My Evo Camera/Video just got Schooled by Iphone4

[Eazy123]

How's the still quality compare?

 

[mr.saving]

I'm pissed. I mean ...wasn't even close.

You just joined today....gtfo

 

[BigRick10]

Hopefully all these comments are meant for the OP lol. I simply provided a post of a comparison. I love my EVO

 

[Yourdogsdead]

I do wish the Evo's video quality was better, although the pics look just fine.

 

[Eazy123]

I do wish the Evo's video quality was better, although the pics look just fine.

Last night I took a WVGA video outdoors, and almost the same exact video in 720p right afer. I couldn't tell the difference, aside from the fact the WVGA video took half the space on my memory card and ran smoother.

 

[Yourdogsdead]

Last night I took a WVGA video outdoors, and almost the same exact video in 720p right afer. I couldn't tell the difference, aside from the fact the WVGA video took half the space on my memory card and ran smoother.

That's not good. There should be a light and day difference between WVGA and 720p, on a larger display. Wonder if a software fix could make it look better?

The camera has a better handling outdoors than it does indoors.

 

[rockky]

Just went to Apple store and spent 30 min comparing.
Pics and vids on iphone are without a doubt clearer and richer...
The camera and video are probably the main I got the Evo....as well as screen size.
(And we're talking phone to phone comparison...of course point and shoot devices are better).
IPhone 4 flat out spanks the Evo in this department.

 

[Eazy123]

That's not good. There should be a light and day difference between WVGA and 720p, on a larger display. Wonder if a software fix could make it look better?

The camera has a better handling outdoors than it does indoors.

Oh, on a larger display? So I wouldn't be able to tell on the phone itself, then? That would make sense.

 

[Eazy123]

Just went to Apple store and spent 30 min comparing.
Pics and vids on iphone are without a doubt clearer and richer...
The camera and video are probably the main I got the Evo....as well as screen size.
(And we're talking phone to phone comparison...of course point and shoot devices are better).
IPhone 4 flat out spanks the Evo in this department.

Then why didn't you get a video camera? lol.

For that matter, my Tekxon DV7000 spanks the iPhone 4

 

[deaofly]

Does anybody know if the camera has a fps cap on it just like the 30 fps cap? I recorded a video out side over the weekend and it looks great but when playing it back I noticed it lagged or skipped after the 1st few seconds of viewing but the rest of the video played fine.

 

[rockky]

." I still can do anything the iPhone4 can but BETTER."....ummmm..except? What?...you can say it..gohead...its ok: that's right: take better pictures or shoot better video. Good..its ok.
I still like my Evo.... (not as much as I'd like to tho!).

 

[melnick7]

i hope that video is priceless..because of al the extra money you will be spending on at&t!

 

[Eazy123]

." I still can do anything the iPhone4 can but BETTER."....ummmm..except? What?...you can say it..gohead...its ok: that's right: take better pictures or shoot better video. Good..its ok.
I still like my Evo.... (not as much as I'd like to tho!).

Well hey, it's gotta excel at SOMETHING. It'd be sad if it didn't.

 

[Darth Mo]

Does anybody know if the camera has a fps cap on it just like the 30 fps cap? I recorded a video out side over the weekend and it looks great but when playing it back I noticed it lagged or skipped after the 1st few seconds of viewing but the rest of the video played fine.

The Evo specs says it records at ~25 fps, but in practice, it looks like like it's even lower, like 18-20 fps.

Let's hope they can smooth that out. 720p video recording as it is now is useless. Basically high resolution junk.

 

[RayStinkle]

i dont thin kit was THAT much of a difference, but the iphone definitely was better. but it wasnt a total smashing i dont think.

 

[scott_0]

Im sure AT&T will welcome all you whiners with open arms, youre still within the 30 day window.......see ya!

 

[m970006]

I kinda knew this would be an issue but honestly, being a female, I always carry a compact digital camera in my purse. I never have used any of my previous cell phones to shoot video or take pictures...but that's just me... I can see how this would be an important issue to the guys though...it wouldn't be practical for a guy to carry a phone and a camera...that would be stupid. I switched from AT&T to get the Evo and love the device. The camera takes decent pics in my opinion when I did a few test-out shots. Haven't had a reason to use the Evo for video shooting. I had the 3GS 32GB previously and was actually up for an upgrade but just decided to leave AT&T plus I just got tired of all the dropped calls. Anyways, just my 2 cents.
I did stumble accross a video of a "short film" made with an iPhone 4 I guess as an expample of the quality and the quality is impressive, but I'll stick to my camera...for me anything worth recording should be done on a real camera anyway.
http://vimeo.com/12819723

 

[rockky]

Poor thread title I see..sounds as tho my purpose is to tout IPhone perse. Not so.
Having a good camera and video recorder IS important to me for various reasons and had heard that the IPhone quality was a cut above due to some different development technique or whatever... so i compared not believing that a 5mgpxl cam and samespec video recorder could infact be significantly better.
It was. Truth.
Have no interest in going back to that device tho.

 

[Yourdogsdead]

Oh, on a larger display? So I wouldn't be able to tell on the phone itself, then? That would make sense.

You may be able to see artifacts on the smaller screen, but it would be more profound on a larger display. If you were to take the 480p video and play it on a larger display next to the 720p video, you should see a night and day difference.

 

[mr.saving]

Watch out for those yellow spots!