13 Ways to take better
photos with the LG G5
Smartphone
June 8, 2016 • Gadgets and Gaming, Top
Stories
LG’s latest flagship device, the LG G5 gives
users, according to the firm, the
opportunity to fully experience the joy of
photography.
While LG has provided 13 Ways to take
better photos with the LG G5 Smartphone,
below… IT News Africa’s Online Editor,
Darryl Linington, decided to take the LG
G5 on his travel’s in order to showcase the
quality of the images produced by the
device.
Darryl Linington explains that: “The LG G5,
for a smartphone, has a phenomenal
camera. Whether you are a novice
photographer, or an expert who has
invested in a DSLR, you will find that the
LG G5 is a breeze to use as well as packs
in some powerful features.”
He adds that: “While travelling, I tend to
pack everything… especially when it comes
to photography equipment. With the LG
G5 being the size that it is, I found it
easier to slide it in my pocket, rather than
carrying my entire photography kit
around… just to do a bit of travel
photography. What’s great about the
device is it is not an overly large device,
which means you won’t feel it weighing
down your pants via your pocket, or
placing tremendous amounts of strain on
your back… especially if your kit resides in
a backpack like mine does.”
He adds that: “While using the device, I
was able to pull off some rather creative,
funky, and inspiring photographs whilst
visiting New York, Arizona , The Hoover
Dam, The Grand Canyon, and Las Vegas.”
These photographs, along with the rather
useful set of tips below from LG, can be
found below.
1. Accessing the manual mode: One of
the best ways to start capturing those
significant moments with the LG G5 is by
accessing the manual mode. To access the
manual mode, you’ll have to tap the 3-dot
icon at the top-left of the screen, which
brings up the three main modes: Simple,
Auto and Manual.
The manual mode allows you to control
the white balance, focus, exposure, ISO,
shutter speed and AE-L. The white balance
allows you as the user to alter the colour
tone, compensating for unnatural lighting
or to create skewed colour effects.
The purpose of the ISO is that it
determines the sensitivity of the sensor.
When choosing darker environments to
take pictures, you will need to use a
higher setting. The AE-L, locks the
exposure, letting you use the light level as
a creative effect, making shots either much
brighter or darker than the G5 would
normally use.
2. How to use manual mode to get
noise free shots
All you’ll have to do is set the ISO to 200
(it goes down to ISO 50), then use the
shutter speed control to see how slow you
need to go for low-noise results. The
benefit of using the G5 is that it has
optical image stabilisation (OIS), you can
make the shutter go fairly slow and still
get sharp photos.
3. Shooting RAWs
RAW files are what you get when you take
the ‘raw’ information from a camera
sensor, before reducing the noise level and
smoothing things out. Using RAWs allows
you to do your own processing, often
ending up with a finer detailed image.
The G5 allows you to shoot RAWs by
simply accessing the manual mode and
tapping the second icon from the bottom
of the screen, over on the left column.
This will allow for the shooting of RAW and
JPEG files, rather than just JPEGs. RAWs
come out as a file known as DNG (Digital
NeGative file).
4. Using the second camera as “zoom
out”
The G5 has dual cameras (16 MP f1.8
main camera has 78-degree angle view and
the 8MP additional camera captures a
135-degree super wide-angle image) to
take your digital photograph to the next
level. It has a new, unique feature like pop
– out photo, capturing more with the
zoom out.
In the camera app, you can switch
between lenses via a button, and when
using the digital zoom the camera switches
seamlessly between the two modules. The
autofocus is assisted by a laser that
measures the subject distance.
5. Use the main camera for the best
image quality
The 16MP wide-angle camera of the LG G5
gives users a fish-eye effect in every shot.
What it means for the users is that the
camera allows you to fit much more of the
scene into a single photo. Much like Darryl
Linington’s photography on Downtown Las
Vegas featured above.
6. Changing photo and video resolution
Should users want to play with different
size images for that perfect selfie, they can
switch to 4:3 or 1:1 images by tapping on
the cog icon at the bottom-left of the
screen and selecting the top option in the
menu that pops up.
As well as changing the shape of photos,
they can also alter the video resolution.
The G5 normally shoots 1080p video users
can level-up to UHD (the exact resolution
of ‘4K video’).
7. Video stabilisation
For that perfect steady shot, users can find
the option for video stabilization near the
bottom of the camera settings menu,
which you access by tapping the cog icon.
Tapping on this flicks between SteadyShot
stabilisation and OIS, if you’re using the
standard camera lens in Auto mode.
The former is what most phones use, a
digital enhancer that uses the edges of the
frame as a buffer to smooth-out any
movements. This leaves you with a slightly
more ‘zoomed-in’ view than you get when
taking photos. That’s one reason why you
might use OIS instead, which uses the little
camera stabilisation motor to keep your
footage smooth.
8. Simple mode is great for simple
photography
Simple mode is found by tapping the 3-
dot icon at the top-left of the camera app.
Simple mode takes away almost all custom
features you get with the other options. All
you do is tap on the object on which you
want to focus and the LG G5 camera app
both focuses and takes a shot as quickly as
possible.
9. Shortcut key for instant photos
In the main phone Settings menu, go to
the General tab and then select Shortcut
key. In here you’ll see a flick switch for
Quick Shot. Make sure it’s switched on.
This lets you press the volume down
button twice quickly when the phone is off
to fire-up the camera and take a photo.
10. Timelapse + wide-angle camera =
cool movies
The G5 has several ‘creative’ modes in its
camera app and Time Lapse is one of the
more interesting ones. This shoots video,
but at 1/15 the normal speed. That means
it takes two frames a second rather than
the usual 30.
Use this with the wide-angle camera and
you’ll get footage that resembles some of
the stuff GoPros are used for in action
sport footage.
11. Use the grid display for landscape
photography
The G5 has a grid option to stop those
uneven photos and help you align or
center pictures properly. What it means
for the user is that you get another
reference point of where to line-up the
horizon, as well as helping you work out
what you want the focus of the picture/
image/photo to be.
You’ll find Grid at the very bottom of the
camera app Settings menu, accessed by
tapping on the cog icon.
12. Use 30sec exposure to make
something special
The G5 can keep its shutter open for up to
30 seconds. What it means for the user is
that it merges all the light information
from that half-minute stint into a single
image.
What one can do while using the 30sec
long-exposure photography is shoot a road
where car lights turn into streaming neon
lines, and create noise-free night shots
that almost look like daylight photos.
13. 360 Cam
The G5 is the only Android smartphone on
the market that comes with a series of
module accessories (Friends)… One of the
more notable devices, in particular, is the
360 Cam.
The LG 360 CAM provides 2K video and
5.1 surround channel recording on three
microphones to help users effortlessly
create high-quality 360-degree contents.
Having secured a partnership with Google,
images taken with the 360 CAM can be
uploaded to Google Street View and
YouTube360, adding the fun of sharing
creative content with others.
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