Evo as a Camera Replacement?

Do you still use a Dedicated Camera?


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I feel photos are better with a point-and-shoot, but not to the point where I will carry one around.

However, I still use my DSLR for things and events that... well... require a DSLR. No more club camera for nights out though.

Edit: oh and the poll is pretty bad. Why do you assume people only use point-and-shoots? There are DSLRs and mini-DSLRs.... and there are point-and-shoots, and then there are prosumer point-and-shoots (high-end, like a G9)...

I didn't included DSLR or prosumer cameras because the Evo is not in the same class as a camera. It isn't close. Who would check yes for that one?
 
I find I'm taking a lot of unexpected photos with the EVO when I didn't think about bringing a camera -- and I like that -- especially when I can upload them directly to Faceboomk. It takes decent pictures during the day, but not so good in lower light. I would bring my Kodak 10MP camera for night events where I wanted to make sure I could get better quality.
 
I seem to get respectable photo quality from my EVO. Now if I was going to be somewhere I knew I would be taking lots of photos and I wanted the best quality I would pick my Canon over the EVO. This goes for HD video as well.
 
for the people that think the Evo is no good for night shots, have you tried adjusting ISO settings?
You would do this on a point and shoot too, but prob dont realize it. When you change those settings on your dial, that is one of the effects.

Mine has done great as long as I adjust the ISO according to enviroment
 
Why is a simple thread asking a simple question turning into a flame war? Ridiculous.

Anyway, I'm the same as quite a few others, I find myself taking photos much more frequently now that my cell phone has a decent camera on it. In fact, I took a picture of my son, emailed it to my parents, and they were both amazed at how good the picture was. They said it was better than their point and shoot, although their's is probably four years old or so.
 
prepared to be in disbelief

i am actually taking a digital photography class and decided to be the dare in this one. everyone owns SLR nikon camera and maybe 1 or 2 point and shoot. well im the first and only one in 7 years taught at the campus to use my phone as a digital camera. after some debate in the class, she references me as the iphone photographer but mentioned how i have ISO 100-1200 and have point to focus on my camera. if you ever wondered if this is a good replacement for a point and shoot, wait till you see these pictures and made the nikon people drop thier jaws and why i have an A in the class.

all pictures are shot in ISO 400 with no digital zoom or flash used. unedited from photoshop

YouTube - HD 720p sunrise on cocoa beach florida

Picasa Web Albums - jonathan rodriguez - htc evo
 
i am actually taking a digital photography class and decided to be the dare in this one. everyone owns SLR nikon camera and maybe 1 or 2 point and shoot. well im the first and only one in 7 years taught at the campus to use my phone as a digital camera. after some debate in the class, she references me as the iphone photographer but mentioned how i have ISO 100-1200 and have point to focus on my camera. if you ever wondered if this is a good replacement for a point and shoot, wait till you see these pictures and made the nikon people drop thier jaws and why i have an A in the class.

all pictures are shot in ISO 400 with no digital zoom or flash used. unedited from photoshop

YouTube - HD 720p sunrise on cocoa beach florida

Picasa Web Albums - jonathan rodriguez - htc evo

That's a nice collection.
 
for the people that think the Evo is no good for night shots, have you tried adjusting ISO settings?
You would do this on a point and shoot too, but prob dont realize it. When you change those settings on your dial, that is one of the effects.

Mine has done great as long as I adjust the ISO according to enviroment

There may be a lot of people like me that don't know how to adjust the settings according to the environment. I have everything set to automatic. If I actually knew what I was doing, I probably could increase the quality if my photos. But that is my shortcoming, not the phone's.
 
There may be a lot of people like me that don't know how to adjust the settings according to the environment. I have everything set to automatic. If I actually knew what I was doing, I probably could increase the quality if my photos. But that is my shortcoming, not the phone's.

THERE IS A MEGA DIFFERENCE IF YOU FOLLOW THESE SETTINGS:

ISO - 100 FOR BRIGHTEST ENVIRONMENT OR QUICKEST SHOT
1250 FOR DARKEST ENVIRONMENT OR SLOWEST SHUTTER SPEED

AUTO FOCUS OFF, UNLESS YOUR DOING PICTURE MAIL

TAP TO FOCUS WAS THE BIGGEST JOY I NOTICED AND WAS SO DIFFERENT WAS LIKE NIGHT AND DAY. tap the lightest part of your photo to focus onto that part of the picture and the other part of the screen dims to compensate. tap the darkest part of your photo to focus onto that part of the image and it brightens the image

example: focus tapped the sun for detail on the clouds
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focus tapped the sand/water for lighter image and more detail on the sand
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another one is i used the iso 400 standard like i was told and had it on average metering like i was told but this is the difference in the pictures you get and its all about where you focus and your lighting.

focused on the person instead of the water showed more light because of her dark tone of her skin instead of the bright sunlight and shows the water more fluid then still
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i focused on the water to get the still of the water in suspension then to get the girl which had more light in the image and darkened the photo
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Awesome. You should try those same techniques but using the Vignette app. I'm gonna grab my fiances 2 year old 5mp Kodak and take some comparison shots tomorrow to see how good this camera is compared to a half decent point and shoot.