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Sep 7, 2011 10:22:37   #
Frank
 
A friend has posed a question about iphone photos. I am not familiar with iphones so I wonder if someone here can answer.

The question is: "why my iphoto saves my photos randomly in a lower res. I can't figure this out. Sometimes they save in full size, others not....."

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Sep 7, 2011 16:59:22   #
sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant
 
the vast majority here use point and shoot or dslrs cameras. the one cell phone photographer on here uses noika. perhaps you should go to an iphone users web site and post that question. you will probably get an aswer far quicker than here.

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Sep 7, 2011 20:47:26   #
tripsy76 Loc: Northshore, MA
 
Most apps allow you to set the image size under their respective settings menu. Your friend must have a low quality or small setting enabled. This will normally have to be done for each camera app he buys.

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Sep 8, 2011 07:42:03   #
photocat Loc: Atlanta, Ga
 
tipsy is right on.

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Sep 8, 2011 07:42:37   #
yvettegr
 
You set your basic iPhone image quality in the settings. This should be set to the highest quality possible. It does not change unless you reset it.

However, if you upload photos from iPhoto or use an app to upload photos they will change the resolution of the photo to lower res as the default so they take up less storage space on your iPhone. This does not change the original photo on your desktop, or the one you uploaded from another source. If there is a preference option then select the option to upload the photo in it's original size.

I'm new to this forum and this is my first post. And I'd like to say that now most of the people in this country use their smartphone as their main camera. And in rare circumstances I've had to use my iPhone to take a primary shot.

Photography is photography whether one uses the most expensive camera in the world or light sensitive paper placed out in sunlight with objects placed on top to make photograms. When I look at a photo I look at that image and only peripherally care about the camera, f-stop, or exposure length. I've seen amazing images result from a $5 plastic camera, and crappy images from a high-end Nikon. I'm never going to denigrate someone for the camera they use. It might be all they can afford. As more and more people use smartphones, iPhones, iPads, etc., I hope this forum will recognize the legitimacy of the images. BTW today's 8mp smartphone cameras have higher res than the 6mp cameras of five years ago which were being praised for being so cutting edge.

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