LG G4 Review: "All You Need to Know" (Part 2)
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- Here is part 2 of the LG G4 review! Thank you to Audible for making content creation possible. Follow www.audible.com... for your free copy of Jurassic Park.
Time codes:
1. Intro: (0:03)
2. Connectivity (0:26)
3. Battery life (1:10)
4. Thank you Audible! (3:36)
5. Camera interface (4:58)
6. Camera analysis (13:10)
Part 1 of review:
• LG G4 Review: "All You...
G4 camera tests:
Bokeh & macrofocus
• LG G4 Macrofocus Camer...
4K poor bitrate
• LG G4 4K Video Test: P...
The G4 was provided courtesy of LG, but the review and opinions expressed are my own.
Oh yeah, as for where I was when shooting this was Big Four Ice Caves www.google.com/maps/place/Big+Four+Ice+Caves/@48.052913,-121.519861,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x549acf42b7c7da2d:0xd382c08d1732d66b?hl=en
Erica Griffin Erica, your hair has a really nice glow to it!
***** It's the downfall of being a female. Men are visual creatures...sigh.
Erica Griffin wouldn't it be presumptuous to talk about your personality when we don't even know you?
No phone will ever be perfect in all department. I love my #LGG4 great job LG and nice video Erica.
Jesse McClure but nobody seems to comment on the male reviewers especially when they could do with a hair cut or a shave and look a bit rough why because nobody is interested as they are just being blokes doing a job
I think it would make a fun update video if the S6/Edge get more manual controls, especially shutter speed (there are talks of an update). What I show here is what the S6 and G4 are capable of right now. This approach makes sense since I can't fabricate something that doesn't yet exist.
I know this ability to implement shutter speed is possible with camera2 api, but who knows if Samsung will actually implement this feature and if it will be comparable to the G4.
It's killer that the G4 is capable of keeping the shutter open for as long as it can.
Thoughts?
Erica Griffin I am waiting for the Lg note or whatever it will be called I have the g3 curently
Maybe its just because i dont know what to look for. But 90% of the time here im really liking the s6 photos better.
Do u have a boyfriend hey
Michael Troutman Yes, he is in this video.
Erica Griffin Would you use a case and screen protector? Not sure if they'd take away the premium look of the phone, especially leather version.
I think after all the reviews I've seen you've made it a clear choice which phone I'm going to buy. Lg g4. Thanks Erica
I would definitely go with this phone over the s6. But thats me.
Anytime I need to look for the exact topic on a specific phone, this is the channel to go to. Thanks.
I wasn't sure what to buy but watching these reviews sure helped me make up my mind. Thanks for the aweaome uploads.
I got G4 and I don't regret. It does many things better than S6 and iPhone 6. Like it!
I enjoy watching every single one of your videos simply because of the quality and presentation of each and every one of them.
Thanks, Erica. I learned a great deal about using the camera in the LG G4 from your review (part 2) that I could apply to my LG G3. These things just weren't clear on other reviews or websites, but your detailed videos are terrific! I hope that I can find a way to get the G4 camera app onto my G3. Keep the great video reviews coming and I'm sure you'll keep/grow your loyal subscriber following.
Erica, I just wanted to say I'm only 1:42 into the video but just wanted to say the video quality is amazing! Now I'm going back to watching it.
Great review as usual, I appreciate you technical info, whereas most reviewers just say the display is good you give facts. Keep up the good work; I watch other reviews and often comment when they contradict your test results;often a phone fanboy will chime in and I just refer them to your review and they shut up pretty quickly.
Thank you, Erica! I've been waiting patiently for your Part 2
YESSS!!! I literally have been so hyped for this video after seeing the first part XD Erica is tech love. Erica is tech life.
Thanks again, Erica. I bought this phone about 10 days ago, primarily because of the camera (and the removable battery), but haven't experimented yet with the camera. I was very interested in your comments on "manual mode," although I don't see any means of shooting plain old B&W. Probably start taking some test photos tomorrow.
Ralph L. Seifer, Long Beach, California.
Great review, Erica. I picked up the phone from T-Mobile yesterday, and my brother pointed me to parts 1 & 2 of your G4 review. They're very helpful -- I learned a lot about how to use different features of my phone.
I do have a couple of questions --
Did you do your photo comparison based on JPG, or RAW? I'll try a few photos tomorrow morning on the golf course and see how they look.
Did you run into any problems with Bluetooth? I've noticed that it won't automatically connect with my car stereo (2015 Subaru Forester), and that I'll have to manually try to connect it, sometimes 2 or 3 times. It could be the Subaru -- my model of the Forester has a very wonky Bluetooth, and I'm looking at replacing it.
But so far, that is the only problem I've encountered.
I love the screen, and it's a lot easier to use and more stable than my Galaxy Note 4 that I'm trading in for it.
You go really in dept with these reviews, they are long I would say but I still do enjoy them...
Erica Griffin - Great review and as always in depth for fellow geeks. Keep up the good work.
Man if my prime concern was the camera quality I would go with LG hands down. I've seen pictures on a G3 and its phenomenal. Clearly the pinnacle of quality on a phone. Nice review Erica.
Will you be doing an Xperia Z3+/Z4 review ? There is a surprising amount of small touches that have made it a very nice phone. Id get one if only Sony made a 5.5+ inch version..
Miguel Angel The've made bid versions in the past. They don't do that anymore? I'm referring to the Z Ultra series.
Inner Ear Thing There hasn't been a flagship large phone like the Z Ultra. I believe there are rumors pointing to a Z3+/4 Ultra which I hope comes true.
Miguel Angel
That'd be cool. Yeah, so far all I know of is a rumored 5.2" Xperia P2, which looks great and all, 4240mha battery... drool. But That's still a little on the small side screen-wise.
Inner Ear Thing about 3 years ago you would have looked insane for describing a 5.2" display as small but I agree. Sony needs to have a massive overhaul on its proper 2015 flagship, the Z3+ is just an interim flagship imo.
FredwardGames
Lol, I know right? It's crazy how things are now. But with bezels getting steadily smaller, we have more room for screen without the phone itself getting bigger. In fact, my S6 actually feels really small compared to my past two phones which had similar size screens or larger, which were a Z2 (5.2"), M8 (5.0"), and before that an Oppo Find 7a (5.5").
Great review!
I'm jealous of the camera app, I wish I could use it on my Note 3. I have a full frame DSLR so I don't really care about having a great phone camera but that app would definitely help, the stock Samsung one requires too much menu diving sometimes. A shame phone cameras still fall over in low light, I'm not sure how they're going to fix that because they seem incapable of increasing the sensor size and an f/1.2 or 1.4 lens would protrude from the back even more.
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Check camera fv-5. It looks similiar ;p
I really like my G4. There are a couple negatives, though. The AT&T version doesn't have multiple users, quick glance, and even with automatic brightness turned off, the display automatically dims at random. Everything else is great, especially the camera (the 30mbs 4K video is not an issue for me since I have no other display to watch it on so I don't use it).
Been waiting for G4 to launch, really support the removable battery and SD slot. Should launch on June 19 in Canada but who knows?
Erica Griffin No this phone still doesn't fulfill my needs neither does S6. I will wait for the LG G5 or something else that has battery for days and looks beautiful. I'm happy with my LG G2 for now because it fulfills those needs.
Who knew my battery life wasn’t that bad after all. I’m still using a `hand-me-down´ i9100 (2011!) as a daily driver and with cm11 m12 I have 2,5 hours SOT lasting though out the day. I listen to music for at least 3 hours when I commute to work, play some games for about 30 minutes, check my google+ and/or WhatsApp, view some nice reviews on TH-cam like this one, reply some business e-mails and answer 5-10 phone calls per day. I do consider myself a power user and if I could only double my SOT that would make all the difference. So to the people complaining about SOT’s of 3-4 hours after heavy usage: Let's try to keep everything in perspective…
About the camera, is dont have some application, beauty mode, etc, on LG G Pro 2 are some nice application for camera.
You should purchase one of those mounts that Blunty uses... Where it holds two phones at once for testing purposes :)
Thank you Erica,
Right now, I haven't seen anything out there that would make me want to upgrade from my unlocked/international S4 (truly, even the camera is very good).
I've got 4 batteries (including tired original), charging systems in office car and home, and a Samsung battery case/charger. We travel internationally and no longer worry about connecting when we get to other countries (in the past wife has been blocked from her Hotmail when traveling - "they" think she is a cyber thief :) ). So like you, our S4 is in place of a laptop. And when riding buses (taxis or walking) in our countries (Thailand) nothing beats Google Maps.
So right now, here is a "Thank You" to Samsung and Google. I just hope they don't really mess things up in the next generation. (Please Samsung - go back to removable battery & extra memory).
But I'm really thanking you Erica for keeping us up on new developments. There will come a time when we'll need an upgrade and we'll look to you (and a very few others) for guidance. :)
I liked the G4's pictures and the S6's video. But of a trade off, but I rarely use video and focus on pictures.
I find your tech knowledge extremely attractive [wink wink]. Btw, as for the camera, I use X Cam on my G3 (not sure if it is fully compatible with the G4). It allows me to record up to 4k at 60fps along with some other features. I keep both the stock camera alongside the X Cam. The only thing I do dislike is that I do not have the ability to control the exposure in various lighting conditions. Control is everything when you are a professional photog. That's the only drawback. I'm still looking around to see if there is a G4 stock camera that would be compatible with the G3.
Erica Griffin Hey Erica, not sure which model G4 you have (sorry if I missed it!), but regarding the 4k bitrate they have indeed already been working on improving it over on XDA. It needs root, so it's only available for the H815 for now, but if that's what you're working with here you go! forum.xda-developers.com/g4/themes-apps/root-60fps-camera-100-photo-quality-t3129460
60fps 1080p video, high bitrate UHD options (40, 48, 56, or 64Mbit options), and allows the camera flash down to 5% battery.
I think the slow 4 shot selfie mode is to allow for time to adjust pose a little. That's why people take a billion selfies.. trying to get that right one.
But this is looking more and more like my next phone. Trying to keep a phone longer than 2yrs has proved battery swap ability to be a huge plus. But the disappointing feel, video modes, lack of easy off contract purchasing, and behind the curve updates (compared to Nexus of the same generation) has me on the fence.
The $500 Nexus 6 deal is tempting, but the screen quality, size, battery, and camera all hold me back there at $500.
Or just say screw it all and get the $200 Zenfone 2...
I'm getting my G4 on Tuesday and I'm so excited! Thank you Erica for helping me with my decision to get this phone, your content is truly awesome! #QueenErica :D
Looks like a pretty great phone. I really hope the smaller upcoming nexus is basically exactly this phone except with side buttons. I hated those back ones, a total deal breaker for me.
Yet another excellent review, hopefully you can get your hands on the z3+
DjSweetBazz Sony has been confusing the hell out of me... no idea if it's worth anymore to look at their releases, as I have no idea what markets the phones will be for. If they do something worthwhile I will totally look into it.
DjSweetBazz Hey bro, checkout my review too- /watch?v=_6i8nxZFsjM
If you've Auto-Brightness (Adaptive Brightness in Lollipop) enabled, then that brightness slider in the notification bar keeps the Auto Brightness in tact, however it tweaks the algorithm as you increase it. Hence the name Adaptive Brightness. So slider being at 100% doesn't mean, in this case, that the display is at 100% brightness per say. By disabling Adaptive Brightness, you might see a jump in the brightness of the display at 100%.
I still have the g4..love it
Erica, Thank you for all your insight. I appreciate your attention to detail and passion. May I suggest a future topic and ask a question at the same time? If I were to purchase the an international unbranded device to use on the AT&T network would I lose out any carrier network updates that would make the G4 perform more efficiently on their network? Does the carrier branded devices have firmware that make it perform at peak performance and efficiency on their network? I'm not worried about say Android or LG updates since I assume that I can get those manually as needed. I've tried to ask both LG and AT&T this very question/concern and have been unsuccessful with researching for an answer on the web. Thank you for any input that you may have to offer. Keep up all the great work!
I read online that a lot of LG G4 units are suffering with very terrible touch screen issues where they just don't detect touching and swiping a lot of the time
In some cases they are simply too slow to respond to the user's touch. There are also few videos on TH-cam demonstrating this.
Did you come across a similar issue? And if not, could you test this quick with a touch screen tester from the play store?
Thanks! Love your reviews
Hell yeah I can wait ,and I'm going to watch it day one
I just received my new g4 yesterday and i haven't had the time to play around with the video recording as of yet. But i have taken a few photos and i love this camera. So once i have a better understanding of the complete operating system and users setting experienc i will leave a new comment. I upgraded from the g2 so i have a lot to learn about this phones capabilities.
Do you know if they have a cell phone class? Thank you and great job Erica!
Hi Erica,
First and foremost great work on your review. I really love it. As it states, they insanely in depth. However, I have an honest feedback that at times is become little boring to watch these long videos, specifically I can never watch your videos back to back unlike other channels that I follow. It would be nice if you could add a bit of humor to these that would be make it even more interesting. Just my 2 cents. Keep up the good work.
Great review. I just got my G4 and am very happy with it. My wife has the s6 edge and so far the camera on my G4 has been doing great. I have noticed some touch screen issues though, just missing some taps. Have you noticed any?
LG G4 all the way. Samsung makes some great phones but my pet peeve with their phones is the physical button and the capacitive buttons. I always find myself accidentally pressing a capacitive button while gaming. Also the physical home button feels like I have to put alot more effort/force into using versus the light touch of onscreen buttons.
I don't know of any camera that can disable the hardware stabilization while shooting video.
As for bitrate, I know you dont have a ton of video samples in UHD, but I really can't see any severe loss of quality compared to the codec Samsung is using. I know it's less info, but putting video right next to each other, I'm not seeing this degradation you're talking about.
Comparing full UHD shots (not split screen) GS6 vs LG G4 th-cam.com/video/V85aD-Aamfw/w-d-xo.html
*****
I suppose it's possible, but I haven't seen any other side by side comparisons, shot under the same conditions, where it doesn't seem compression loss isn't coming from re-rendering the video. I scoured over my footage from both phones, and I'm just not seeing that huge a material advantage for the GS6's higher bitrate.
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LG's OIS is definitely more aggressive than it used to be, but I prefer a little jello over no stabilization, especially with UHD video.
I was just wondering, of all the phones you've reviewed, in your opinion which phone has the best camera? I ask only because in your review you mentioned that the LG did not have the best camera you came across. Ps keep up the good work
Ok Erica I'm not sure what to do. I prefer the S6 overall, but I'm really digging this G4 camera, and much more so because of the robust manual mode than anything else, since I don't think there's a big discrepancy in their sensors. Which would you recommend, assuming I'm the kind of person who likes to take mostly raw photos with a DSLR and edit in LR or pixlr (if I'm feeling lazy). Do you think it really matters for a phone camera?
I think I would be buying this phone. I got the Moto G because of your recommendation and I'm very please.
I'm buying this phone soon, but still have questions about its QI wireless charging
Photos look great but video was not very impressive, I'm disappointed that they didn't include 1080p 60fps
Do you think they'll ever add the 60fps option to TH-cam for smartphones or tablets?
How about other camera apps? I find "A Better Camera" does a much better job at HDR than Google's Camera for example. I don't have an LG camera app to compare though.
Love your reviews but u need to show what cpu it uses in stead of telling may by app like cpu-z works also shows list of sensors erica love
I was fascinated with that worm lol
The G4 is really great. And it's all preference on the end.
But for those that extremely want the Removable battery and SD slot above all else I would puck the Note 4 still for better display, battery life, software, spen, updates, security, theming, and still better video/audio and daylight shots. And the Note 4 still does decent in low light. Just not as much as the S6 or G4.
The G4 is a bit faster in CPU while about the same in GPU. And about the same in audio output. And obviously better low light.
Unless you get the Exynos note 4 which will throttle the GPU less and is a little better in cpu with better audio.
Or wait for the Note 5 lol... If it has the SD slot.
I would definitely say I like the S6 overall better.
Camera has better exposure and dynamic range and finer detail in daylight. A little more saturated though.
And it is on par in a lot of room light settings.
Not as good in low light, but still one of the best.
And as far as manual controls the S6 is getting raw and exposure again. Hopefully shutter speed too.
And for video and especially audio it's clearly the S6.
For display, soc, ram, enterprise, security, audio output, theming, customizing, features, more updates, battery life and charge times, and battery performance the S6 is just ahead.
It sucks not having the SD card slot but having extremely fast solid state like memory up to 128gb helps.
Jack Skellington You can still have an SD with the S6 though, just buy a usb OTG adapter. Sure, it can't always be in there, but you don't need it to be. Just when you're using it.
I also like the S6 better, a lot better. The G4 isn't poorly designed or built, but that plastic just doesn't come anywhere close to the glass and the metal on the S6.
Jesus Christ
So get the leather G4
Inner Ear Thing I know this. It does help and it runs really fast because of the solid state one memory of the S6.
BandNerdcp the problem is the plastic around the screen, it's kinda cheap. Leather also kinda tends to get ruined over time.
This is awesome smartphone. The only downside are the back butons. I frequently use my phone as GPS navigation. If this phone is in the holder you can not operate the buttons.
Erika did you check if your NFC chip on the G4 works. Mine doesn't. Its turned on and the icon is showing. I know most people don't use it but I'm one of the few people who care. I'm going to a T-Mobile store tomorrow to check if their G4s there work.
Erica, which model do you have? Is it the H815?
Best review i have found for the g4, really looking to it because of the removable battery and sd card reader, have you tried slimport on the g4? Works right? Thanks.
Erica Griffin can you upload your photos somewhere? flickr would be a great source, I'd like to compare them with my M9 (I'm using a different firmware which improved camera a lot at day and makes it actually decent at night)
Great video, always enjoy your videos and your opinions and import thank you very much Erica.☺
Wow, great review, thanks!
Camera app looks pretty nice, hope someone on XDA ports it ;)
Great review as always.
I have the G2 and it has the same noise reduction problem. xdabbeb's XCam can fix this, though I would really like LG to improve this. No 60FPS 1080p is a bummer and bad 4K bitrate just sad. I dont get what LG was thinking. I would also like to disable software stabilization (if it is used) because imo OIS is way better than anything software can do and even on the G2 OIS is more than enough to keep my videos steady.
I really like this phone nonetheless and I think when price has come down a bit I will get a leather back version for myself.
Hi Erica!
THe pictures on my g4 arent coming out too well after taking the picture. It looks good in the view finder(ie before taking the picture). My 3 year old iphone 5 is taking better pictures! Plz HELP!!
I just adore your "Hellos" :)
Dear Erica pls tell which are the best 5 phones according to u and pls rank them also.
Can product placement be added at end of videos instead? Or beginning idk. Maybe I'm the only one that gets bothered by it on well
Thanks for this Erica. Do you have any plans to review the Flex 2?
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Erica Griffin well I have the lg g3 and I have already been able to download the apk files for the new updated camera and such; I know that some features may not work as well but such is life. I still don't think it's that much more advanced from my phone so I'll pass on the lg g4. I would however think about buying the Asus zenphone 2 with 4gb of team and 32gb storage I think it was. The price is great and the specs are something different.
I was actually giving serious consideration to that phone as well Unfortunately the Asus zenphone 2 battery isn't removable & that's a deal breaker for me.
Hi... I have a request... Can u make a comparison video for lg G3 & lg G4..?
Is it worth spending those extra bucks for an average user...
Just ordered my G4 2 days ago with the Beige leather. How is the call quality on this phone? No one talks about it. Thanks. Love your videos. Keep up the good work..
It's been more than just fine. All the phones I have played with lately have done the phone thing just fine lol
when you are using the phone you use a separate microphone or the one that's on the camera?
+Ericca Griffin, good work. plz do a review on Htc One M9+ vs iPhons 6.
Are you going to review the circle view case Erica Griffin ?
Would this be a good phone to get or the Sony z3 plus (not counting galaxy s6 because of poor battery life, as people say and battery life matters to me)
nice videos but I want to know ur opinion if you have moto x pure edition and lg g4 in front of you which one you choose for the next 2 years ??
I like both the G4 and the S6 cameras and I don't know which to get :(
Dear Erica,
Do you recommend LG G4 over Galaxy Note 4 ?!
Already own Note 4 and thinking in moving to LG G4
i am geting th elg g4 brown leather international version
You didn't make mention that the available storage, it's way less than the 32gb. System data is almost 10gb. Erica Griffin
Well, looks like you know that fact already.
Erica Griffin Lol. Just saying for folks who didn't know.
RandomHero062011 I was having fun. I wasn't being bitchy at all...just quick witted with my humor. You can't tell over text.
I had no issue. No worries Erica Griffin
RandomHero062011 Ah, yes, "bitchy": when a woman says something witty and clever. They're not allowed to smart back to men, eh?
Erica Griffin
I know if it was there you probably would have seen it, but when playing with the G Flex 2 I noticed that in display settings there was three color saturation options.
I had been saying the G4 didn't, but now I'm wondering if it does as well.
Jack Skellington It doesn't. I haven't seen that.
Erica Griffin Thank you. It would have been nice to go along with such a great display.
i have an s6 and it runs like an oven !! and sometimes the camera starts making some weird noises and the images look wavey !! and it has some weird purple dots !! i think am going to sell it and get this ! and i cut the dcim folder into the pc and it only saved the jpgs and left the videos !! and now i've lost them forever ! well done samsung
Where were you recording? That place looks amazing!
What are the RAW pictures like? How much information do they contain? Are they actually useful? How much detail is in raw pictures? I wish you would devote more time on this functionality.
That is a topic all in itself.
Erica Griffin is there any good websites you can recommend that sell real cellphone parts because i want to fix
a galaxy s4
Your LG G4 part #1 convinced me to tilt to buying it until I heard what the Samsung Note 5, my god...a great camera, a cell phone and a mini quad TV. Samsung says it will be a 5.7 while others rumored a 5.9 @ around $1000.00. Nope, not me...so I bought a LG G4 with leather back @ T-Mobile, it is nice, but stuck on the back of a plastic case and way better than the case(s) like yours. I was a Blackberry user for years and I don't see the what is so great about Android OS. Come on now, lots of Blackberry's features are on Android & some on Apple. If you want a kids OS, pick Android, you want an Adult OS, get Blackberry or and especially Apple's newer phones and updated OS that's coming out later this year. Apple's newer iPhone's, is going to be some really nice phones. The LG G4 is a great phone people and for it's size, it is a light phone, great colors on the screen, fantastic camera. I was able to take a picture of the moon @ 3/4 full on manuel mode, I didn't try any other mode, but you can see that it is 3/4 full. Anything but a full moon, see if your cell p phone can take and see for sure what phase the moon is in instead of just a white dote in the sky. Erica, covered most of what you can do with the phone, but once you get it home, it's going to "WOW" you or just simply have this smile on your face for several days after then every time you use it no matter what mode it is in look at the differences of Erica's face smiling much more in the second video...
Thank you Erica for these to great videos.
What about music quality, nothing about the dac , headphone volume etc, it's good to know if a phone can run your cans of choice etc.
Reviewers seem to miss this out now days? Is it by it is so subjective ?
This requires equipment I don't yet have. I'd like to get into this though.
Erica Griffin About the camera, is dont have beauty mode, shot clear, catch shot, etc, on LG G Pro 2 are some nice mode for camera.
Hey Erica! Which sensor do you have on your galaxy s6? Isocell or sony? Greetings from Poland;-)
If I had to guess I think lg is saving some camera option for there other flagship phone that coming before the end of the year
Nexus?
Brandon Ariy when was the nexus phone had a top of the line camera never remember nexus is suppose to be bone stock android not full of options
LG G4 or Samsung S6? Could you guys (who already had both phones) give me a hand... please! Thanks.
Lg g4 is all round smartphone and definitely better than the s6......
hopefully lg keeps the removable battery and sd card for the g5
the G2 can record 60 fps FHD without any mod and the G4 can´t ?
No 60 fps kills it for me. I use it a lot for car videos and it makes a big difference.
good comparison thanks
At 23:58 when she says "Great sturdy phone" and tugs on the ends of the phone, I swear I can hear the phone "creek"...
The back cover creeked, indeed. I am not sure if it was on all the way since I was taking it on and off to show on camera. I remember having to snap a few smaps.
Erica Griffin thanks for your response. I appreciate the explanation. I enjoy your videos as you provide a different point of view from other reviewers. Keep up the great work!
Maybe the next update will fix the camera issue.
Love the reviews you do
Shame about the video quality of the g4. Certainly not up to scratch but stills capability is what I'm most interested in as I don't shoot videos much.
I'm also a strict manual mode user and for those reasons the g4's camera is the best I've seen aside from the lumia 1020 and pureview 808.
I know this had been asked before, what type of camera do you use.
How do you do those lighting color on manual?