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this episode of TechnoBuffalo is brought to you by domain.com hey what's going on guys I'm Markin Sangin from TechnoBuffalo and in today's video we'll be talking a bit about the LG g4s camera LG has made some lofty claims about the camera tech included in the g4 the biggest of which is that the g4 can replace your DSLR well I don't believe that's entirely true the g4 s camera is still pretty remarkable nonetheless so before we begin let's talk about what we're working with the g4 features a three axis optical image stabilization and updated laser autofocus for faster focusing and a new color spectrum sensor which improves color accuracy by precisely reading the RGB values in the scene according to LG all of these new improvements promise to combine into one of the best mobile shooters out there and we got to say LG isn't far off while you'll get perfectly serviceable images out of the g4 s auto mode you'll get even better pictures using the device's manual mode which is one of the most robust and powerful experiences we've ever seen in a smartphone even though the g4 is incapable of replacing an entry-level DSLR that doesn't mean it can have the SLR like functionality manual modes are nothing new to smartphones but the g4 brings it to an entirely different level only match by what you find in a Lumia device you'll be able to change the shutter speed ISO focus and white balance by using a series of dedicated sliders on screen giving you absolute control of what you're shooting the white balance values here are actually in Kelvin instead of the usual presets that most smartphone cameras offer like tungsten daylight incandescent and fluorescent unfortunately the only setting you can't change here is the aperture but you do have a constant F 1.8 aperture to allow more light into the g4 sensor in manual mode you'll get more information in terms of what your settings are up at the top of the screen there's a live histogram which is a visual guide to the range of tones and brightness levels in an image next to that you'll see your white balance values your focus your exposure meter is o-levels shutter speed and aperture the biggest advantage of shooting in manual mode versus auto mode is that you have full control of the image rather than letting the device determine that for you the g4 actually has two different auto modes simple auto which lets you quickly take an image by tapping on a screen and auto which basically does everything for you though you can tap the focus before you snap an image so let's go ahead and talk about what the shutter speed does to your images in a DSLR the shutter speed is a measure of how long your camera sensor is exposed to light how fast or how slow the mirror goes up and down the same goes through the g4 with the exception of an actual mirror going up and down say you want to capture an action you need to use a higher shutter speed like 1/1000 of a second for example and this is only really doable with a lot of light present since the shutter speed is so fast like at the beach when not a lot of light is present or you want to create some cool effects you can leave the shutter open longer you can set the shutter speed all the way from one six thousand of a second down to a ridiculous 30 seconds you also notice that when I bring up the shutter speed the live preview of the camera gets darker and that's because it's only letting a certain amount of light into the sensor like I explained earlier the faster to speed the less light and the slower the more light and that also determines whether or not you can freeze the action in front of you without using a flash let me stop the video real fast and thank our friends over at domain.com it's the place to go when the next great idea hits you so one-stop shopping for all your domain names and web hosting email needs don't may want to hook our fans up with a pretty cool offer save 20% on domain names and web hosting if you use a coupon code TechnoBuffalo it's all one word in caps at domain comms check out so moving on to iso NEX in very basic terms iso is how sensitive your camera sensor is to available light the lower the ISO number the less sensitive it is to light while a higher ISO number increases the sensitivity of your camera back in the days of film cameras there would be different values assigned to different films and that would also determine how noisy images turned out so to put it in perspective shooting at a lower ISO value like iso 100 will give you a much cleaner image with less grain or noise compared to shooting at a higher ISO value like ISO 1000 which adds grain or noise to the image just like shooting with a DSLR using the exposure meter at the top and mixing the shutter speed and ISO values really does help out a lot to create better images and not just better but you'll also get more creative as you shoot in manual mode in auto mode you only have to rely on the phone to figure out what's best for your images shooting in manual mode will give you the freedom to shoot your pictures however you want whether that's to shoot sports or capturing light trails the g4s manual mode will allow you to do that and one thing that I notice in manual mode is that you can also shoot raw that's right you can shoot raw directly on your phone raw is essentially a file format way that JPEG is the file format the difference here is that one compresses the image within the camera and processes the photos while raw keeps all the data and information it captures without compressing or processing the image so to put it in perspective you shot an image but forgot to change the white balance well in RAW you'll be able to fix that issue no problem you'll also be able to fix exposure to a certain extent compared to a JPEG file it essentially gives you more room to edit in post without the horrible compression and an in-camera processing from a JPEG file the camera tech inside the g4 is great the device's auto mode will produce some vibrant and crisp images but if you really really want to see the full potential of the g4s camera take some time and use manual mode you'll find yourself using it more often than not and in time it should help you become a better photographer anyways thank you guys so much for watching and if you guys found this video helpful make sure to give it a thumbs up and we will see you guys in the next one