notice further changes. Once you understand how this works you will be able to use it for dramatic effect in a way that no other regular lens can do.

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Better here is going to be subjective. How about no mode at all. With Reds you will have to push shutter speed up as they can sizzle and go magenta easily.

That graphy thing is known as a histogram. It tells you what the spread of darks and lights in your photo will be. I don't find it very useful. Better is the live light meter. In manual as you move the camera around you will notice ISO & shutter speed changing. The camera is telling you what setting it will use to take whatever it is pointing at before it takes it. In low light if you see shutter speed slowing you can tell whether you shots will have blur or not. In bright light this is less necessary.

Noise reduction can help at times and work against you in others. Reducing noise will soften details. I'd keep this off in low light. In bright light situations there can be noise in darker areas. Noise reduction might help here. Try with it on and off in those different scenarios and decide which you like. My impulse is to have it off most of the time. I'd rather have details and grain than smooth smudges

Tracking focus is when you want to keep a moving subject in focus. I've never had a use for it. So its generally off.

I prefer to keep HDR off as it can trigger automatically. This can help and again work against in others. If the subject is moving it can lead to streaking.

I'm not sure what bright mode is, is that the same as low light mode ? produces a photo that is just 4MP

I'd stick to 4:3 aspect as that way you will get the full resolution your camera sensor is capable of. Changing to other aspects is cropping and throwing away pixels you paid for.

Full vision is an attempt to show you more of the scene if that helps when composing.

other than what you said i don't know.

Night shot can only be seen by looking at the image data. It isn't in your control. The camera decides when to fire it or not. What night shot does is image averaging to reduce noise. It takes more than one photo and then combines it to produce a better detailed photo. Subject must be static otherwise there will be blur. With earlier LG's going to manual disabled this extra processing that could lead to blown out light signs at night if taken with auto. i've noticed its used much more often now compared to a earlier LG models so its use has been expanded.

Stick with that for now and see how it goes.

I see no good reason to try out a third party camera when the stock camera is as good. Learn the ins & outs of how it works.

You could try the google camera ports if that makes a difference.

Sometimes there is no choice. SKWRT is handy with fixing buildings that either lean forward or back. Fixing wide lens distortion will be harder though See my previous post about reducing distortion in camera. You will have to pay attention to how the photo looks and either move with your feet before clicking.