Camera

The camera hardware included hither is a flake of a mixed handbag. On the i hand, the dual-sensor solution is compelling, and has remained from last year'south flagship. Both cameras use 13-megapixel Sony IMX258 one/three" sensors with ane.12µm pixels. The principal camera is paired with a 29.6mm (71-degree field of view) f/1.eight lens and optical paradigm stabilization. The secondary photographic camera has a broad angle 11.5mm (125-degree) f/two.four lens with no autofocus or OIS.

On the other manus, many aspects to this camera take been downgraded from final year'south model. The primary camera has seen a resolution subtract from 16- to 13-megapixels at the same pixel size, though information technology is practiced to encounter the wide-angle photographic camera has been bumped from viii- to xiii-megapixels. Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation autofocus has been removed in favor of only phase detection, and the color spectrum sensor that assisted with white remainder has also been removed. Even OIS on the wide-bending camera has been removed.

It seems many of these features have made way to reduce production costs, which is a lilliputian disappointing. Laser autofocus in particular would have been handy to retain every bit neither sensor includes dual pixel technology, like the ultrafast Milky way S8. The G6 isn't a wearisome camera by any means, but it's non hugely fast either.

I like the combination of a normal and wide-angle camera hither. The wide-angle camera can be very handy for capturing landscape shots, but you don't necessarily want the fish-eye look every time. The balance between the versatile primary camera, which is perfect for macro and mid-range shots, and the ultra-wide secondary camera makes this camera setup more than flexible than normal single-camera setups.

Information technology'due south dandy to encounter both cameras using the same sensor now, which allows LG to use the same processing for both normal and wide-bending shots. The calorie-free-gathering power of the wide-angle photographic camera is reduced due to its f/2.four lens, and its focus is stock-still to infinity, but for the nearly part your shots volition look similar whether they're taken with the normal camera or wide-bending camera.

LG's camera is nonetheless fantastic in sunlight, and with the G6 nosotros're getting improved particular. The G5'due south camera was prone to significant racket reduction artefacts and the 'oil painting upshot', simply this is largely gone with the G6, leading to photos with a higher perceived detail fifty-fifty though the master camera'due south resolution has decreased. This is a not bad event here and shows LG has spent some time tweaking their processing.

The G6 also performs spectacularly in low low-cal, particularly considering the sensor but has 1.12 micron pixels. Information technology outperforms the Pixel Twoscore and Galaxy S8+ in this regard, producing bright, abrupt and vibrant photos at night. The wide-angle camera isn't as expert in these conditions, only the primary camera surprised me with how great it is in low low-cal. Again, LG'due south processing has improved here.

Unfortunately, there is one area where the G6 has regressed in comparison to the G5. For some bizarre reason, indoor performance isn't every bit adept. Photos taken in weaker lighting tin can look a bit lackluster, and beyond the lath it seems like the IMX258 produces lower dynamic range than the IMX234 used in the G5. The automatic HDR mode also tends to fall behind other top-end handsets in terms of the additional dynamic range it provides.

The primary thing to note with the G6 is that, in general, it'south not as expert as the Galaxy S8 or the Google Pixel. That's not to say it's a bad photographic camera – information technology performs about par for a flagship smartphone – but it can't match the meridian-finish quality of Google or Samsung. The Pixel camera is still phenomenal in near aspects, and the LG G6 just tin't lucifer it.

Every bit for the front-facing camera, once again we're surprisingly seeing a downgrade from an 8-megapixel sensor with an f/2.0 lens to a 5-megapixel camera with an f/2.2 lens. The selfie camera is much wider than before, now sporting a 100-caste field of view, although the quality isn't impressive at all. In depression light in particular, the selfie camera struggles badly, and there'south been a noticeable downgrade in detail compared to the G5. This is disappointing considering how important selfie cameras are.

LG'south camera app is still very good, with an easy to use layout and an outstanding manual mode. Access to frequently-changed settings is easy cheers to icons placed around the interface, and I honey the power to shoot both video and photo from within the same interface. Popout is an interesting camera mode that combines shots from both rear cameras, though for the most part, the G6 includes shooting modes nosotros've seen before similar panorama, dull motion, time lapse and then forth.

As both rear sensors are at present the same, both cameras support upwardly to 2160p30 video capture along with 1080p60 and even 2:1 aspect ratio recordings that fill the entire display. Boring movement recording appears to be 720p120 of okay, though non amazing quality. Of form the 4K captures use the aforementioned processing as withal images, so they look great.