HTC Camera In-Depth Review
I recently obtained an HTC EVO 4G from Google I/O and have been using it on my recent vacation. I have taken quite a few shots and will attempt to showcase the smartphone’s capabilities.
The EVO has an 8-Megapixel camera, as well as, a LED flash so that your pictures turn out fantastic. Take a look at the images below and post a response in the comments on what you think. Now on to the review:
The on-board camera takes amazing day and afternoon shots and far outdid my wildest expectations. The photos came out crisp and saturated which is quite unusual for a smartphone camera. The photos were so sharp that I wondered if there was some sort of physics trickery going on within the lens.
Depending on the conditions your photos will turn out in a multitude of differnt ways. If you are in the dark your pictures will not turn out as good as you might hope. So this still is not a replacement for a standalone camera.
The camera auto-focuses fast and sharp simply by pressing a finger against the touchscreen. With a 2-Way light emitting diode flash it can brighten up and take quality pictures in some dark spaces.
One flash focuses the camera on the object or person, while the second flash illuminates the subject for the shutter. This is great for candid party shots or night vacation photography.
So, what about the slow processing speed? How do we overcome that? Simple. With a 1GHz Snapdragon processor similar to the one seen in the Nexus One takes very fast and snappy pictures. Very little to no lag even when the phone is under load. The software is on the Google Android Operating System which is constantly getting improvements.
Sadly switching between the two cameras that the phone sports takes far to long at this stage. Hopefully we will see some software updates soon to remedy this. The good news is that the software supports a Widescreen shooting mode which will add an interesting edge to your videos and photos.
The camera can see resolutions as high as 3264 by 1952 when using the 8 Megapixel camera in Widescreen Mode. The camera can see 3264 by 2448 when in the square photo mode. This gives you a lot of resolution to work with especially for post-processing.
With an ISO at around 100 and going all the way to twelve fifty. The 1.3 Megapixel camera goes all the way to 1280 by 960 resolution.
Sometimes and quite annoyingly I sometimes touched the ‘touch-sensitive’ buttons on accident. This opened random applications and widgets on my phone. One time I even accidently called someone. This should be fixed in a future software version.
All in all, the HTC EVO 4G won’t replace your stand-alone camera but it comes a lot closer than any mobile phone before it.