The widescreen gave it away obviously but on the iPhone pic I can see the tire marks on the driveway more so I vote in this case that the iphone took better pic.

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Originally Posted by aznmode

The widescreen gave it away obviously but on the iPhone pic I can see the tire marks on the driveway more so I vote in this case that the iphone took better pic.

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If you go by that ok but EVO has the clearer pic Imo cause the letters art blurred and it is crisper.

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Originally Posted by aznmode

The widescreen gave it away obviously but on the iPhone pic I can see the tire marks on the driveway more so I vote in this case that the iphone took better pic.

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You can see more of the tire marks because the 4S pic shows more of the driveway below the flares. The Evo pic has distinct marks also. I think the Evo handled the difference in lighting better than the 4S. The 4S picture is overall brighter, but which is closer to the actual lighting conditions?

For another comparison, blow up both pics and look at the leaves on the tree at the top left. Evo is much clearer. Compare the "gasoline" and "diesel" signs also. Evo has this one hands down.

That's a good point @Coppertop. The zoom in really shows a difference in picture quality.

I am a photographer, and I have to say, I like that the iPhone is a bit more neutral color wise, but detail, angle, and sharpness go to EVO.

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Please everyone turn off widescreen mode in your camera settings! It is technically cropping pixels off the top and bottom in widescreen. Turn it off to make use of your full camera sensor! Why HTC continues to ship their phones with this as the default option drives me crazy.

Picture # 1 is simply a bit more exposed* than picture # 2, that's why you get some more detail. That's definitely a small point in the iPhone's favor, but the difference isn't such that it really impacts the picture's quality, I suspect you could throw #2 into picasa and the "I'm feeling lucky" button would give you all the same detail in the tire marks simply by brightening up the picture overall. When the picture is very underexposed, that's when you really start to lose detail.

What really jumps out to me though, is all the noise that the flares create in the iPhone pic. There are red streaks in the concrete several feet to the left of the flares and significantly more glare directly around the flares. Speaking from a technical standpoint, those are flaws in the image that aren't easily fixed. By that I mean that, if you put aside any personal or artistic preference, or whether or not you prefer the look of the picture with the extra glare, the camera in picture #1 failed to accurately capture image data in areas in which the camera that took picture #2 succeeded in capturing image data accurately.

Obviously that's just one picture, and there may be a million other images that the iPhone captures better than the Evo. Working with photos and camers taught me that every single image is unique, and even pictures taken side by side within a few minute's timespan may come out different. But if you want an answer as to which is better between these two picures, I'll go with picture #2



*I suppose the term "exposed" isn't really relevant these days, but I learned to shoot while working in an old school camera store back in the day, so I'm sticking with the old-school terminology

#2 is def. Darker but who's to say that isn't the actual lighting conditions..anyways the detail on the LTE blows the 4s away ..as said earlier the diesel sign is a clear indication..also the guys faces are completely blurred out in the 4s shot..good comparison op...imo there is a clear winner here

I glanced at the pics with my Evo earlier, and the iphone one looks better in the thumbnail (brighter). After looking at the full size pic I'm really surprised at how terrible the iPhone image looks, it's really soft and there is a ton of lost detail (leaves, lettering and their faces).

Not only does the Evo capture more detail but it handles bright red light amazingly well. All digital sensors have issues with red and the Evo isn't perfect but far better then the iPhone which blows it out and bleeds into the surrounding image.

Originally Posted by timtlm

Please everyone turn off widescreen mode in your camera settings! It is technically cropping pixels off the top and bottom in widescreen. Turn it off to make use of your full camera sensor! Why HTC continues to ship their phones with this as the default option drives me crazy.

I've told this exact thing to everyone who has an EVO (in person and on here). It's funny that everyone who has this phone suddenly believes that he or she has the best camera [phone] out there, tries to get the best settings possible by adjusting everything they can, then...

TAKES THE PICTURES IN WIDESCREEN.