LG is a very dedicated manufacturer of photographing functions. The rich manual modes unique to the V series greatly increase its playability in photographing. LG has used Sony IMX234 (16 million pixels 1.12 μ m) The LG V20 of this generation uses the IMX298 (16 million pixels 1.12 μ m）。 Judging from the previous performance of LG flagship, their imaging characteristics are very distinctive, highlighting analysis, strong exposure in weak light, but the white balance performance is not very stable.
Specifications
These machines all use different sensors. Although Pixel XL has the largest pixel size, it has the smallest aperture and no optical anti shake; Although V20 and G5 have high pixels, they are the machines with the smallest pixel size;
Left: LG V20 photography manual mode Right: LG V20 photography automatic mode
Left: LG V20 recording manual mode Right: LG V20 recording settings
The photographing interface of the LG V20 is no different from that of the previous generation. After the manual mode is clicked on, there are a row of adjustable parameters on the side, including white balance, focusing, compensated exposure, ISO, shutter, which can be said to be extremely rich manual modes. The LG V20 inherits the tradition of the V series and also supports manual recording mode (G series does not support manual recording mode, including LG G5). In the settings, you can also choose to record at high bit rate and Hi Fi.
Note: Because the HDR+effect of Pixel XL is outstanding, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages when it is normally open, so only Pixel XL uses the full range HDR+mode for shooting.
daytime
S7 edge Pixel XL iPhone 7 Plus LG V20
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: LG V20 Top right: S7 edge Bottom right: Pixel XL
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
Normally, there should not be much difference between daytime samples. Because the light is sufficient, and the pixel gap is not large, even if there is, it should be the LG V20, a relatively high pixel machine, that has the advantage. But in fact, in the first group of samples, if LG G5 is not added, the best effect is Pixel XL. Please pay attention to the five words "three ways in science and technology". Only Pixel XL shows a high resolution and obvious sharpening effect. On the contrary, S7 edge has smeared the line of pinyin under "three ways in science and technology" together. We also noticed that although the font of the signboard in the Pixel XL sample is high in sharpness, the background is not pure. The comprehensive performance of LG G5 is the best, which ensures high resolution and clean background painting.
S7 edge Pixel XL iPhone 7 Plus LG V20
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: LG V20 Top right: S7 edge Bottom right: Pixel XL
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
In the second group of daytime dim light, when we zoom in, we can see that the distant dim light exposure of LG V20 is the lowest among the four mobile phones, while the highest font resolution is Pixel XL, and the background of Pixel XL is also not pure. LG G5 is the worst here, with the lowest exposure and serious loss of font details. LG V20 performs better than LG G5.
S7 edge Pixel XL iPhone 7 Plus LG V20
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: LG V20 Top right: S7 edge Bottom right: Pixel XL
S7 edge Pixel XL iPhone 7Plus LG V20
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
S7 edge Pixel XL iPhone 7Plus LG V20
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: LG V20 Top right: S7 edge Bottom right: Pixel XL
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
In the scene of this group of daytime buildings, the difference between the five mobile phones is mainly reflected in the white balance. The white balance of the iPhone 7 Plus is the most accurate, followed by the Pixel XL. LG G5 and LG V20 are two extremes, one is warmer and the other is cooler.
at night
S7 edge Pixel XL iPhone 7 Plus LG V20
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: LG V20 Top right: S7 edge Bottom right: Pixel XL
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
In this group of green leaf samples, LG V20 has the strongest resolution, and partial overexposure of S7 edge leads to loss of details.
S7 edge Pixel XL iPhone 7 Plus LG V20
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: LG V20 Top right: S7 edge Bottom right: Pixel XL
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
The glare control in this group of samples: iPhone 7Plus>Pixel XL>LG V20=G5>S7 edge. Because the lens with oil stains will have a great impact on the glare performance, so in this group of samples, we have repeatedly wiped the lens of four mobile phones to ensure that all four mobile phones can play normally.
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: LG V20 Top right: S7 edge Bottom right: Pixel XL
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
In this group of samples, LG V20 has the highest picture exposure and good noise control. Although the iPhone 7Plus has the lowest exposure in this group of samples, it is the closest to the real naked eye, and the comprehensive performance of LG G5 is the best.
S7 edge Pixel XL iPhone 7 Plus LG V20
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: LG V20 Top right: S7 edge Bottom right: Pixel XL
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
In this group of samples, although the white balance of S7 edge is distorted, the overall appearance is better. In terms of details, the S7 edge is still heavy handed, losing the details of the font, and has a strong sense of oil painting. However, LG V20 still has strong parsing, followed by Pixel XL.
S7 edge Pixel XL iPhone 7 Plus LG V20
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: LG V20 Top right: S7 edge Bottom right: Pixel XL
Left: LG G5 Right: LG V20
In this group of samples, please look at the sky part and the blue building luminous part. The highest purity of the sky part is LG V20, followed by LG G5, followed by S7 edge, iPhone 7 Plus, and the worst Pixel XL has a lot of noise. In terms of detail retention, it can be seen that only the building grid of the blue light-emitting part of the iPhone 7Plus has been retained, and the grids of the other four machines have been smeared out.
LG V20's 8 megapixel wide-angle IMX219 (F/2.2)
It can be seen that even an old sensor like IMX219 has a wide angle of 8 million pixels, and its sky has very few noise points, which is very pure. The performance of the sky part is better than that of the iPhone 7 Plus, S7 edge and Pixel XL, which shows how powerful the LG noise reduction algorithm is.
Photo summary:
LG V20 has strong analytical power and good noise reduction and smearing effect, but the white balance is relatively poor, the photographing experience is general, the focus is slow, and there is still shooting delay in weak light.
LG G5 has strong resolution, but it is slightly weaker than V20, and the white balance performance of V20 is more stable.
Although the S7 edge has the worst analytical power, it is colorful, smeared, and not magnified to please the eye. It also has the fastest focusing and shooting speed.
The performance of iPhone 7 Plus is relatively balanced in all aspects, and the white balance performance is the best.
Pixel XL has strong resolution and high sharpness, but less smearing, poor noise control, and focusing is only better than V20.
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