iPhone Camera question

[LordQ]

According to this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1751522/ photos taken on iOS 8 are now a little heavier in size, does that mean the camera now saves the photo on full resolution just like Camera+ does? Can anyone explain what's the difference of "full resolution"? Thanks in advance!

 

[Small White Car]

The resolution doesn't change, it's how the software decides to compress the image.

The original photo from an iPhone camera is probably something like 8 MB. But you never see that. The iPhone changes it to about 2.5 MB before it saves it, all while keeping the resolution the same.

There are dozen of choices it has to make to do that amount of compression. If that other thread is correct it looks like Apple slightly modified some of those choices to be a little less heavy-handed.

Hard to say exactly what they changed, though, other than the guesses people are putting forth in the thread.

 

[LordQ]

The resolution doesn't change, it's how the software decides to compress the image.

The original photo from an iPhone camera is probably something like 8 MB. But you never see that. The iPhone changes it to about 2.5 MB before it saves it, all while keeping the resolution the same.

There are dozen of choices it has to make to do that amount of compression. If that other thread is correct it looks like Apple slightly modified some of those choices to be a little less heavy-handed.

Hard to say exactly what they changed, though, other than the guesses people are putting forth in the thread.

I think you're right. Thanks for the reply!

 

[afsnyder]

I think you're right. Thanks for the reply!

It's also worth noting that with iCloud Photo Library photos will automatically be deleted from your phone if they have already been uploaded to iCloud when you need room. The photos will still be there, but it'll be in the cloud instead of on your device.