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Both the LG v40 ThinQ and LG v50 ThinQ have HDR10 video recording in their native camera app I can report. I suspect that the LG G7 and LG G8 may have this as well. I know from personal experience with the v40 and v50 that they have 10 Bit 4:2:0 HDR10 using HEVC 265 codecs. It is only available on the main rear facing camera, but the files from my v50 read BT.2020 in MediaInfo and they are 4:2:0 10 Bit HEVC in an MP4 container. It also records 8 Bit 4:2:0 SDR in H.264 in the MP4 container. Of course being a phone even when you set a standard frame rate like 24, 30, 50, or 60 it is VFR and you need to use FFMpeg or Compressor to convert it to a constant frame rate and maintain the Rec.2020 ColorSpace for post production in a ProRes or DnX file if you are shooting dual system audio to prevent drift. If you use Resolve as your editing and color grading software it doesn't play well with VFR or HEVC, so figuring out the command line inputs for FFMpeg will be your challenge, or you will get it into a Mac with Compressor and make your life easier. You have manual shutter, manual white balance, manual ISO, manual focus, and manual audio controls on the LG native app as well. LG's native app and the HDR10 make it the top of the line for mobile video in my humble opinion. The one weak point is that at 4K UHD it is only recording 52 Mbps in 24p. It will shoot up to 60 fps in UHD. I believe it maxes out at 80 Mbps in 4K 60p. You can record to a microSDXC card as well as internally. Finding a card that can record at rates over 100 Mbps is obviously a challenge, so the limitation isn't the worst thing. My biggest complaint is that there is no front facing 4K camera on the phone. My next biggest complaint is a lack of manual controls for the telephoto lens. After that my complaint would be a need for a way to set automated focus pulls and automated zooms within the native camera app. My final complaint would be that the HDR10 is limited to the main camera and is not available on the wide or telephoto lens. Actually no manual controls for the front facing camera and the telephoto are probably my biggest complaint. You can correct the lack of manual controls for the front facing app with the Open Camera App, but it limits true manual control to just 30 fps. The Open Camera app also lacks HDR10 controls for the main camera. I suspect that Filmic Pro addresses the frame rate issue that Open Camera has this far missed. I don't know if it makes use of the HDR10 features of the LG cameras.