iPhone 8 Plus vs LG G6 camera test | Last Cam Standing VII By PCWorld

In recent years, the cameras on Apple's iPhones have been beaten down by far superior Android phone cameras, but now we have the iPhone 8 plus- and it's here to take on our current smartphone camera pick the LG G 6, no matter what phone you own you'll definitely want to stick around for this fight. Let's quickly go over some specs before we get to the test results. The iPhone 8 plus features a dual lens setup, one normal lens and one telephoto Apple has improved the internals with new sensors, new lens color filters and a proprietary image signal, processor or ISP. The LG G 6 also has a dual lens camera system, but it's a normal lens paired with a super wide lens. The hardware inside is mostly off-the-shelf, but where LG really shines is in its post, processing and feature-rich camera app for this camera showdown I'm going to focus mostly on the results from the main cameras for both phones, and I'll use them. The way most people do straight out of the pocket with the stock camera app and HD are set to auto.

Our testing results are broken into four sections: color clarity, exposure and user experience, and for this shootout we hired the beautiful model malaria to help us with real-world testing. Now on to the results, the first category is color, and I'm. Looking for accurate, color balance, along with the reproduction of natural skin, tones and I, have, to be honest, I've never seen a smartphone deliver. Such true-to-life colors, like the iPhone 8 plus, do like I mentioned earlier. Apple added a new filter to the lenses that helped with this accuracy, but I imagine most of their strength comes from their ISP in past shootouts, I've, dinged, Apple heavily in the color category, but they're now back with a vengeance and the g6 just can't keep up no matter what lighting scenario I threw at it.

The 8 plus performed more like a DSLR than a smartphone. This category was a blowout and easily goes to the iPhone 8 plus next, we'll go over clarity, and these results are a bit more nuanced here, I'm looking at the sharpness of each image and how each camera decides to maintain a clear photo across multiple lighting scenarios in brightly lit scenes, both phones hold their own. The g6 has a slight edge in white shots, as you can here in the distance. The g6 was also sharper in most close range and macro situations as well, but at normal shooting distances. The iPhone 8 plus was noticeably better, and these are the distances of regular people use the most.

So it makes sense that this is where the iPhone has its sweet spot check out some low-light scenes, and it's more of a toss up. You can see slightly more sharpening and post on the iPhone, but not enough to tip the scales. It really came down to autofocus in these situations and that's where the iPhone had a clear advantage. The g6 is no slouch, but the 8 plus was just plain faster and more accurate, which is super important. So with that said, I'm going to have to give the clarity category to the iPhone 8 plus next up we have exposure, and here I'm, going over the dynamic range capabilities of each phone and how they chose to expose for the scene will bring up the histogram for these shots and here's the basic way to read one.

The right side of the graph represents the bright areas of the image, and the left side represents the dark areas you go too far in either direction and the exposure Clips, meaning you lose valuable information. This category is a tight race and both phones handle themselves well. In almost every lighting scenario, the g6 has a flatter image which allows for more editing in post, but appears as more of a washed out photo. The problem I've had with a lot of phones, including iPhones, is that an image with more contrast, looks punchy right off the bat, but it's a decision that limits you later on. In other words, if the exposure gets messed up, you won't have as much flexibility to correct an editing.

That said, almost all the decisions with exposure and contrast on the iPhone 8 plus were what I would have done anyway. These images are punchy and accurate. The g6 is accurate as well and allows for more flexibility in post. So at this point it comes down to personal preference. Would you like a photo that looks great with no editing or flatter image that gives you more flexibility to edit the way you want I have to call this category of time? The last category is user experience, because, even if the camera is amazing, it's not worth using if the experience is horrible.

The g6 has advantages like being able to launch the camera with a quick button press and there's a robust manual mode. There are also more interesting features to play with on the g6 like pop-out, which uses both cameras to stitch together a unique photo. The iPhone, on the other hand, is snappy, straightforward and easy to use. Autofocus performance is also speedier on the iPhone, especially in low-light. The biggest difference between using both phones is their second cameras.

The iPhone uses a telephoto lens that gives you an effective two time zoom, which is good for capturing far-off subjects, but apples, portrait mode offered even more value from the telephoto lens. It uses a tool on system to gather depth information and introduces blur into the scene providing stunning results. On the LG side. We have the second lens, with a super wide field of view, allowing more of a scene to fit into the shot as awesome as portrait mode is, especially when shooting with a model. I just found myself, having way more of a need for the super wide lens during day to day use.

These features really boil down to personal preference, though I'm only going to give the slight edge to the LG G 6 in this category, mainly on the strength of its camera, app features, you could just simply do more with LG's camera from its manual mode to pop out to raw photo support. There is plenty to have fun with well after four categories. We have a clear winner, Apple's iPhone, 8, plus the LG G 6 took down some awesome phones this year, and it's been great, but after a couple of years of lackluster results, Apple has finally stepped up to the plate and created a truly stunning camera system photo shot with the iPhone 8 plus have the most accurate colors I've, seen in a smartphone camera. The accuracy approaches DSLR levels even in low-light, I, believe the strength of this new system lies within the new ISP, and if this phone is any indication, we should see even better results coming from Apple's upcoming iPhone 10. Are you impressed with the new iPhone or are you waiting for the next pixel? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to subscribe for more camera battles like this one.

Source : PCWorld