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So I decided to bring along the GN on a fishing trip at the Colorado River, just to see what it was capable of. Now, I'm not a great photographer, (you can see my finger in one of the pictures), but I played around with the exposure, scene, and zoom settings, and I took pictures at different times of the day to see how the camera would react to different lighting scenarios.
It seems the camera is able to handle shadows and sunlight in the same picture fairly well, but when looking toward the sun there is noticeable discoloration and glare, and when fully zoomed in, the picture loses a lot of its quality (duh).
I think for a cellphone camera, these pictures are great, and while is won't replace a dSLR or a point and shoot, it's definitely adequate for the quick shot.
Let me know what you think.
https://plus.google.com/photos/112585127680349312278/albums/5694424386311084593?authkey=CNm-gMWztYfm5AE
not bad, not bad at all. i believe most of the complaints have been around low light environments and motion pics.
They tend to always fare well outdoors
Nice pictures, beautiful place- so jealous that you can just take " a trip to the Colorado river"
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Nice pictures, beautiful place- so jealous that you can just take " a trip to the Colorado river"
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I was thinking the Same
"A trip to the Mersey" has a depressingly British ring to it
They look great to me. I wish I was fly fishing for trout! Was that in AZ?
I've read it's best to not point digital cameras at the sun as the optic sensor could become damaged.
Lovely. I cant see what people really expect from a phones camera.
You cant have it all, If you would be ok with a 250gr heavy and 50mm thick nexus, it would be taking amazing 12 MP photos
You have to choose between "slightly better photos, smaller screen and no freedom at all" and "bigger screen, faster and slimmer phone, and full of freedom"
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I was thinking the Same
"A trip to the Mersey" has a depressingly British ring to it
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Haha tell me about it :/
TiltedAz said:
They look great to me. I wish I was fly fishing for trout! Was that in AZ?
I've read it's best to not point digital cameras at the sun as the optic sensor could become damaged.
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Yeah, this was in AZ, by Lee's Ferry if you're familiar with the area.
I figured a quick shot wouldn't completely mess it up so I decided it was worth the risk to see how it would handle it. Maybe not the best idea, but oh well.
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Yeah, this was in AZ, by Lee's Ferry if you're familiar with the area.
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That's what I was thinking. I've yet to get up there but I may have to do it soon.
Very nicely done! And nice catch!
Hey Guys,
As the Title says. I need tips for taking sphere photos.
I tried it a few times but it fail's... it looks stuttery and ugly. sometimes after rendering, there are "black holes" where pictures were before it has rendered.
So, what do you for good photo spheres and can you post a link to G+ for some examples of acceptable shots (don't uplad it here. It breaks the spher view)?
I will update this post after I get some tips
I had a few good ones I lost because I formatted everything on my phone. Anyways the best tips I can share that always got me good shots are;
-Good lighting!
-Complete the entire 360° sphere
-Keep the phone at a consistent level.
--for example, don't hold the phone chest level when shooting evenly, near your chin when shooting upwards & down by your belly when shooting downward. Keep it at an even level at all times and just aim it in the direction you need.
-Take your time. Keep your movements steady. Try not to get a "Too Fast" message through the entire sphere.
I did shoot some really good ones, too bad I didn't back them up. I'll try to capture a few in a few hours and post them here.
Keep the lens side as still as possible while pivoting the speaker side or tilting it. Greatly reduced tearing and improved stitching
Added a shot taken from my balcony. the left end has a little tear though
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my suggestions,
go SLOW,
use the "back" arrow if you go too fast.
try to keep the horizon (if you can see it) level throughout.
if you are doing a partial photosphere, start at one end...DO NOT start in the middle.
dont take enclosed photospheres....vary rarely do indoor photospheres work well. outdoors with some distance between you and objects give the best results.
here are some links to a couple of mine on Google Plus.
my very first one
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5805563273199330722
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5809929427993901378
turdbogls said:
my suggestions,
go SLOW,
use the "back" arrow if you go too fast.
try to keep the horizon (if you can see it) level throughout.
if you are doing a partial photosphere, start at one end...DO NOT start in the middle.
dont take enclosed photospheres....vary rarely do indoor photospheres work well. outdoors with some distance between you and objects give the best results.
here are some links to a couple of mine on Google Plus.
my very first one
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5805563273199330722
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5809929427993901378
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How are you uploading them to Google+? Every time I try an upload (from my GS3), It loads in 2D. I'm not getting that 3D effect...
turdbogls said:
my suggestions,
go SLOW,
use the "back" arrow if you go too fast.
try to keep the horizon (if you can see it) level throughout.
if you are doing a partial photosphere, start at one end...DO NOT start in the middle.
dont take enclosed photospheres....vary rarely do indoor photospheres work well. outdoors with some distance between you and objects give the best results.
here are some links to a couple of mine on Google Plus.
my very first one
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5805563273199330722
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5809929427993901378
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Love your shots!
Never mind. I figured it out.
The primary thing to keep in mind is to keep the LENS as spatially stationary as possible. Rotating around the lens (vs rotating your body) will get you much better results. If you move the lens, you change the perspective and this will cause stitching errors (look up parallax error). The closer the subject is to the lens, the more pronounced the problem becomes. If you're shooting landscapes at a long distance, you don't have to worry nearly as much about it (although you should still try to maintain position as much as possible!) as you do if you're shooting something like an indoor scene.
Frankly, without a tripod and a special head to keep position, I don't think it's feasible to get a perfectly stitched full 360 -- you'd have to be underneath your phone to take the highest level shots accurately.
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Frankly, without a tripod and a special head to keep position, I don't think it's feasible to get a perfectly stitched full 360 -- you'd have to be underneath your phone to take the highest level shots accurately.
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Thanks for the idea! I've been using a GPS mount as an improvised tripod when I take pictures with the GNex. Just need to figure out how to get it to rotate smoothly on all axes with the lens as the center. Maybe strap the mount onto a tripod?
harveydent said:
Thanks for the idea! I've been using a GPS mount as an improvised tripod when I take pictures with the GNex. Just need to figure out how to get it to rotate smoothly on all axes with the lens as the center. Maybe strap the mount onto a tripod?
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If it helps, this is the general idea I've had in my head. Excuse my sad drawing capabilities.
Basically the bottom would mount to a tripod that rotates around the center point. There would then be an inner hinge connected to handle vertical rotation (clamped to the phone at the center of the lens).
Christopher3712 said:
Never mind. I figured it out.
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I am also having the same issue with it uploading in 2D. How did you get it to upload in 3D??
Thanks,
Google updated the Maps app can't upload photo sphere anymore
rook6040 said:
I am also having the same issue with it uploading in 2D. How did you get it to upload in 3D??
Thanks,
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It seems the map app was updated. I can't upload photo sphere anymore with gallery share > maps. I can still upload it via G+ but I wish they have the map auto update soon.
Is there a way to upload in 3d? Viewable by others on their PCs perhaps? Or on mobile phones? How?
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Is there a way to upload in 3d? Viewable by others on their PCs perhaps? Or on mobile phones? How?
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3d can be viewed in the mobile and pc Chrome browser if uploaded to G+.
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viskon said:
3d can be viewed in the mobile and pc Chrome browser if uploaded to G+.
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you can do it by mobile chrome browser in desktop mode as well.
Move the phone with calm and stability. Try to keep the same "level", it greatly decreases the likelihood of distortions in the final result.
- Don't try indoors it wont work, objects are too close and the lighting varies a lot. Perhaps with a standard that keeps the lens at the exact same position but turns it around like the one described before?
- Keep the same level
- Make sure you move slow when a dot is approaching.
- Prevent any moving objects from being photographed
You can only upload to maps if you have taken atleast 360degrees worth of pictures. At least that's what I think. So if it's say only from left to right and not behind, you can't upload to maps.
Can anyone corroborate this?
If you want the best results, then you want the centre of your lens to be in the same position in space for each picture.
This means rotating your phone through the axis of the lens, which is at the top of the camera.
The further things are away, the less significant this becomes.
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giovanni645 said:
You can only upload to maps if you have taken atleast 360degrees worth of pictures. At least that's what I think. So if it's say only from left to right and not behind, you can't upload to maps.
Can anyone corroborate this?
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Affirm, have been trying for two days to do one with 180 degree rotation left to right and no maps option. Just tried a 360 degree one (and up and down too), and it gave me the option to upload to Maps and has gone straight through.
Not sure how long it takes to get to Google Maps though.
OK. So when I take my spherical pictures with Photosphere they come out all wrong. LoL!! I just want to know what I'm doing wrong. I mean it's not a Gyroscope issue. It's just I can't take a picture. =.P
Has anyone made a GOOD sphere picture with Photoshere? If you all don't mind sharing them on Google+, or just add some links. Thanks.
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OK. So when I take my spherical pictures with Photosphere they come out all wrong. LoL!! I just want to know what I'm doing wrong. I mean it's not a Gyroscope issue. It's just I can't take a picture. =.P
Has anyone made a GOOD sphere picture with Photoshere? If you all don't mind sharing them on Google+, or just add some links. Thanks.
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This should probably go in q&a, and search is a great function. Try the android games and apps thread:beer:
Slithering from the nether regions of a twisted mind and tarnished soul
Line the dots up it does the rest for you
I like to break stuff!
I was wondering if it should go in Q&A. But when I view the pictures on my phone they are horrible. Like I align the dots, but... my table be in 5 different parts of the photo. It's all janky and stuff.
Maybe if I view them online they would look different. But I'll go try there too. Better prepare my email. They're busy in the general section. LoL!!
And I remember you two!! I was reading through the forums and saw y'all working on getting the Ink effect working. That was crazy. I had no idea what you all were talking about. =.P I love the effect.
Check out the GS3 forum, they should have a grasp on it there.
Pp.:beer::thumbup:
Transmitted from another Galaxy.
Photosphere is really for outdoor photography. It doesnt do well in small areas where it has to stitch stuff thats close up. It can manage close ups when theres wide spaces like a large room, but in an avg house theres just not enough room to get a clean pic since the algorithm stitches stuff overlapping alot and you get more of the object in more pics at close range
I like to break stuff!
Tower city in Cleveland. Not full sphere but probably half a sphere.
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Photosphere is really for outdoor photography. It doesnt do well in small areas where it has to stitch stuff thats close up. It can manage close ups when theres wide spaces like a large room, but in an avg house theres just not enough room to get a clean pic since the algorithm stitches stuff overlapping alot and you get more of the object in more pics at close range
I like to break stuff!
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Exactly. Here is what happens if you are too close to something. Check out the railing.
Yea. I've been taking pictures in my house. LoL!! That's why they've always came out bad. I'll take them outside with plenty of space. I'm sure that'll fix the problem. As for the panorama picture, I'm still on a TouchWiz ROM so I have my stock Camera. I'll just use my stock one for all that. =.P
I just wanted to play with Photosphere.
EDIT: Thanks again everyone. I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering this.
I took my pictures outside and still couldn't get dots to line up. Post pictures when you try yours outside.
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I took my pictures outside and still couldn't get dots to line up. Post pictures when you try yours outside.
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https://plus.google.com/u/0/110809321119869636980/posts/44PGKSanTP1
Here's a link to my Google+. These are some photos I took at the Alamo. One of them has a giant black bar that doesn't allow you to scroll. The other one had people walking, so that's why they're ghost people. LoL!!
Had my first day out with the V30 yesterday and just imported the photos and videos from it to my laptop for a closer look to make some initial evaluations. With some very interesting things to note and a lot to dig into further. There's definitely some realities that need to be addressed to better manage expectations.
1) I have no f'n clue what the HDR setting is doing other than making crappy photos. Which is about the same as it was on the V20. It's completely the opposite of what it was on the Nexus 6. On the Nexus 6, if you wanted the best photos out of the Google Camera you could get, you turned on HDR and forgot about it. With LG's Camera app, it's the exact opposite. Turn it off and forget it was ever there.
I still need to figure out the mess that the Google Camera app port has become and DL a copy and see how it does with this sensor.
2) If you shoot manual, there's a noise reduction on/off switch now. Unless you have some decent NR software though or know what you want to do with grainy photos (and I think it will have its uses, I just have to find the right subject), leave it on in very low light conditions. Not only does it tame grainy noise, it also tames a bit of purple fringe that will show up in high gain (high ISO) photos once the electronics start heating up around it.
3) As to that last part of #2: We have to be realistic here. This is a tiny cellphone camera packed in with A LOT of other electronics. If you're shooting several shots in a row or long exposures, either in dark conditions at high ISO, you will see amp glow or purple fringing. It's just a reality. Even DSLRs see it.
4) Digital zoom is digital zoom. If you aren't using just the standard view of each sensor, then you are going to see the limitations of a small sensor. I don't care what cellphone you're using. None of my larger/dedicated cameras have it for many good reasons. You shouldn't expect miracles from a smaller camera.
5) The wide angle sensor actually takes pretty good shots now in most conditions! The wide angle camera on the V20 was full of so many compromises that I avoided it at all costs. If I wanted a wider view than the standard lens, I would use the pano setting on the standard lens. Which is still a great option if everything in the frame is going to sit still but it takes time and patience. It still has distortion though, just not as much as before. You can't focus the wide angle in manual mode but you can in auto. Weird. It doesn't like to focus pointing directly overhead. That was hit or miss. Same rules about the NR and HDR apply here.
6) Video AF in low low light does miss sometimes. Again, just remember this phone doesn't have all the high end AF sensors that some DSLRs have to make sure focus is nailed every single time. Somewhere there's an article about the useful range of all the AF systems on the V20, I assume it still applies to the V30. I'll dig it up if I can to help manage expectations. If I remember right, laser AF is short range, maybe 7 feet.
7) During my import of files from my phone to my laptop, some of my videos lost their audio tracks. Not sure what that's about. I don't remember which ones were auto and which ones were manual but I suspect that's the problem. All videos have sound on my phone though.
8) I suck at video. Kinda hoping to kick myself in the rear with this phone and learn more about it. There's a lot more to manage and I probably won't be happy until I figure out the whole color grading thing and get the look I want. So the log file option ought to be a nice addition.
9) I remember telling someone that I swear I saw a video somewhere of a pre-unit that had the directional mics settings in manual video. Well, I can tell you that I must have imagined that because the unit I have does not have that setting. Just sliders and windcut.
10) And I don't know where LG is hiding it but I don't see 240 fps in any settings anywhere. The fastest video setting I see is 120fps. (Remember, only at 720p) I'm guessing 240 fps is reserved for the slo-mo mode and not available in manual or auto video modes.
11) Selfie camera. Yeah, I've seen the complaints. Are you sure your ugly mugs aren't breaking the camera? I posted this in the first impressions thread and I'll post it here. First thing I suggest doing is turning down the "skin toning" and skin lighting settings. Whoever renamed skin smoothing to skin toning should be shot as that's not what I thought that setting was at all. My first thought is that it adjusted the white balance of the skin to give you a rosier glow. Nope. Skin toning will butter face the heck out of you even on basics settings. Set it to zero. After that, the image held up well to some post processing and consistently gave me selfies I actually like. They actually remind me of something that might come from..... film.
I'm going to do some more shooting today and I'll try to figure out how to post examples without making you all click through to some other site. I also need to figure out how to get the videos over sound and all so I can give them honest assessments.
Ah, I just remembered something else to look out for.
12) If you shoot in manual and have the RAW option turned on, it isn't like on a real camera where you get the RAW file and a processed version of the RAW file. It shoots two photos. This does two things. One, it means you will see lag as it is shooting two photos for each press. This gets worse with longer shutter speeds. Two, this means unless you're shooting a still life that the RAW and JPG will not match. If you're shooting action like I was last night, you will get two completely different photos.
Interesting. Thanks for you observations.
I'm a pixel owner and I love the camera. It's ace. I really want to like the v30, but so far the real world observations and initial reviews haven't sung the praises of the camera. Are you happy with the camera or is it not worth the hype?
The camera is better than the V20 and I liked that a lot. Here's the issue in a nut shell. This phone is for those that aren't happy to just let the device to everything for you like an Apple product would. If that's what you want, that's what Pixels are about. Pixel is Google's iPhone. If you want control over the creative process, that's why the V's exist. The V series is more akin to using a DSLR and Pixels are more like a point and shoot. The Pixel series they're kinda hoping you're ok with whatever the phone spits out. The V series you tweak the initial settings and decide what the phone is even going to shoot so you can tweak it more to your liking later. The V30 gives us even more control than the V20 does.
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The camera is better than the V20 and I liked that a lot. Here's the issue in a nut shell. This phone is for those that aren't happy to just let the device to everything for you like an Apple product would. If that's what you want, that's what Pixels are about. Pixel is Google's iPhone. If you want control over the creative process, that's why the V's exist. The V series is more akin to using a DSLR and Pixels are more like a point and shoot. The Pixel series they're kinda hoping you're ok with whatever the phone spits out. The V series you tweak the initial settings and decide what the phone is even going to shoot so you can tweak it more to your liking later. The V30 gives us even more control than the V20 does.
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Interesting. Thanks for the summary
I would like to but V30, all because camera. But I don't know is this camera one of the best in 2017 or it is just average camera. I see many bad comments on internet. And is front face camera really bad?
isko01 said:
I would like to but V30, all because camera. But I don't know is this camera one of the best in 2017 or it is just average camera. I see many bad comments on internet. And is front face camera really bad?
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I probably still have a few more days of testing but just based off of what I've seen in my standardized shooting at the museum, LG has pulled off a miracle with this tiny little sensor.
Like I said above, you have to have realistic expectations and know what the limits are of your gear. That's what a really good photographer does though. They know how the gear works and how to use what it does but also know when it's time to use something else or accept not getting a shot.
This is a tiny sensor. The largest sensor on this whole phone is only 1/3.09". It's smaller than the main one on the V20 but it looks better. That in itself is amazing but I'm not expecting a sensor that's 1/3 the size of the sensor of my smallest camera to match it. Yet that's what some people seem to expect . Which is asinine.
Really the only "failing" I had yesterday was trying to shoot overhead in extremely dark conditions with the wide angle camera and shooting performers wearing all black on an outdoor stage in the dark with just stage lighting (which was changing colors constantly) while moving around quickly. Neither of those surprised me at all. The second condition really is the realm of DSLRs still. The first one, I'm ok with too. That said, what I did get from the second condition, I'm still surprised with.
I've only had one day with it but I think I'm going to get some surprising images out of this camera. Now to teach myself more about video editing.
And again, about the front camera. Once you set those stupid settings to the bottom, you can get more skin detail out of a photo than most people would like to see. Every crease and furrow in my brow line and forehead ,pock mark in my nose, and hairs on my head and beard. From shooting models, I can tell you a lot of people wouldn't want to see that level of detail on their face. So I have no idea what people are complaining about. It's an f'n vanity camera that most people wouldn't want to use to its full potential.
Uploaded a couple of shots. All shots are my normal workflow with a cellphone camera. Shot with the V30 and the jpegs processed in Snapseed. First one is shot with the main camera overhead in a room not known for being well lit at the museum I used to work at. In fact the only real lighting is from some LEDs in the pearl at center. The LEDs are designed to be very soft so they don't degrade the paint and woodwork. The other two shots are selfies taken with indirect sunlight being the only light source indoors. The one with back background is indirect sun through clear glass. The one with the light background is indirect sunlight through very milky glass.
Main camera: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/36870848874/
Dark background selfie cam: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/37322765870/
Light background selfie cam: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/23728950428/
Seriously, I'm not sure I'd really want more detail than that. I'm actually quite please with how all of these images turned out so far. I'll try to work up some more shots from the main and wides.
Can you post some pics in a room at night with just a lamp on or something in auto mode?
EVOme said:
Can you post some pics in a room at night with just a lamp on or something in auto mode?
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I'll have to see what I can set up. That's not really a normal shot I have set-up or sitting around. I might be able to do something at work tomorrow before everyone else gets in and the whole place is blasted with light. Unfortunately, I no longer work at the museum but I might be able to make something work.
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I would like to but V30, all because camera. But I don't know is this camera one of the best in 2017 or it is just average camera. I see many bad comments on internet.
And is front face camera really bad?
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I'm not hijacking this thread, but you asked a specific question. There's another thread where the camera is discussed, along with other features, and @keithleger took all his in "auto" mode, to compare the two V30 back cameras, and he also compared it to the Note 8 camera which he's decided to sell.
Camera
-Excellent camera but not on par with Pixel line or Samsung. Don't get me wrong, it is a great camera and in the sunlight it is fantastic but low light it does not do as well as Note 8. Video or Stills. But it is very adequate for my needs and I prefer having the wide-angle lens over the zoom lens any day.
-The one thing that really bothered me was shutter lag at times. Sometimes when I snapped a photo it was almost instant and others I had to wait a second or so. Long enough to think I might not of pressed the button. Not sure if others have had this issue but it is troublesome. It was not isolated to taking multiple photos fairly quickly either. Sometimes first shot.
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However, he's selling the Note 8 to keep the LG V30.
He posted an album of his first weekend pictures, as well as the comparison shots to the Note 8. The V30 outside shots look FANTASTIC, and even though the Note 8seemed to do better indoors the LG V30 won at least one of the indoor shots, in my opinion.
As for selfies, he gives the same advice as @CHH2.. Turn off the enhancemet crap on the selfie camera.
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For selfies, if you set the skin tone and lighting effects to 0 then it is ok.
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Selfie camera. . First thing I suggest doing is turning down the "skin toning" and skin lighting settings.
Skin toning will butter face the heck out of you even on basics settings. Set it to zero.
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See, they say the same thing. The only reason I'm mentioning the other thread -- and I do not mean to hijack @CHH2 camera thread -- is because @keithleger has direct comparisons to the Note 8 camera was well as the f/1.6 and wide angle cameras on the V30. Plus he only shot in auto, and didn't do any post processing (to my knowledge).
I appreciate all the work @CHH2 has put into this thread!
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I'll have to see what I can set up. That's not really a normal shot I have set-up or sitting around. I might be able to do something at work tomorrow before everyone else gets in and the whole place is blasted with light. Unfortunately, I no longer work at the museum but I might be able to make something work.
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Thanks! You don't have to go out of your way. I will have my phone tomorrow.
EVOme said:
Thanks! You don't have to go out of your way. I will have my phone tomorrow.
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I shot this real quick this morning. It's completely SOOC. Yes, you might notice something rather odd and be asking yourself, "Why didn't he rotate the image?" Well, I didn't rotate it because on my phone the image is upright and correct. Somewhere between the phone and Flickr, it got rotated. I'll be deleting this one at the end of today as it's not really something I'd normally shoot even as a reminder or novelty.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/36882784984/
And just because I got lucky this morning, a little close up:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/37593620881/
Going to add one more photo. This one shot in probably one of the most challenging places to shoot, a jazz club. This is probably the cleanest shot I've taken in there with a cellphone. I'm impressed.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/36883443574/
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I shot this real quick this morning. It's completely SOOC. Yes, you might notice something rather odd and be asking yourself, "Why didn't he rotate the image?" Well, I didn't rotate it because on my phone the image is upright and correct. Somewhere between the phone and Flickr, it got rotated. I'll be deleting this one at the end of today as it's not really something I'd normally shoot even as a reminder or novelty.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/36882784984/
And just because I got lucky this morning, a little close up:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/37593620881/
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Wow man! I have restored faith in the camera. That office shot is very sharp. For the grasshopper, are you using one of the installed filters or is a post render?
Thank you for taking those.
EVOme said:
Wow man! I have restored faith in the camera. That office shot is very sharp. For the grasshopper, are you using one of the installed filters or is a post render?
Thank you for taking those.
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You're welcome. For photos, I never use the filters in the camera apps. I always use Snapseed. It has a lot more control and much more power once you learn how to apply the various filters in combination. The grasshopper only had typical post processing that most photographers would apply; a tad sharpening that is only really noticeable when zoomed in, B&W conversion, bump in contrast, and a bump in shadows to make them a tad darker. Oh, and a crop, maybe threw away a little more than half the overall pixels from the frame as I didn't want to scare it off.
And yeah, for being such a tiny sensor, I'm impressed with the low light shooting. I still want to try shooting in the basement of the jazz club. That's usually territory that I need at least my smaller dedicated camera if not my DSLR. I won't get to try that again until this next weekend.
Decided to try something a little different. This isn't final by any means but this shows what playing around for a couple of minutes in Snapseed with just a couple quick shots can get you: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/37605204891/
Looking forward to showing this to my curator friend and watching him fall off of his barstool when I tell him it was all done on one cellphone in under five minutes. (He's pretty much a film guy as is the guy who is the inspiration for this photo. Bonus points if you can name the photographer I'm copying for this photo.)
Main camera: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/36870848874/
Dark background selfie cam: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/37322765870/
Light background selfie cam: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/23728950428/
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What camera was used for those selfies? I'm not a fan of selfies but love the ones you've taken. I'd like to experiment with it and my fiance would too.thank you. Btw love you test album. Talent for sure
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Main camera: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/36870848874/
Dark background selfie cam: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/37322765870/
Light background selfie cam: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimphappyhour/23728950428/
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What camera was used for those selfies? I'm not a fan of selfies but love the ones you've taken. I'd like to experiment with it and my fiance would too.thank you. Btw love you test album. Talent for sure[/QUOTE]
I used the front selfie camera with all of those silly settings at the bottom of the frame turned off, set to zero, whatever their values are. Then I just did some quick processing in Snapseed. That's pretty much it. I don't get too complex. And thank you.
Finally figured out a work around so I can hear the audio on the videos I'm importing from the phone to my laptop and can't believe I didn't think of this before. Pulled the videos from their folder over into an empty Chrome browser window and Voila! they played complete with their soundtrack!
So the following is from shooting in a dark jazz club. (Notes, not footage yet. I'll try uploading something to youtube when I figure out what, when, and how.)
Probably the most important observation I see about video from the V30 (and this actually applied to the V20 too) is that loud music can end up jostling the OIS and introduce more shake than it removes.
Another observation is that recording video while in Auto mode, you better make sure you have plenty of somewhat decent light. Tonight while playing around, the screen would be plenty bright all the way up until I hit that little red record button. Then the screen squeezes down and went dark enough that the footage was unusable. Shooting in manual video mode, I was able to get some footage. It wasn't exactly ideal settings that I was shooting with though so the footage is so-so. (Best settings I could get were ISO 3200 and a shutter speed of 1/25. My understanding is that since I had my frame rate at 24fps, I should have had a shutter speed of 1/50 but that just wasn't happening inside that place.)
In manual video mode, it really doesn't like ISO 3200 for some reason. I'd play with a setting and come back and the ISO would be set to 3150 for some reason. I'd bump it back up to 3200, go do something else, come back to 3150. I would have to make sure that's the last thing I tweaked before hitting the record button.
The audio picks up pretty much all the sounds I'm hearing. I need to sit down with headphones and see if there's extra noise being introduced. I suspect dragging the videos into the Chrome browser is exactly the best quality test. It just lets me know the audio tracks are intact in the file which I was a little worried about at first.
I still have a lot more playing around with the video as most of it is new to me.
I have motion set to on and the latest version of Google Photos. Yet I just get the standard view all option. No suggested shots. Anyone know what's up? I even tried the version of Google Photos going around that enables Top Shot on the Pixel 2, but it still doesn't work.
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When looking at the picture swipe bottom to top (up) you'll see a stream of photos at the bottom of the info. Tap on them and If the pic sucks the app will try to recommend the right ones for you.
Took me a minute to get it myself but now it is easy and helps a lot when I'm taking pictures of my 18 month old. Lol
Hope that helps!
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When looking at the picture swipe bottom to top (up) you'll see a stream of photos at the bottom of the info. Tap on them and If the pic sucks the app will try to recommend the right ones for you.
Took me a minute to get it myself but now it is easy and helps a lot when I'm taking pictures of my 18 month old. Lol
Hope that helps!
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I know all this. But after swiping up, I don't get any recommended shots. Ever. Just the usual timeline where you click "view all". It shows you a bunch of shots, with the original photo marked with a dot, but it doesn't jump to a recommended photo.
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Had that problem too, this sounds counterintuitive but try to take a blurry picture, as in shake your hands while taking a picture. I noticed that too shot only works when it "detects" the photo was bad in the first place. What constitutes bad, from my experimentation, has been blurry photos, when someone is moving to put their hand up so you don't get a shot of them (lol), and sometimes when the phone thinks the photo is "bad".
Took me a while before it really started working so I forced it by taking really bad blurry photos while motion was on.
Hopefully this helps you to get it working. I found it a bit fustrating at first cause I couldn't get it to work either but a little experimentation, research, and patience worked out. Lol
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Had that problem too, this sounds counterintuitive but try to take a blurry picture, as in shake your hands while taking a picture. I noticed that too shot only works when it "detects" the photo was bad in the first place. What constitutes bad, from my experimentation, has been blurry photos, when someone is moving to put their hand up so you don't get a shot of them (lol), and sometimes when the phone thinks the photo is "bad".
Took me a while before it really started working so I forced it by taking really bad blurry photos while motion was on.
Hopefully this helps you to get it working. I found it a bit fustrating at first cause I couldn't get it to work either but a little experimentation, research, and patience worked out. Lol
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Thanks, but what about blinking? I thought that was one of the main uses. That's how I've been testing. Blinking or just looking away from the camera real quick to get a blurry shot. Nothing works.
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Hmmmm, haven't had luck on the blinking. The best way to test it to see if it is "working" is to take a bad shot. My first test was to take a picture and while I was doing so I moved the phone to cause a blurry picture.
I just went through my own gallery using Google photos app and there are a ton of pictures that could have used too shot but didn't. Try taking several purposely bad photos and see if you can work it from there.
I don't think it's you or the phone but rather the phone doesn't think there is anything wrong with the pictures you are taking. ?
I will say that it's getting better over time, as in it seems to be able to recognize that a picture that I took needs to be corrected with the more photos I take.
since google hasnt officially released it, I wouldn't expect it to be working correctly, if at all yet.
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Hmmmm, haven't had luck on the blinking. The best way to test it to see if it is "working" is to take a bad shot. My first test was to take a picture and while I was doing so I moved the phone to cause a blurry picture.
I just went through my own gallery using Google photos app and there are a ton of pictures that could have used too shot but didn't. Try taking several purposely bad photos and see if you can work it from there.
I don't think it's you or the phone but rather the phone doesn't think there is anything wrong with the pictures you are taking. [emoji14]
I will say that it's getting better over time, as in it seems to be able to recognize that a picture that I took needs to be corrected with the more photos I take.
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Yeah, like I said, I've taken plenty of purposefully blurry photos. But all I get is "view all" instead of "recommendations". I have no idea how to get this working. At all.
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Sucky, not sure what else to say other than the tier I list of, check for updates, reboot, and try again.
I find it real strange that it's not working for you. ?
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since google hasnt officially released it, I wouldn't expect it to be working correctly, if at all yet.
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Huh ?!