The LG G4’s 16MP rear camera with F1.8 aperture lets in 80% more light than the previous model

The LG G4 is set to launch on April 28th, and the Korean manufacturer has been slowly leaking individual components of the upcoming device the closer we get. Todays part is the 16MP camera that has been developed by one of LG’s subsidiaries, LG Innotek. 

As you can see from the main image above, the camera modules are dainty little things. The main 16MP camera features an F/1.8 aperture, and LG says that it also allows in 80% more light than the camera found on its predecessor, the G3. Because more light is allowed in, the G4 should take better pictures in low-light environments, as well as less blur when taking pictures of moving objects.

LG has also outed its front-facing camera that packs a whopping 8MP resolution. This 8MP module has an ultra-thin (0.11mm) IR filter that keeps infrared light from entering the lens, allowing images (selfies) to be taken with more accurate, natural colours.

April 28th is still a few weeks away, but there is a chance to get your hands on a G4 handset before its official launch thanks to LG promising to let 4,000 people in 15 countries test-drive the handset for up to 30 days. You can read more about that here.

Full Press Release:

Seoul, Korea, Apr. 09, 2015 – LG Innotek, a leading global components and materials manu-facturer, announced the development of a groundbreaking 16MP camera module with an aperture of f/1.8, making it LG Innotek’s widest aperture camera developed for a smartphone. The advanced camera module began mass production at LG Innotek’s plant this week and will be unveiled to consumers for the first time in the LG G4 later this month.

The advanced design of the camera module means that it receives 80 percent more light than in the highly praised camera found on the LG G3. More light means better looking im-ages in low light environments and less blur when shooting action and fast moving objects. Large apertures on smartphone cameras has been challenging to develop due to the com-plexity and size of developing modules that must fit in the very limited space of today’s smartphones.

Furthermore, in response to the explosive growth of selfies, LG Innotek developed an 8MP front-facing camera module, its highest resolution for a front camera to date. This high reso-lution module’s ultra-thin IR filter keeps infrared light from entering the camera lens, giving images taken with the front camera more natural and accurate colors. The 0.11mm thin filter is roughly half the thickness of competing IR filters.

“At LG Innotek, we are constantly working to ensure that the cameras we develop allow us-ers to capture and preserve the moments that are most special to them,” said Ung-beom Lee, CEO of LG Innotek. “We are extremely excited to see our technology in LG’s next flagship smartphone because we believe that the power, precision and operability of our camera module will clearly make an impression on consumers.”

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