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Video Camera quality?

New to this site so Hello
Seems to be several topics on Photo quality but very little on the video camera.
Personally i have no complaints about photo quality, seems a decent upgrade from my iPhone 4s but the video camera does seem kinda poor to me.
also going from iPhone to Android, ive noticed the lack of video camera apps the is within the Playstore
curious to know what others think

Not sure why you are having problems with your video camera but, Z1 is rated on of the best video camera on a smart phone...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2484670

Morlock O said:
Not sure why you are having problems with your video camera but, Z1 is rated on of the best video camera on a smart phone...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2484670
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thats 1 review. the reviews seem all over the place with this phone. mostly on photo tho. some say the camera is the best available (excluding the Nokia 1020) some say it isnt as good as a Galaxy s4.
Ive found the videos look grainy or faded in well lit areas. sometimes looks like the video is upscaled rather than true 1080p

Tonian1878 said:
thats 1 review. the reviews seem all over the place with this phone. mostly on photo tho. some say the camera is the best available (excluding the Nokia 1020) some say it isnt as good as a Galaxy s4.
Ive found the videos look grainy or faded in well lit areas. sometimes looks like the video is upscaled rather than true 1080p
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im really impressed with the video quality and its really good meanwhile i tried most of the smartphones and believe me z1 is damn good in video recording...................

i think the video quality is pretty good on the z1, obviously the king of video recording is the galaxy note 3 with its 4k video capability(Sony take a note here and enable this on our phones damn you). Its not just 1 site which has given the z1 a pretty good video recording score (gsmarena, tech radar, engadget and more). In optimum lighting conditions the quality of the videos are pretty good better than the iphone 5s never mind a 4s, one thing that the z1 does suffer from is when you record in low light, the quality of videos and photos begin to degrade, would have been nice to see some sort of OIS to combat this, but overall i find the z1 a very capable shooter.

shut the steady shot ... and try again thx

[video]slowmotion feature from the camera app

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5xfIWzbv0Y
This is a video, filmed by me, showing the oneplus one's slowmotion feature!
I think it looks pretty cool. Tell me what you think about it? :fingers-crossed:

niko2931 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5xfIWzbv0Y
This is a video, filmed by me, showing the oneplus one's slowmotion feature!
I think it looks pretty cool. Tell me what you think about it? :fingers-crossed:
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Looks really nice. I just did some experimentation with it. For example my coffee maker making coffee.
Sent from my VanirOPO

nazfalas said:
Looks really nice. I just did some experimentation with it. For example my coffee maker making coffee.
Sent from my VanirOPO
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Nice i love slowmotion videos! It's like a look into another world!

Decent for a mobile cam

sucks that it cant record sound. when watching my slow motion video of my son on my oneplus is just silent and boring.

chailee said:
sucks that it cant record sound. when watching my slow motion video of my son on my oneplus is just silent and boring.
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How can slow motion video has sound.
You want the sound to be slow motion too?
Sent from my One A0001 using XDA Free mobile app

chak29 said:
How can slow motion video has sound.
You want the sound to be slow motion too?
Sent from my One A0001 using XDA Free mobile app
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Lol. Nice.
My friend recorded me juggling with the soccer ball the other day. Sick stuff, gotta love slow-mo.

Slow motion can have sound, and it would have been great if it came with sound, it makes everything funnier

Was it 60 fps or 120?

The Quality sucks so much compared to the Sony Z2

galop said:
Was it 60 fps or 120?
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It was filmed at 120 fps

niko2931 said:
It was filmed at 120 fps
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Wow, I didn't even know it could do 120fps... I had only ever tried it at 1080p. Nice to know that if you change it to 720p you can go slower!

kabauterman said:
The Quality sucks so much compared to the Sony Z2
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The quality sucks SOO MUCH compared to the iphone 6.
Maybe someone can do a hack for a higher FPS.

lemonspeakers said:
The quality sucks SOO MUCH compared to the iphone 6.
Maybe someone can do a hack for a higher FPS.
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I talk about 720p 120fps and not 240 fps...
It is a pretty crappy 720p Video looks more like 360p

kabauterman said:
I talk about 720p 120fps and not 240 fps...
It is a pretty crappy 720p Video looks more like 360p
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I know it's not the best video quality wise, but it was just a quick test. But yea they do have to make some improvements to the camera software. But i think if i had been better at filming, i could have choosen a better spot to film at.

niko2931 said:
I know it's not the best video quality wise, but it was just a quick test. But yea they do have to make some improvements to the camera software. But i think if i had been better at filming, i could have choosen a better spot to film at.
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It's not your fault all the reviews say the same about 120fps Videos of the One

kabauterman said:
It's not your fault all the reviews say the same about 120fps Videos of the One
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Yes but im a tiny bit a perfectionist, not completely but just a little bit. That is why it irritates me, that i couldn't get it to film a propper video

I flimed one of my dog chasing me, it's really cool!
But I would much prefer if it had audio! Hope they fix on next update!

This is mine
yup..it's low quality video, the video is to much pixelated compare to real 720p and the exposure is too dark...
searching for an app that can record raw 120fps....

lemonspeakers said:
The quality sucks SOO MUCH compared to the iphone 6.
Maybe someone can do a hack for a higher FPS.
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Having a higher FPS wont improve quality... I think higher Bitrate would have been better...

Picture and video quality

Omg
I'm trying to capture myself as accurately as possible
When I'm taking pictures with either camera or recording video the picture and video playback looks right.
When I go to transfer them to my computer the quality doesn't look the same as when I took the picture, my skin tone is off, primally, quality etc just looks not as good is it losing quality or something. ? I can be in my vanity mirror, take a picture and see two different people
Makes me self conscious when I'm looking back at them, even though I know it's not an accurate depiction of me but it deters me from wanting to use this camera because when I'm viewing the picture on the device it's much different on computer
This is dysfunctional

Maybe your pc needs an upgrade to the graphics card. 4k screen for it and some software bumps and you will probably see what u see on phone
BAD ASS NOTE 4

The note is 2k, my computer is HD. I only record in 1920x1080, and the camera's are usually on the highest megapixel setting. I just wish the replication was more accurate.

bipoler said:
The note is 2k, my computer is HD. I only record in 1920x1080, and the camera's are usually on the highest megapixel setting. I just wish the replication was more accurate.
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It be to hard to say what it what. You can have hd that is 720 or hd that is 1080. Both hd but night and day difference. Not really sure what you be looking for. I take pic it looks just as good on phone or pc.
BAD ASS NOTE 4

Maybe I'll just get a real camera that can take better indoor photos

bipoler said:
Maybe I'll just get a real camera that can take better indoor photos
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I hope we are not talking about selfies, lol.
But yes, I will suggest you buy an actual camera if you are trying to go with all that real world qualities and what not.
You can also also buy Camera FV-5 from the playstore, fractions of a real camera and see what that can do for you. It is the most realistic camera shots I have seen out there You can also do a lot of customizations with it that you can with actual cameras...I'm not talking about samsung gimmicks or the many gimmics out there such as blurr and what ever else is out there.
P.S Procamera is also good.
P.P.S...sure its not your lighting? My note 4 camera depict me quite well -cheeky smiles-
Let me know how it goes for you!

mgbotoe said:
I hope we are not talking about selfies, lol.
But yes, I will suggest you buy an actual camera if you are trying to go with all that real world qualities and what not.
You can also also buy Camera FV-5 from the playstore, fractions of a real camera and see what that can do for you. It is the most realistic camera shots I have seen out there You can also do a lot of customizations with it that you can with actual cameras...I'm not talking about samsung gimmicks or the many gimmics out there such as blurr and what ever else is out there.
P.S Procamera is also good.
P.P.S...sure its not your lighting? My note 4 camera depict me quite well -cheeky smiles-
Let me know how it goes for you!
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Lol no I'm not a fan of selfies and bathroom mirrors I use my tripod 85% of the time. I want to be satisfied with the picture and just upload it and not have to tinker with the photo because it just doesn't look right. But you have a point some lighting it's great others it's just like who the hell is that Lol. That's why I just record videos instead, never really been photogenic but in person I get many compliments it's so funny up me Lol but I rather in real life where it counts then social media

Haha, definitely ...beside, we are our own worst critics!
Happy Holidays!

Video quality

Your friends are never going to believe what you did. The only way to prove it to them is with that video you took. Rate this thread to express how videos shot on the LG V20 come out. A higher rating indicates that videos are smooth (and not choppy) and that auto-focus works very well, and that the camera adjusts quickly to different lighting conditions while recording.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Still waiting to purchase this phone but found an "AMAZING" video shot with a V20 strapped on top of his head!
Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzX1VJ33daE

murph5525 said:
Still waiting to purchase this phone but found an "AMAZING" video shot with a V20 strapped on top of his head!
Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzX1VJ33daE
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Wow, talk about impressive.

Well, the shadow definitely confirms there's a phone on his head. That's seriously amazing to even consider doing that and it does look really good.

I see the wide lens and what he's doing (aside from the views) being amazing, but that quality is horrible. ?
Sent Via My LG V20

any ideas?
has anyone tried the slow-mo function on recording? when i activate that function the camera becomes way darker :silly:

joseguillen1994 said:
has anyone tried the slow-mo function on recording? when i activate that function the camera becomes way darker :silly:
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It's shooting at 120 fps! So the shutter speed is incredibly fast and you will need A LOT of light. This is standard with any slow-mo recording. You can try bumping up the ISO but the reality is, you will most likely be doing slow-mo only when you have sufficient light with a sensor this small.

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It's shooting at 120 fps! So the shutter speed is incredibly fast and you will need A LOT of light. This is standard with any slow-mo recording. You can try bumping up the ISO but the reality is, you will most likely be doing slow-mo only when you have sufficient light with a sensor this small.
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Now that you are saying that. i remember that with my S5, it was happening the same, so you are 100% right! :good:

Ladies and Gents, please look into youtube for V20 videos. SOME SCENES clearly show a fine line in the middle of the video in most of what I saw.
This is NOT the only example out there, you gotta youtube for more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxe7nyvwXT0
Trust me, I tried not to see it, but it is there.

Emerald Core said:
Ladies and Gents, please look into youtube for V20 videos. SOME SCENES clearly show a fine line in the middle of the video in most of what I saw.
This is NOT the only example out there, you gotta youtube for more.
Trust me, I tried not to see it, but it is there.
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None on my phone. Can you provide a time stamp which u see the artifact?

I took the V20 out to my son's baseball game today. Wasn't all that impressed. Maybe because I'm a noob, and have to learn about using the camera and video functions and capabilities of the device. My V20 was set at FHD 60, or aka, 1080/60fps. I was posted near 1st base. When you launch the camera, it goes to auto mode. When action would occur, I would hit the video button, and it would start recording. The footage came out very bright. It was a sunny day today with occasional cloud cover.
I won't compare this too my Note 4, or my Hero4 Black that I have been always using at the baseball games. I may have left the "AE-L" feature enabled, or I should have just been in manual video mode to begin with. I will pay attention to the settings next outing, and hopefully it's just user error the first time around!

Will post here too.
Low light footage sbot with Cinema 4K, 2K/200Mbs, edited in Adobe Premier.
youtu.be/iQcTSWLWAG0

Emerald Core said:
Ladies and Gents, please look into youtube for V20 videos. SOME SCENES clearly show a fine line in the middle of the video in most of what I saw.
This is NOT the only example out there, you gotta youtube for more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxe7nyvwXT0
Trust me, I tried not to see it, but it is there.
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WTF

Unique sound quality and great picture in manual mode!
https://youtu.be/1z3SJuy5spk
https://youtu.be/EKoEaLrkuwc
https://youtu.be/ynLz4a0OMiw
https://youtu.be/yHnH-Wgvs5c

All shot on our beloved V20;
Part 1: https://youtu.be/mg4-K_MiHKI
Part 2: https://youtu.be/dJ5VjPwAs_Q

I have shot my short film on my LG V20. Please check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e-coqRsgRQ&t=3s
Thank you!

Awesome!!!
klassical said:
I have shot my short film on my LG V20. Please check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e-coqRsgRQ&t=3s
Thank you!
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Great work and great short story friend! Thumbs up

Optimusman said:
Great work and great short story friend! Thumbs up
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Thank you very much! Stay tuned for more films!

Question - in auto mode it has the possibility of doing 60 frames per second on video. If I go to manual video mode and make it do it's auto thing it dumps down the frames mostly to 50 fps and to make it go up you need more light and then it goes up, first it begins to push down iso until 50 then it will start effecting the FPS number. Why is that - why would it go down to 50 fps and not just down to 60 fps?
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Apparently it now goes to 60 frames by standard - no idea what why it changed and how - it correctly do 1/60 now and not 1/50 - maybe it was the update.

Is this FAKE, or is this a real night video from the p20 pro?

Hi Guys! Im looking for a phone that is the best in low light video (not photo!!!)
had an s9 on me a few days ago but the videos were way too dark in the situation i need it for.
now i found this video on youtube, can this be legit, or some gimmick used here?
Huawei P20 Pro - moving in low light : Bucharest at night 4K
the dark places (park, under trees etc) look way better than the s9.
but its hard to believe, i read in lot of reviews that the videos on the p20 pro are mediocre, not as great as the photo quality.
i suspect this was made with DSLR, not this phone....
any opinions? thx?

kbuss said:
Hi Guys! Im looking for a phone that is the best in low light video (not photo!!!)
had an s9 on me a few days ago but the videos were way too dark in the situation i need it for.
now i found this video on youtube, can this be legit, or some gimmick used here?
Huawei P20 Pro - moving in low light : Bucharest at night 4K
the dark places (park, under trees etc) look way better than the s9.
but its hard to believe, i read in lot of reviews that the videos on the p20 pro are mediocre, not as great as the photo quality.
i suspect this was made with DSLR, not this phone....
any opinions? thx?
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It might be real...I own one and the video quality is way better since android 9...I will make a video tonight and upload it on youtube and post it here...and let you decide. The light in that video is not bad,because of the street lights,so not so hard to be at that quality. But I always make videos ad 1080 60 fps,it's better in my opinion and stabilization is active.
But I will do it at 4k in a few hours(they obviously put the phone on a stand or something,the video had no shake at all,I will do it by hand,so a little shake will be in my video,the stabilization is only active at most 1080 60 fps)

Please note that the p20 pro does not have image stabilization in 4k. They used a gimball. That is indeed p20 pro, I recognise the wavyness of the video when panning around. However... The video quality is not good. Samsung is better at that.

exodus394 said:
It might be real...I own one and the video quality is way better since android 9...I will make a video tonight and upload it on youtube
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hey thanks but if not a problem for you, plz make a video in the lowest possible framerate/resolution.
allow me to be more precise. im looking for the phone i can make a usable video in the lowest possible light.
i live in a problematic neighborhood, and if there is some argument that i record for evidence, i need video that is not just a black screen...
i dont need 4k for that, in fact even 480p would be enough if it has best low light sensitivity.
i try to attach 2 examples . THESE WERE MADE WITH S9!!! not p20 pro
1. part of my room with a 15W lava lamp. as you can see, apart from the lamp, everything else in unrecognizable (guitar on the wall, computer desk) you can barely see something is there.
2. garden+street with average suburban lighting. at the end of the video, there is good lighting, but if something is shadowed from the streetlight (tree, bushes) you basically see nothing, just pitch black. you woulnd even see if a person is there or not.
i converted to gif for better uploading but on the original videos the light level was the same, you cannot see nothing in the dark parts.
thats why it was hard to believe in the first post video, you can basically see everything, even in the shadows.

guys it wont properly play the above gifs, and many times just hangs. XDA site problem or its on my side...? thx

I do a ton of recording at EDM shows, rapidly changing lights, lazers, etc, and I've been beyond impressed by the video quality. The details this camera catches is nothing shy of amazing. I also don't bother with 4k, because in all honesty, I won't be viewing the videos on a TV large enough to take advantage of the resolution. So for me 1080P is more than adequate. Plus the steady shot/stabilization is definitely needed at my shows. My only complaint about videos on the P20 is the volume in loud environments. Ideally I should be using a usb-C microphone, but it's just easier without.

kbuss said:
hey thanks but if not a problem for you, plz make a video in the lowest possible framerate/resolution.
allow me to be more precise. im looking for the phone i can make a usable video in the lowest possible light.
i live in a problematic neighborhood, and if there is some argument that i record for evidence, i need video that is not just a black screen...
i dont need 4k for that, in fact even 480p would be enough if it has best low light sensitivity.
i try to attach 2 examples . THESE WERE MADE WITH S9!!! not p20 pro
1. part of my room with a 15W lava lamp. as you can see, apart from the lamp, everything else in unrecognizable (guitar on the wall, computer desk) you can barely see something is there.
2. garden+street with average suburban lighting. at the end of the video, there is good lighting, but if something is shadowed from the streetlight (tree, bushes) you basically see nothing, just pitch black. you woulnd even see if a person is there or not.
i converted to gif for better uploading but on the original videos the light level was the same, you cannot see nothing in the dark parts.
thats why it was hard to believe in the first post video, you can basically see everything, even in the shadows.
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Ok,I will. I did not have time yesterday. I will make a video in my room,with light only from pc,and another with the monitor turned off,I have lots of leds so there is some light,but very low.

Here you go,I made a video in my room,the only light source being my pc: https://youtu.be/Hb5nxI_APNA

exodus394 said:
Here you go,I made a video in my room,the only light source being my pc: https://youtu.be/Hb5nxI_APNA
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hey, thx nice Union Jack :good: :highfive:

exodus394 said:
Here you go,I made a video in my room,the only light source being my pc: https://youtu.be/Hb5nxI_APNA
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just 1 more thing. if you turn off the monitor, but put the video in 720p/30 fps, does the camera "see" anything?

exodus394 said:
It might be real...I own one and the video quality is way better since android 9...I will make a video tonight and upload it on youtube and post it here...and let you decide. The light in that video is not bad,because of the street lights,so not so hard to be at that quality. But I always make videos ad 1080 60 fps,it's better in my opinion and stabilization is active.
But I will do it at 4k in a few hours(they obviously put the phone on a stand or something,the video had no shake at all,I will do it by hand,so a little shake will be in my video,the stabilization is only active at most 1080 60 fps)
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There is no stabilization at 1080p 60 fps. You will only have it up to 30 fps.

kbuss said:
just 1 more thing. if you turn off the monitor, but put the video in 720p/30 fps, does the camera "see" anything?
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Of course not,only the leds from pc,but in picture,night mode it can capture a lot more detail than I can see with my eyes.
And the video you saw captured very well,I did not see much more than the camera,it was very dark in the room.

exodus394 said:
Of course not,only the leds from pc,but in picture,night mode it can capture a lot more detail than I can see with my eyes.
And the video you saw captured very well,I did not see much more than the camera,it was very dark in the room.
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thx, sorry, i was looking into other phones thats why it took long to get back...
i understand your reply, thats exactly my problem. im pretty much convinced that the original video is fake or cannot be made with a stock p20p camera app...
i live in a similar city like Bucharest where the video is made, eastern europe also.
in a business disctrict maybe, but in parks, normal streets etc we just dont have enough light for that
if you check the video you see that everything is visible even in the shadows, for example someone couldnt hide there cos the camera would see him.
thats just not realistic. i watched your footage, and is very similar to s9, although i had less light, but not complete darkness, sort of in between.
yes i know the night photo is great but i couldt find any evidence that it has better low light video then other phones... (apart from that one in the post)
i mean if its that good, how come we dont have a lot of amateur videos, or vlogger videos made at night with the p20p..?
just doesnt add up for me.
ps: i checked, my light was about 1/3 of your white PC screen.

kbuss said:
thx, sorry, i was looking into other phones thats why it took long to get back...
i understand your reply, thats exactly my problem. im pretty much convinced that the original video is fake or cannot be made with a stock p20p camera app...
i live in a similar city like Bucharest where the video is made, eastern europe also.
in a business disctrict maybe, but in parks, normal streets etc we just dont have enough light for that
if you check the video you see that everything is visible even in the shadows, for example someone couldnt hide there cos the camera would see him.
thats just not realistic. i watched your footage, and is very similar to s9, although i had less light, but not complete darkness, sort of in between.
yes i know the night photo is great but i couldt find any evidence that it has better low light video then other phones... (apart from that one in the post)
i mean if its that good, how come we dont have a lot of amateur videos, or vlogger videos made at night with the p20p..?
just doesnt add up for me.
ps: i checked, my light was about 1/3 of your white PC screen.
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I did not compare it with other premium NEW phones,but it's good enough for me,if I ever want to make a video at night,most probably it will be inside a house,a pub,or even outside is good enough with street lights...if you need more,I don't know what to recommend to you,I did not research enough. But I do know it's better than cheaper phones for sure...and better than my old P9 and my Asus Zenfone 3(which were both premium when they were released).