Epic vs. EVO: the cameras

Kicking off this week’s battle between the HTC EVO (unboxing) and Samsung’s Epic 4G (unboxing, update and Media Hub first run), is a post covering the cameras. First, a video walking through the software on each device, followed by a series of video and photo samples. All video samples were shot in 720p HD with reminaing settings left at defaults. Don’t forget to select 720p from the resultion playback menu for the YouTube vids! All still photos have been resized to 600 pixels wide–Epic’s 5MP images were scaled down from 2560 X 1920 (max resolution), and EVO’s 8MP shots were scaled down from 3264 X 1952 (also max resolution). All other settings were left at their defaults.

Comparison of the camera software:

Video Samples:

Epic, sunlit room

EVO, sunlit room

Epic, pitch dark room:

Evo, pitch dark room:

Epic, outdoor day:

EVO, outdoor day:

Epic, outdoor night:

EVO, outdoor night:

Still Photo Samples:

Epic, sunlit room:

EVO, sunlit room:

Epic, outdoors, day:

EVO, outdoors, day:

Epic, pitch black room:

EVO, pitch black room:

Epic, dark room, pale flesh:

EVO, dark room, pale flesh:

Misc Epic images:

Tags: Epic 4G vs. EVO 4G, Epic vs. EVO

TPL

I can't speak for the EVO, but my Sprint HTC Hero takes GREAT photographs. The video is good too.

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Joey Frank Sylvester II

This review is a fail, the author doesn't even know how to get the EVO's camera at its max resolution, he has it set far below eight megapixels. Fix your settings and redo the comparison properly.

Bigmomma3750

Epic wins this...You can even hear the difference in your voice, in the recording.

Samuel Thompson

My fascinate is the same as Epic pwned evo

BLS

Anyone have any idea why the audio for the Evo's video samples was so awful? I've never heard that as a complaint before but -- if there were no mistakes made in the Evo recordings -- it really kills my enthusiasm for the Evo. Taking decent videos of the kids is one of many things I'm taking into consideration as I decide between the two phones.

john

I have both phones, the EVO SUCKS at pictures, and Video is horrible, sounds is so bad.. and it's so choppy. was so disappointed by it. but the Epic is the Best phone I have ever had. and these pictures do justice

KPDriscoll

I noticed the difference in the still picture of the moving fan. HTC cameras seem to scan slower, line-by-line from the top down, creating a distorted image, where the Samsung shows the expected, more-uniform blur instead. My [HTC] Droid Incredible does the same motion distortion. I've taken skyline pictures from a moving vehicle and get slanted (as opposed to blurred) buildings.I'm generally happy with the HTC camera since I really don't expect much from a cell-phone camera in the first place and messing with the "moving tilt" as opposed to the "traditional blur" is still fun to mess with ...

Angarma1

Lame excuse, Evo has an awful camera, thats a fact.

Evan Gage

HTC makes shitty cameras. its just that simple.

Avalanche32

for those who don't know the samsung epic does have a front facing camera that you can switch to by selecting it in the camera mode setting at the top left when holding the phone to take a picture.

Jimothy

Wow. The EVO records video sooo slow. The ceiling fan is much choppier on the EVO... and in the dark it looks like it's going at 7 FPS. In the outside shots, the EVO is also much blurrier and exaggerates the colors....

smc29

i think Jaylan was saying how it would OWN the evo even without flash lol

Where are you now evo fanboys. Eat it. I am honestly still amazed by the comparisons made between these two phones. They are not on the same level. It's like comparing a Ferrari - Sammy to BMW - Evo. I've used both extensively. The evo is laggy like no other. And the screen has to be the worst 4.3 inch mobile screen I have ever seen. It's freakin pixelated like crazy. It's just hardware limited. Btw, Phonedog called the Epic the best phone ever.

Name

do you even know what pixelated means? The epic is the one pixelated because the screen is made up of tiny led lights. While the lcd screen is less pixelated. 1. Its called fps unlock 2. It's not hardware limited, don't even know where you got that. 3. Good for phonedog..

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Epic 4g wins hands down

Ryan Shanklin

what would that show? its clear in every case the Epic has a better camera at 3mp less.

seven7dust

megapixles don't matter like people think, here's a perfect example, not only did the quality of the epic look better but the colors were more natural and balanced, especially in those last few pictures when using the flash, the colors on the Evo are just so unrealistic.

billnewl

The original posting by Noah, which included the Evo 4G, Droid Incredible & one other similar phone where he tested the video with on top of a car out in a parking lot. The video proved to show that the Incredible really took the best quality shot, as far as I'm concerned anyhow. The Epic's quality looks top notch. I would really like to see the Epic go up against the Incredible in video quality, in the future.

Menshawatts

wow epic is better in vidieo and pic...but it is newer so makes sense

Brian Douglas Hayes

Just like the Nexus One/Droid Incredible comparison Android and Me did way back, this proves it again: HTC's 8-megapixel camera sucks. Loads of noise and unnatural color reproduction, just for starters. We're getting to the point where it's perfectly reasonable to let smartphones replace most point-and-shoots. Sure, if I'm going to shoot seriously, I'll bring my SLR; but for everyday snapshots, my phone will do. Considering all the hype around it (OMGZ IT HAS EIGHT EM PEES!!!11) the EVO's camera is pretty disappointing.

T Hubbard68

I have the Evo. The camera is its weak point. Epic has a better camera hands down. Htc needs to step its game up in that department, but I wouldn't trade my Evo for nothing yet. It does so much more than Epic. So I would trade one feature for all of the others.

Justin DjJustus Jones

I've always thought the evos camera is just horrible (for 8 MP) as well as the mic when recording video. The Droid 2 which isn't even 720P video looks and sounds better.

Samibz90

wow the Evo looks like a 5 year old flip phone camera compared to the Epic..the difference between them is night and day. Just goes to show that everyone is hung up on the mega pixel hype..

nickerrides

i think the epics is better

jaylanPHNX

What about the Epic in a dark room with night mode and no flash?

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