My wife and I just bought new phones recently and we just happened to shoot the same video at the L.A. Zoo today. I thought it would be interesting to show the comparison. Sorry for the large files but I wanted to show the videos as close to the original as possible. Also, this is not meant to be an “Apples to Apples” comparison. I meant to show what type of video you get with each phone shot in high def. The Evo does not shoot 1280 x 720 in H.264 (see original file specs below).
As far as I can tell, there isn’t a way to change video settings on the iPhone 4 but I haven’t researched that either. The HTC Evo allows you to change settings for white balance, resolution, encoding type, audio on/off, etc.
I don’t claim to be a video expert (far from it) but on first glance of these 2 clips the iPhone 4 video appears blown out initially. What might be nice is the camera does not have that “camcorder” type adjustment to lighting. Sometimes drastic changes in adjustments can be annoying. The video clip shot on the Evo seems heavy in the shadow areas but richer in color (maybe too rich). It did seem to adjust to lighting more like a camcorder.
Curious to hear your comments.
iPhone 4 – Original file: H.264, 1280 x 720, Millions, 29.97 fps, AAC, 1 channels, 44100 Hz
HTC Evo – Original file: MPEG4, 1280 x 720, Millions, 22.09 fps, AMR Narrowband, Mono, 8.000 kHz
