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LG G5 first impressions for still photography

Started Apr 3, 2016 | Discussions thread
Doug Pardee
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A few illustrative images

All of these photos are of the same subject. There may be slight differences in the angle, since the phone was hand-held.

Ultra-wide camera:

Reference image with main camera

Ultra-wide camera. I don't know why it's exposed noticeably brighter -- I wasn't paying attention

Some examples of "popout":

Vignette popout

Fisheye popout

Blur popout

I'm sure you can imagine what the B&W popout would be like. The four popout effects can be combined any way you want, including no effect. Personally, I find "no effect" to be a bit disorienting because the images almost liine up.

Note that the popouts are only 8 Megapixels, since they're based on the ultra-wide camera.

HDR example:

Reference image, again

HDR (multi-capture blending) activated

The HDR isn't compelling for this subject. But it does a nice job for interior shots with bright windows. And it captures so quickly it feels like only one capture was made.

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