LG G2 vs S4, One and iPhone - test cameras of different devices in the same conditions
Good day to all! Tell me, if I ask you to name the best mobile camera in the current generation of smartphones, which manufacturer will you call? And in the past? And before last? I am sure that the cherished little letters of LG, we will not see how much back in history do not move. No matter how regrettable this fact was, but with cameras (in the opinion of both users and online publications) LG-smartphones always had some ... errm ... not that even difficulties or problems. There was awful software with cameras. And now, 2013, the LGA G2 is shown at IFA and a miracle is being accomplished: LG Finally, they overcame the problem of software and the new flagship makes great shots.
Do not believe? Then I ask you to click the “read more” button, check out the test shots of foreign reporters, read their opinions and make sure that now everything is really ok.
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UPD: Pictures sometimes fail, fakshu if I see troubles, in the comments you can not write about it.
Nexus 4, optimus G, G pro frankly could not boast the best shots in the industry, despite the efforts of marketers, advertisers and PR people. Physics and software can not be fooled. But now we have hope that at least G and G PRO will be able to improve their position: in the new flagship LG G2 there is an improved matrix from G PRO, a completely new software responsible for processing the signal coming from the photosensitive sensor. I hope that when upgrading to 4.4 or 4.3, these backporting features will be transferred to the “younger” models and will improve their photo capacity. As for the LG G2, its camera is a small piece of art. The lens is protected from damage by durable sapphire glass, the camera module is equipped with an optical stabilization system, an improved automatic focusing system, plus, again, a new software. But these are all words and lyrics, let's better check out the facts and photos!
As a competitor for the G2, Phonearena editors chose the well-known Falgman (at the time of testing) devices: Galaxy S4, HTC One, iPhone 5 and a mirrorless Lumix GH2 camera (micro four thirds system). It is strange that the smartphone from Sony did not participate in the test, but, I think, without the participation of Xperia Z, the results will be quite timely and easily interpretable.
Perhaps, a good half of the frames on a smartphone are done under the open sky, in a variety of conditions. Morning, afternoon, evening, night, snow, rain, sunny, overcast, fog - conditions a million, and the camera alone. The software needs to correctly estimate the lightness, set exposure parameters, white balance, sensitivity, make metering and generally do a bunch of calculations, but that funny little man will now turn away ... In general, evaluate about fifty different factors, choose the correct settings, perform focusing - and all this on the go. The task is not simple, well, yes, and engineers knowingly get their salary.
I myself know that sometimes the devices are not shaken for weeks, and when they fall into your hands ... In general, the weather will spoil, and the music will become rotten, and there will be nothing to test, as usual. In this case, almost all test frames were executed on cloudy days, with soft and scattered light. Conditions are good for evaluating the detail of frames, but not ideal for evaluating the contrast and the operation of the automatic exposure meter.
Here are six different cityscapes, on the basis of which we will conduct our mini-analysis. As a reference (and the first frame), take a frame from a Panasonic GH2 camera.
Further frames will go without comment, if the trends continue (so as not to repeat the same thing), if not - I will give a brief summary under the photograph.
As you can see, LG G2 has learned to shoot, and not just anyhow, but at the level of the best classmates. Galaxy S4 is odd with BB and metering, the iPhone makes everything more contrast, and HTC has obvious problems with color rendering, exposure, and frame resolution.
Sinitis? Reds? Yellow? Yes, even green. How to set up, so it will be removed. Unfortunately, we have smartphones, and not SLR cameras with the ability to fine-tune color profiles. As soon as such an opportunity appears, then we will blame our own crooked hands, but for now it remains only to send curses (or blessings) to the side of programmers and engineers. How they tune and write, so we remove. :( The software is automatic, yes.
Like last time, the rest of the photos I will comment on the minimum, lingering only on certain features or out of the ordinary, in the rest, and so everything is clear.
With color rendition everything is more or less clear. Under normal lighting conditions, everything is more or less OK. And what will happen when shooting in the dark?
With night shooting everything is more or less clear. Miracles do not have to wait, but there are still frames. Detailing and noise level are not bad, the frames are comparable to the current flagships and do not make them blush with shame.
The concept of macro photography is difficult to adapt to smartphones, but the shots taken almost “point blank”, at the limit of the focus system capabilities, can perhaps be a stretch to be attributed to this genre.
As you can see, in this test, smartphones managed almost better than a normal camera.
Artificial light sources, walls that “light” the light (and everything that is “covered” with this light), a variety of different colors and shades, complex shadows from multiple sources ... In general, test frames:
In addition to the situation with bright lighting, there are rooms in which a pair of not very powerful light bulbs are lit. The behavior of the camera changes accordingly:
With “so-so-lit lighting”? Let's turn to shooting in the dark.
In LG G2 (in addition to the “green”, fully automatic mode) there are other software machines that allow you to get exactly the result that you expect when shooting. In addition to the already familiar night, sport, panoramic shooting modes, there are also “unusual” ones.Super-fast continuous shooting, the so-called “dual shot” (frame simultaneously on the rear and front camera), smart corrector mode, when during the development of a file, the camera’s software independently analyzes the image and highlights with a dotted line picture of the place. Then offers them to erase. Not to say that in everyday life these modes are very relevant and important, but sometimes you have to get out of the existing situation with what you have. Well, in such a case, the presence of a function is not an absence, they will be useful.
About video recording, probably, there will be a separate detailed post, but I just cannot not mention the camera's operation modes in video recording. First, the new autofocus system uses a fully mobile unit of optics with stepper drive, which allows the use of silent tracking autofocus when recording video. Secondly, there is an interesting feature called AudioZoom: the camera has access to three microphones on the “body” of the smartphone, and the new audio signal processing chip allows (even having such a small “stereo base”) to separate the signals in time, and, after analyzing the picture from the camera and incoming sound, make sure that a certain object in the field of view of the camera will be heard well, and the rest - a little muffled. The functionality, of course, is not JamesBond, but the result is and it really feels when viewed.
We looked at four modern smartphones and one camera in the most popular shooting conditions. What can be said about the results?
Galaxy S4, LG G2 and, of course, Panasonic Lumix GH2 in most cases choose the most correct settings, try to squeeze as much as possible all the juices from the available capacities and behave decently.
The iPhone stands apart because of its own OS, and because of its results. No, he is not bad, and the frames are not bad, they are just ... “other”. Well, but on the iDevice screen, they look good.
HTC in the majority of tests showed the worst result. Still, the ultra-pixel camera and HTC Zoe software need to be improved.
Well, I also want to say that for some time LG really has a great camera in a smartphone. Thank you for your attention and to new meetings in Habré.
Do not believe? Then I ask you to click the “read more” button, check out the test shots of foreign reporters, read their opinions and make sure that now everything is really ok.
')
UPD: Pictures sometimes fail, fakshu if I see troubles, in the comments you can not write about it.
Theory
Nexus 4, optimus G, G pro frankly could not boast the best shots in the industry, despite the efforts of marketers, advertisers and PR people. Physics and software can not be fooled. But now we have hope that at least G and G PRO will be able to improve their position: in the new flagship LG G2 there is an improved matrix from G PRO, a completely new software responsible for processing the signal coming from the photosensitive sensor. I hope that when upgrading to 4.4 or 4.3, these backporting features will be transferred to the “younger” models and will improve their photo capacity. As for the LG G2, its camera is a small piece of art. The lens is protected from damage by durable sapphire glass, the camera module is equipped with an optical stabilization system, an improved automatic focusing system, plus, again, a new software. But these are all words and lyrics, let's better check out the facts and photos!
Practice
As a competitor for the G2, Phonearena editors chose the well-known Falgman (at the time of testing) devices: Galaxy S4, HTC One, iPhone 5 and a mirrorless Lumix GH2 camera (micro four thirds system). It is strange that the smartphone from Sony did not participate in the test, but, I think, without the participation of Xperia Z, the results will be quite timely and easily interpretable.
Street shot
Perhaps, a good half of the frames on a smartphone are done under the open sky, in a variety of conditions. Morning, afternoon, evening, night, snow, rain, sunny, overcast, fog - conditions a million, and the camera alone. The software needs to correctly estimate the lightness, set exposure parameters, white balance, sensitivity, make metering and generally do a bunch of calculations, but that funny little man will now turn away ... In general, evaluate about fifty different factors, choose the correct settings, perform focusing - and all this on the go. The task is not simple, well, yes, and engineers knowingly get their salary.
I myself know that sometimes the devices are not shaken for weeks, and when they fall into your hands ... In general, the weather will spoil, and the music will become rotten, and there will be nothing to test, as usual. In this case, almost all test frames were executed on cloudy days, with soft and scattered light. Conditions are good for evaluating the detail of frames, but not ideal for evaluating the contrast and the operation of the automatic exposure meter.
Here are six different cityscapes, on the basis of which we will conduct our mini-analysis. As a reference (and the first frame), take a frame from a Panasonic GH2 camera.
Church
Panasonic GH2:
I would not call the work of the exposure meter perfect: the sky was overexposed, the trees became almost black, but I don’t have any complaints about the main object of the shooting: the church turned out to be very realistic color, the details are clearly visible. Cars and their license plates are quite distinguishable, signs across the road can be more or less disassembled. About the distortion of optics, I think, to talk in this case is meaningless.
LG G2:
The light meter gave preference to the details of the sky and the normal lighting of the church. The trees turned out to be even darker, but yes their area (compared to the sky, asphalt and church) on the frame is not so large, so the work of the algorithm can be understood. License plates and signs are distinguishable. The color rendition may not be perfect, but to call it bad I cannot turn my tongue.
Galaxy S4:
Here the light meter preferred dark areas to light. The sky is lightened (but not overexposed), the trees got a greenish tint, the asphalt is lighter, and the white balance is lost in “warm” tones. I can not say for sure, the problems with the hands of the operator or with the smartphone, but to distinguish between the numbers of cars and the text on some signs is somewhat more complicated than in the previous two frames. The frame seems less contrast compared to competitors, but this is precisely because of the comparison, I think that in actual shooting the camera chose fairly good settings and tried to keep the colors in dark areas, sacrificing the contrast of the sky.
iPhone:
The situation is in many ways similar to the one we saw in the previous frame. Retraction of white balance, priority in dark areas. Is that the eight megapixel model and enhanced contrast killed completely the ability to read the signs across the road and almost all the numbers of cars.
HTC:
The most indecent frame. Galaxy S2 shoots about the same, probably. The sky is overexposed, there is no need to mark about the inscriptions through dorrog, since at least the trees turned out green. White balance has the same problem as the galaxy / iphone. But ultra pixels, yes.
I would not call the work of the exposure meter perfect: the sky was overexposed, the trees became almost black, but I don’t have any complaints about the main object of the shooting: the church turned out to be very realistic color, the details are clearly visible. Cars and their license plates are quite distinguishable, signs across the road can be more or less disassembled. About the distortion of optics, I think, to talk in this case is meaningless.
LG G2:
The light meter gave preference to the details of the sky and the normal lighting of the church. The trees turned out to be even darker, but yes their area (compared to the sky, asphalt and church) on the frame is not so large, so the work of the algorithm can be understood. License plates and signs are distinguishable. The color rendition may not be perfect, but to call it bad I cannot turn my tongue.
Galaxy S4:
Here the light meter preferred dark areas to light. The sky is lightened (but not overexposed), the trees got a greenish tint, the asphalt is lighter, and the white balance is lost in “warm” tones. I can not say for sure, the problems with the hands of the operator or with the smartphone, but to distinguish between the numbers of cars and the text on some signs is somewhat more complicated than in the previous two frames. The frame seems less contrast compared to competitors, but this is precisely because of the comparison, I think that in actual shooting the camera chose fairly good settings and tried to keep the colors in dark areas, sacrificing the contrast of the sky.
iPhone:
The situation is in many ways similar to the one we saw in the previous frame. Retraction of white balance, priority in dark areas. Is that the eight megapixel model and enhanced contrast killed completely the ability to read the signs across the road and almost all the numbers of cars.
HTC:
The most indecent frame. Galaxy S2 shoots about the same, probably. The sky is overexposed, there is no need to mark about the inscriptions through dorrog, since at least the trees turned out green. White balance has the same problem as the galaxy / iphone. But ultra pixels, yes.
Crossroads
Panasonic GH2:
Excellent contrast, sharpness, exposure and white balance. Neutral and nice frame.
LG G2:
Slightly less sharpness of the frame (but the size of the matrix, please note, is not comparable, and the optics), again the exposure is a bit distracted towards the priority of lights. Decent frame, comparable to that obtained on the “reference” camera.
Galaxy S4:
As you can see, the story is repeated with the church. White balance is shifted, priority is given to dark areas, which is why the sky is whitened. Sharpness also diminished. The rest - the frame is not bad. Adjusted for smartphone. :)
iPhone:
Here with the white balance, everything is in order, but with the exposure there are some oddities. Again, the frame is overly contrasted.
HTC:
One in his repertoire: highlights in the sky, lack of detail, dull colors.
Excellent contrast, sharpness, exposure and white balance. Neutral and nice frame.
LG G2:
Slightly less sharpness of the frame (but the size of the matrix, please note, is not comparable, and the optics), again the exposure is a bit distracted towards the priority of lights. Decent frame, comparable to that obtained on the “reference” camera.
Galaxy S4:
As you can see, the story is repeated with the church. White balance is shifted, priority is given to dark areas, which is why the sky is whitened. Sharpness also diminished. The rest - the frame is not bad. Adjusted for smartphone. :)
iPhone:
Here with the white balance, everything is in order, but with the exposure there are some oddities. Again, the frame is overly contrasted.
HTC:
One in his repertoire: highlights in the sky, lack of detail, dull colors.
Further frames will go without comment, if the trends continue (so as not to repeat the same thing), if not - I will give a brief summary under the photograph.
Tree against the sky
Panasonic GH2:
There is some overexposure, the colors are preserved, the light blue of the sky is noticeable.
LG G2:
All the same as in the previous two test shots. A little lighter than the camera, a little less detail, otherwise - everything is about the same.
Galaxy S4:
The sky is in trouble, but the tree turned out quite well.
iPhone:
In his repertoire. Contrast bully, pinch colors, get overexposure and dark areas. Nizakhot.
HTC:
Relight it and in Africa it shines. And what chromatic aberrations!
There is some overexposure, the colors are preserved, the light blue of the sky is noticeable.
LG G2:
All the same as in the previous two test shots. A little lighter than the camera, a little less detail, otherwise - everything is about the same.
Galaxy S4:
The sky is in trouble, but the tree turned out quite well.
iPhone:
In his repertoire. Contrast bully, pinch colors, get overexposure and dark areas. Nizakhot.
HTC:
Relight it and in Africa it shines. And what chromatic aberrations!
New yorker
Panasonic GH2:
LG G2:
Slightly overexposed. :(
Galaxy S4:
Similarly, + flunked BB.
iPhone:
Good shot.
HTC:
The white balance, color, is swamped, but there is no overexposure. Like the details in the dark areas.
LG G2:
Slightly overexposed. :(
Galaxy S4:
Similarly, + flunked BB.
iPhone:
Good shot.
HTC:
The white balance, color, is swamped, but there is no overexposure. Like the details in the dark areas.
Fountain
Panasonic GH2:
Great shot. Is that the trees in the background are darkish, but yes they are not as important as jets of water, reflected in the building opposite and a good white balance in difficult to measure conditions.
LG G2:
The shutter speed is clearly longer than that of the GH2, but the trees have details and color. Great shot, LG.
Galaxy S4:
Samsung also holds a brand.
iPhone:
Surprisingly, the iPhone did not crush everything by contrast!
HTC:
HTC? no highlights? Amazing The picture, by the way, is quite well detailed, it is clear that of all the smartphones he has the least exposure.
Great shot. Is that the trees in the background are darkish, but yes they are not as important as jets of water, reflected in the building opposite and a good white balance in difficult to measure conditions.
LG G2:
The shutter speed is clearly longer than that of the GH2, but the trees have details and color. Great shot, LG.
Galaxy S4:
Samsung also holds a brand.
iPhone:
Surprisingly, the iPhone did not crush everything by contrast!
HTC:
HTC? no highlights? Amazing The picture, by the way, is quite well detailed, it is clear that of all the smartphones he has the least exposure.
Yard
Panasonic GH2:
The sky turned white (I must admit, on the left near the post it is slightly blue), but there are enough details in the shade. Good balanced frame. Of course, the software could pull up the shadows, but yes it is all nagging.
LG G2:
Galaxy S4:
Surprisingly, here the frame was as good as that of G2 / Lumix. And I already began to doubt the Samsung.
iPhone:
Better than last time, but it still does not reach the top of the trinity.
HTC:
Well ... but in the shadow of the details there is, although the resolution and not very. Notice how wonderful chromatite is on the leaves!
The sky turned white (I must admit, on the left near the post it is slightly blue), but there are enough details in the shade. Good balanced frame. Of course, the software could pull up the shadows, but yes it is all nagging.
LG G2:
Galaxy S4:
Surprisingly, here the frame was as good as that of G2 / Lumix. And I already began to doubt the Samsung.
iPhone:
Better than last time, but it still does not reach the top of the trinity.
HTC:
Well ... but in the shadow of the details there is, although the resolution and not very. Notice how wonderful chromatite is on the leaves!
As you can see, LG G2 has learned to shoot, and not just anyhow, but at the level of the best classmates. Galaxy S4 is odd with BB and metering, the iPhone makes everything more contrast, and HTC has obvious problems with color rendering, exposure, and frame resolution.
Color rendition
Sinitis? Reds? Yellow? Yes, even green. How to set up, so it will be removed. Unfortunately, we have smartphones, and not SLR cameras with the ability to fine-tune color profiles. As soon as such an opportunity appears, then we will blame our own crooked hands, but for now it remains only to send curses (or blessings) to the side of programmers and engineers. How they tune and write, so we remove. :( The software is automatic, yes.
Flower bed
Difficult photo task for smartphone camera. Approximately equally the entire field of the frame is occupied by two colors, green and yellow-orange. As a “bonus,” there are some colored spots of other colors, neutral gray-brown leaves and a little bit of asphalt.
Panasonic GH2:
On the frame there are a lot of small details that the noise reduction system, the Bayesian matrix filter and the JPG converter consumed. In general, Lumix coped quite decently: the green is green, the flowers are what they should be, there are no problems with the exposure, the leaves have a neutral color.
LG G2:
The colors turned out to be a little richer than the “reference” image of the camera, but the frame itself is very successful: the colors did not go, the grass is the right color, except that the leaves are slightly warmer colored than we would like.
Galaxy S4:
Samsung, on the contrary, gave a picture less saturated with colors, but in terms of details and color rendering there is nothing to complain about.
iPhone:
IPhone did something strange. The white balance fell into blue, the green turned blue, the flowers got a strange shade. As they say, "nizakhot."
HTC:
I have no complaints about the color rendition, the colors are a little cold, but the relation between yellow and green is decent, except that four million ultra-pixels have lost more than 13 million pixels of Samsung or LG.
Panasonic GH2:
On the frame there are a lot of small details that the noise reduction system, the Bayesian matrix filter and the JPG converter consumed. In general, Lumix coped quite decently: the green is green, the flowers are what they should be, there are no problems with the exposure, the leaves have a neutral color.
LG G2:
The colors turned out to be a little richer than the “reference” image of the camera, but the frame itself is very successful: the colors did not go, the grass is the right color, except that the leaves are slightly warmer colored than we would like.
Galaxy S4:
Samsung, on the contrary, gave a picture less saturated with colors, but in terms of details and color rendering there is nothing to complain about.
iPhone:
IPhone did something strange. The white balance fell into blue, the green turned blue, the flowers got a strange shade. As they say, "nizakhot."
HTC:
I have no complaints about the color rendition, the colors are a little cold, but the relation between yellow and green is decent, except that four million ultra-pixels have lost more than 13 million pixels of Samsung or LG.
Like last time, the rest of the photos I will comment on the minimum, lingering only on certain features or out of the ordinary, in the rest, and so everything is clear.
Flower bed close up
Panasonic GH2:
LG G2:
Galaxy S4:
iPhone:
HTC:
On similar problems, we get similar results, which, in principle, it is not surprising
LG G2:
Galaxy S4:
iPhone:
HTC:
On similar problems, we get similar results, which, in principle, it is not surprising
Yard
Panasonic GH2:
LG G2:
As you can see, the color rendition is almost the same as the Lumix GH2.
Galaxy S4:
Sinitis
iPhone:
Very good result.
HTC:
The result is similar to the Galaxy S4, but the details in the picture are less.
LG G2:
As you can see, the color rendition is almost the same as the Lumix GH2.
Galaxy S4:
Sinitis
iPhone:
Very good result.
HTC:
The result is similar to the Galaxy S4, but the details in the picture are less.
With color rendition everything is more or less clear. Under normal lighting conditions, everything is more or less OK. And what will happen when shooting in the dark?
Night shot
Gas station
Panasonic GH2:
The picture is moderately illuminated, there is illumination from bright light sources, halos in the normal range. For automatic mode, the frame is sufficiently detailed, the foreground and background are well developed.
LG G2:
The frame is different white balance and type of illumination (it is understandable, the optics is something else). The rest is a solid five.
Galaxy S4:
Strange highlights, noises, noticeable autofocus operation error and / or very long exposure.
iPhone:
The situation is similar to that of the LG G2: the differences from the “reference” frame are minimal.
HTC:
HTC with its ultra-pixels as usual caught the overexposure (automatic error, counting the exposure), the details in the background also cannot be disassembled.
Three of the test smartphones have a special “night” shooting mode. Let's see what happens if we apply it for its intended purpose:
LG G2:
The frame is still good, a little more detail appeared, and the shumodav worked more actively and carefully.
Galaxy S4:
Much better than in the “day” mode, but has not reached the G2 yet.
HTC:
No comments.
The picture is moderately illuminated, there is illumination from bright light sources, halos in the normal range. For automatic mode, the frame is sufficiently detailed, the foreground and background are well developed.
LG G2:
The frame is different white balance and type of illumination (it is understandable, the optics is something else). The rest is a solid five.
Galaxy S4:
Strange highlights, noises, noticeable autofocus operation error and / or very long exposure.
iPhone:
The situation is similar to that of the LG G2: the differences from the “reference” frame are minimal.
HTC:
HTC with its ultra-pixels as usual caught the overexposure (automatic error, counting the exposure), the details in the background also cannot be disassembled.
Three of the test smartphones have a special “night” shooting mode. Let's see what happens if we apply it for its intended purpose:
LG G2:
The frame is still good, a little more detail appeared, and the shumodav worked more actively and carefully.
Galaxy S4:
Much better than in the “day” mode, but has not reached the G2 yet.
HTC:
No comments.
Flower garden
Panasonic GH2:
There is some lack of contrast and loss of detail on the crope 1: 1, but in general the image looks very decent. Especially if you do not bring it closer. The colors are natural, there are no highlights.
LG G2:
Shot night mode. There is some loss of color information, but the frame turned out to be sharp and sharp. The work of the shumodav is noticeable on the crope, but in general terms and when viewed on a computer “full screen” the photo has saved enough details.
Galaxy S4:
Automatics in the night mode lost colors and shades, trying to preserve the details and contours of monochrome objects. The frame is not perfect, but quite acceptable.
iPhone:
Not bad in all respects frame, close to the “reference”, but of course there are fewer details.
HTC:
Guess who made a mistake with the white balance, overextended and lost all the details? :)
There is some lack of contrast and loss of detail on the crope 1: 1, but in general the image looks very decent. Especially if you do not bring it closer. The colors are natural, there are no highlights.
LG G2:
Shot night mode. There is some loss of color information, but the frame turned out to be sharp and sharp. The work of the shumodav is noticeable on the crope, but in general terms and when viewed on a computer “full screen” the photo has saved enough details.
Galaxy S4:
Automatics in the night mode lost colors and shades, trying to preserve the details and contours of monochrome objects. The frame is not perfect, but quite acceptable.
iPhone:
Not bad in all respects frame, close to the “reference”, but of course there are fewer details.
HTC:
Guess who made a mistake with the white balance, overextended and lost all the details? :)
With night shooting everything is more or less clear. Miracles do not have to wait, but there are still frames. Detailing and noise level are not bad, the frames are comparable to the current flagships and do not make them blush with shame.
Macro
The concept of macro photography is difficult to adapt to smartphones, but the shots taken almost “point blank”, at the limit of the focus system capabilities, can perhaps be a stretch to be attributed to this genre.
Incomprehensible type of wood
Panasonic GH2:
Autofocus missed and went “farther”, the clearest part is a centimeter and a half “lower”, we foreground.
LG G2:
A good depth of field and detail of the picture, autofocus worked almost perfectly. The colors also look quite natural.
Galaxy S4:
Similar to the result of the LG G2, except that Samsung has its own vision of color and white balance. I would not say that it is wrong, it is just another.
iPhone:
Again, a wonderful frame, worthy of competitors.
HTC:
Surprisingly, HTC did not screw it up and got a clear and detailed picture.
Autofocus missed and went “farther”, the clearest part is a centimeter and a half “lower”, we foreground.
LG G2:
A good depth of field and detail of the picture, autofocus worked almost perfectly. The colors also look quite natural.
Galaxy S4:
Similar to the result of the LG G2, except that Samsung has its own vision of color and white balance. I would not say that it is wrong, it is just another.
iPhone:
Again, a wonderful frame, worthy of competitors.
HTC:
Surprisingly, HTC did not screw it up and got a clear and detailed picture.
As you can see, in this test, smartphones managed almost better than a normal camera.
Green something
Panasonic GH2:
Excellent color and picture detail. There are some problems with the depth of field, but rather they are on the conscience of automation.
LG G2:
The white balance and colors are noticeably different, but the detail of the picture is not. Two minutes in the mobile editor and the snapshot will be difficult to distinguish from that obtained on the camera.
Galaxy S4:
The result is very similar to that of LG and Panasonic. Again, the colors are “their own”, but this is easily reparable.
iPhone:
Another good shot in the piggy bank of the iPhone and the mobile industry as a whole.
HTC:
HTC, of ​​course, has slightly less details than the rest, but the colors are the most “correct” and as close to real as possible.
Excellent color and picture detail. There are some problems with the depth of field, but rather they are on the conscience of automation.
LG G2:
The white balance and colors are noticeably different, but the detail of the picture is not. Two minutes in the mobile editor and the snapshot will be difficult to distinguish from that obtained on the camera.
Galaxy S4:
The result is very similar to that of LG and Panasonic. Again, the colors are “their own”, but this is easily reparable.
iPhone:
Another good shot in the piggy bank of the iPhone and the mobile industry as a whole.
HTC:
HTC, of ​​course, has slightly less details than the rest, but the colors are the most “correct” and as close to real as possible.
Indoor shooting
Artificial light sources, walls that “light” the light (and everything that is “covered” with this light), a variety of different colors and shades, complex shadows from multiple sources ... In general, test frames:
Still life
Panasonic GH2:
Under normal conditions, the frame is normal. Neutral exposure, perfectly matched by BB automatics, quite good frame detail.
LG G2:
The frame is slightly different in color, otherwise everything is ok.
Galaxy S4:
Similar to the situation with G2, except that the saturation is slightly lower.
iPhone:
IPhone this time did something strange with colors, light and contrast.
HTC:
The frame is very mediocre, in the center is clearly visible “pink spot”, from which many manufacturers have already got rid of, if not in hardware, then in software.
Under normal conditions, the frame is normal. Neutral exposure, perfectly matched by BB automatics, quite good frame detail.
LG G2:
The frame is slightly different in color, otherwise everything is ok.
Galaxy S4:
Similar to the situation with G2, except that the saturation is slightly lower.
iPhone:
IPhone this time did something strange with colors, light and contrast.
HTC:
The frame is very mediocre, in the center is clearly visible “pink spot”, from which many manufacturers have already got rid of, if not in hardware, then in software.
In addition to the situation with bright lighting, there are rooms in which a pair of not very powerful light bulbs are lit. The behavior of the camera changes accordingly:
Still life, a little less light
Panasonic GH2:
Everything is very, very good again.
LG G2:
Great job, LG.
Galaxy S4:
iPhone:
IPhone, a-ha-ha, what are you doing, stop it! Return the colors and shades to the ground.
HTC:
Well, where, one wonders, is HTC's vaunted photosensitivity? Where are great shots in low light conditions? For the time being, I only see the insufficiently saturated and darkish frame of HTC and normal photographs from the rest of the testing participants.
Everything is very, very good again.
LG G2:
Great job, LG.
Galaxy S4:
iPhone:
IPhone, a-ha-ha, what are you doing, stop it! Return the colors and shades to the ground.
HTC:
Well, where, one wonders, is HTC's vaunted photosensitivity? Where are great shots in low light conditions? For the time being, I only see the insufficiently saturated and darkish frame of HTC and normal photographs from the rest of the testing participants.
With “so-so-lit lighting”? Let's turn to shooting in the dark.
Still life, very little light
Panasonic GH2:
Judging by the highlights - the flash worked, but there is no problem with the white balance and color rendition.
LG G2:
On the use of flash to say definitely will not work, but the frame is still decent.
Galaxy S4:
Strange exposure, white balance is skewed, but the details are there, but the foreground is in focus, as it should be.
iPhone:
The iPhone turned on the flash and its color orgy was over. Great shot.
HTC:
No, well, technically ... I guess ... the task is completed. But think about quality yourself.
Judging by the highlights - the flash worked, but there is no problem with the white balance and color rendition.
LG G2:
On the use of flash to say definitely will not work, but the frame is still decent.
Galaxy S4:
Strange exposure, white balance is skewed, but the details are there, but the foreground is in focus, as it should be.
iPhone:
The iPhone turned on the flash and its color orgy was over. Great shot.
HTC:
No, well, technically ... I guess ... the task is completed. But think about quality yourself.
Chubais, return the electricity!
Panasonic GH2:
Very neutral colors and powerful flash.
LG G2:
Warm coloring of the picture and moderate flash power, designed to separate objects (and faces, first of all) from the background.
Galaxy S4:
Moderately powerful flash and neutral BB. Nice frame in Lumix style.
iPhone:
Like the Galaxy S4, but a little warmer.
HTC:
The outbreak of childhood porridge is not fed?
Very neutral colors and powerful flash.
LG G2:
Warm coloring of the picture and moderate flash power, designed to separate objects (and faces, first of all) from the background.
Galaxy S4:
Moderately powerful flash and neutral BB. Nice frame in Lumix style.
iPhone:
Like the Galaxy S4, but a little warmer.
HTC:
The outbreak of childhood porridge is not fed?
Little about software
In LG G2 (in addition to the “green”, fully automatic mode) there are other software machines that allow you to get exactly the result that you expect when shooting. In addition to the already familiar night, sport, panoramic shooting modes, there are also “unusual” ones.Super-fast continuous shooting, the so-called “dual shot” (frame simultaneously on the rear and front camera), smart corrector mode, when during the development of a file, the camera’s software independently analyzes the image and highlights with a dotted line picture of the place. Then offers them to erase. Not to say that in everyday life these modes are very relevant and important, but sometimes you have to get out of the existing situation with what you have. Well, in such a case, the presence of a function is not an absence, they will be useful.
About video recording, probably, there will be a separate detailed post, but I just cannot not mention the camera's operation modes in video recording. First, the new autofocus system uses a fully mobile unit of optics with stepper drive, which allows the use of silent tracking autofocus when recording video. Secondly, there is an interesting feature called AudioZoom: the camera has access to three microphones on the “body” of the smartphone, and the new audio signal processing chip allows (even having such a small “stereo base”) to separate the signals in time, and, after analyzing the picture from the camera and incoming sound, make sure that a certain object in the field of view of the camera will be heard well, and the rest - a little muffled. The functionality, of course, is not JamesBond, but the result is and it really feels when viewed.
Results
We looked at four modern smartphones and one camera in the most popular shooting conditions. What can be said about the results?
Galaxy S4, LG G2 and, of course, Panasonic Lumix GH2 in most cases choose the most correct settings, try to squeeze as much as possible all the juices from the available capacities and behave decently.
The iPhone stands apart because of its own OS, and because of its results. No, he is not bad, and the frames are not bad, they are just ... “other”. Well, but on the iDevice screen, they look good.
HTC in the majority of tests showed the worst result. Still, the ultra-pixel camera and HTC Zoe software need to be improved.
Well, I also want to say that for some time LG really has a great camera in a smartphone. Thank you for your attention and to new meetings in Habré.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/200050/
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