cmdrdredd
Lifer
- Dec 12, 2001
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Yes very true. Given the small sensors on smart phones, long shutter speeds often come into play in anything but good light, and OIS really becomes important at that point.
And yes, there's no smartphone that will ever replace a full size camera with a large sensor and fast prime lens. Due to the size constraint we're limited by pure physics. For anything that requires quality my m4/3 and prime lenses come along with me.
BTW after seeing some additional samples by PhoneArena and AndroidCentral the G3's camera does seem to be quite good. If it is in fact the same sensor then a lot of the improvement seems to have come from software processing. Due to the lack of RAW support in Android as of now the initial software processing becomes just that much more important.
Also, for video, LG's OIS+ is far and away better than any other Android device. Many can shoot quality 4k video but can't stabilize it well or at all (as in the Galaxy S5's case!).
One of Android Central's editors said that he was told by LG the sensor on the G3 is not the same as the G2. Either way, the G3 is definitely an improvement over the G2 from the results that we've seen thus far.
Eventually I think we will see cameras in phones that are about what you're getting from an entry level DSLR. I don't think we are there yet. It may take a few more years refinement.