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Here is another fantastic one, shot with an iphone 4s: http://vimeo.com/30578363 http://vimeo.com/30578363. This video's production is even better than the one

Here is another fantastic one, shot with an iphone 4s: http://vimeo.com/30578363 http://vimeo.com/30578363. This video's production is even better than the one linked by OP. That is the thing to remember, isn't it, these videos are produced by people who know how to handle their cameras. I do agree that cameras are getting pretty good. Once I get my 4s, I'm planning on spending a few hours learning videography (or whatever they call it).

jquery 15y ago
Can someone explain in more technical terms why this looks so much better than the video shot by the Galaxy Nexus? Something about the quality is so much more inviting and warm. Is it just the production or is the camera actually better?
- angusgr 15y ago
  Something about the quality is so much more inviting and warm From the vid: "I did give this footage a slight grade with the 3-way colour wheel in Final Cut." I'd say it's the change in colour balance that gives it the feeling you're describing, it certainly feels that way to me.
- tbob22 15y ago
  I honestly don't think it looks better. I am a fan of "proper" color balance, not cross processed type filtering (instagram, lomo, toy cameras, etc). And I think the OP's is definitely better in that regard.
  - pixelcloud 15y ago
    He did post editing on it to give it that colour
    - tbob22 15y ago
      Which is why I prefer the Nexus video. :)
      - amartya916 15y ago
        The Nexus video is colour corrected as well.
- brianpan 15y ago
  I'm a camera newbie, but I see: 1. Shallow depth of field (close objects in focus, far objects out of focus). Doesn't necessarily mean poor quality, but webcams have wide DOF, so you might associate shallow DOF with good quality 2. JPEG compression- I see more compression artifacts in the Nexus video. This isn't related to camera quality at all. 3. Sensor quality looks better to me. Details in the dark rear-view mirrow, more detail in the sand.
  - tbob22 15y ago
    1. The only shots with a shallow DOF are the macro shots, this is standard for any point and shoot or modern phone camera. 2. Agreed. But it seems like a lot more post-processing was done on the 4S video, which may have reduced the compression artifacts. 3. That scene looks like it was shot on an overcast day. Even with my Epic 4G it would not be difficult to get that level of shadow detail.

jquery 15y ago

Can someone explain in more technical terms why this looks so much better than the video shot by the Galaxy Nexus? Something about the quality is so much more inviting and warm. Is it just the production or is the camera actually better?

angusgr 15y ago
Something about the quality is so much more inviting and warm From the vid: "I did give this footage a slight grade with the 3-way colour wheel in Final Cut." I'd say it's the change in colour balance that gives it the feeling you're describing, it certainly feels that way to me.
tbob22 15y ago
I honestly don't think it looks better. I am a fan of "proper" color balance, not cross processed type filtering (instagram, lomo, toy cameras, etc). And I think the OP's is definitely better in that regard.
- pixelcloud 15y ago
  He did post editing on it to give it that colour
  - tbob22 15y ago
    Which is why I prefer the Nexus video. :)
    - amartya916 15y ago
      The Nexus video is colour corrected as well.
brianpan 15y ago
I'm a camera newbie, but I see: 1. Shallow depth of field (close objects in focus, far objects out of focus). Doesn't necessarily mean poor quality, but webcams have wide DOF, so you might associate shallow DOF with good quality 2. JPEG compression- I see more compression artifacts in the Nexus video. This isn't related to camera quality at all. 3. Sensor quality looks better to me. Details in the dark rear-view mirrow, more detail in the sand.
- tbob22 15y ago
  1. The only shots with a shallow DOF are the macro shots, this is standard for any point and shoot or modern phone camera. 2. Agreed. But it seems like a lot more post-processing was done on the 4S video, which may have reduced the compression artifacts. 3. That scene looks like it was shot on an overcast day. Even with my Epic 4G it would not be difficult to get that level of shadow detail.