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Since the day of its release, Google's Nexus 4 has attracted worldwide attention because of its high cost performance ratio, excellent appearance design and its latest Android 4.2 system. The Nexus 4 was even out of stock for a time. Maybe Google had never thought that the Nexus 4 would be so popular. But behind the halo, a camera has seriously affected the user experience of the Nexus 4.

I believe that people with Nexus 4 will be very satisfied with the overall performance of Nexus 4. In addition to the camera that makes people unable to look directly at it, users will have a good experience whether running various large-scale games, watching videos, and the excellent design of the latest Android 4.2 system. We know that LG's shooting has always been his weakness, but the problem is that this weakness is too short to be true, so that the "Nexus 4" bucket that could have contained more water can only contain very little water.

Let's first take a look at the shooting interface of Nexus 4. Android 4.2 is very well designed on the shooting interface. Long press the screen is to call up the menu setting key, and HDR function is added natively, but our familiar ISO adjustment is gone. Click the screen to focus. After focusing, there will be a green box prompt.

I edited the tested shooting samples, and found that the shooting algorithm of Nexus 4 was really problematic. When shooting macro indoors, the camera's automatic ISO would also be adjusted to a very high, very high level in the already very bright place. There was no need to adjust the ISO to such a high level. On the contrary, too high ISO would affect the picture quality.

The above sample was taken in an environment with sufficient indoor light, but the automatic ISO will still be raised to 1500. In fact, it is unnecessary to adjust the ISO to such a high level with such sufficient light. Moreover, the shutter speed at such a high ISO is only 1/16s, which is really inappropriate...

In fact, in addition to commenting on the shooting samples of the Nexus 4, the more important thing is to rely on some apps to save our Nexus 4. I thought that since the original can't adjust ISO, I can always adjust it by relying on third-party photography software. So I kept installing photography apps and trying. After I tried N software, I finally thought that what could help Nexus 4 was still a photography software that I had saved a long time ago: UCam.

However, it should be noted that this UCam is an old version of UCam in the past. The new version of UCam is very difficult to use. In addition to the lack of fancy functions, the old version of UCam can automatically optimize the image after taking pictures, such as wiping noise and improving brightness.

In addition, remember to set the ISO setting in UCam as "ISO-HJR". The ISO setting in this mode is relatively good. The editor found that if the ISO of the Nexus 4 is limited to less than 400, the image will get stuck in places where the light is darker. In serious cases, it will even get stuck. You must quit and restart.

By the way, this HJR, you will actually see this option on some Android photography applications. This option is actually a“ To reduce hand shake A faster shutter speed in Auto ISO mode, rather than a lower ISO, is almost a shutter priority option. However, it's strange that Xiao Bian used his mobile phone to check the details after shooting. The ISO values are all 200, but on the computer, the ISO values cannot be found... This may be a problem involving software compatibility. We don't need to delve into this aspect. We only need one result: can we improve the shooting ability of the Nexus 4?

Next, let's look at the samples taken with UCam and the original camera, and then compare them by enlarging the screenshots. The editor will add the words "UCam" to the upper right corner of the samples taken with UCam:

Let's take a look at the 200% screenshot of the above figure: The left is taken by the original camera, and the right is taken by UCam. From the above two sample screenshots, it can be seen that the UCam image will be smooth and the surface noise will not be too heavy.

Here are more comparison samples:

As for the night scene, it is really unattractive to shoot with or without UCam, but the brightness of the picture will be slightly improved after using UCam. A comparison here is enough.

Because the Nexus 4 camera produced by LG is congenitally deficient, no matter how powerful the software or algorithm is, the Nexus 4's photographic ability cannot be saved. The UCam software here can only play a little role in smoothing noise and brightening the image. However, because the UCam software does not support spot metering, it can only use the default central metering mode, so using UCam has both advantages and disadvantages, depending on your choice.

In fact, despite the camera problem, the Nexus 4 is definitely a good machine, but it's a pity that such a LG camera was destroyed. It shouldn't be.

Here we share the software. You can try it yourself, not necessarily on the Nexus 4. Many mobile phones are applicable, and they also have the same function of smoothing noise and brightening.

If you have any questions or suggestions about the article, you can leave your comments below, and the editor will reply one by one.