Smartphone Camera Performance

An image of the Northern Lights taken by LG’s G Pro 2.
An image of the Northern Lights taken by LG’s G Pro 2.

 

LG Electronics announced on March 3 that the image of the Northern Lights taken by its G Pro 2 unveiled via YouTube scored more than 2 million views within a week.

The image in question was taken by astronomical photographer Kwon Oh-chul, the first Korean to feature his work in NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day in Aurora Village, Yellowknife, Canada, which is called God’s Spirit. Photographer Kwon succeeded in shooting photos of the Aurora Borealis using 30 G Pro 2 cameras, after 102 hours of waiting at 38 degrees below zero.

The Aurora Borealis, also called the Northern Lights, mainly appears in a dark night sky, and its shapes change in real-time. Thus, it is nearly impossible to take pictures with smartphone cameras, owing to poor exposure, hand movements, and non-functioning pixels.

The G Pro 2 is equipped with a 13 megapixel camera using Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) Plus technology. Hybrid Image Stabilization (HIS) technology and OIS technology, which helps reduce blurred photos caused by movements from your hand, make ultra clear pictures possible.

The camera’s Ultra HD (4K) video recording function also contributes to the vividness of the colors of the Aurora Borealis captured in the picture.

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