Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The fix= use a real camera to take real photos. Use the phone to take garbage photos for Facebook etc. For the, the format doesn?t matter. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 29 Sep 2022, at 21:23, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Apple has again changed something in some pretty recent update to iOS. > Past times they snuck in ways to get access to your phone, changed the > security features, added features for the 11-16 year olds, or otherwise > change settings that you spent hours to find and get right. It was up to > you to find these sneaky changes and fix them. > > ----------------------------------------- > > But back to square one.... and the fact that the pictures from the iPhone > had suddenly gotten horrible..... > > --------------------------------------- > > THIS complaint is about the use of your phone as a camera. In the past, > the camera took jpg images. With some recent iOS update, Apple decide > that you did not want nor need that anymore.... that their new and > improved HEIC format is what you want.... so they set that in settings as > the default. > > They even have the nerve to state that the images are just as good as jpg > images..... BIG LIE!!! > > Let me assure you, the HEIC images are horrid. Too heavily compressed. > Probably OK if you want to just see them on your phone, but absolutely > wrong if you want to use the images to make prints, blow up images, or > otherwise actually USE the images. > > The fix? > > Settings > Camera > Formats > Set to Most Compatible. Done. > > Now you are back to where you started..... after spending time to wonder > WHY your images are so blocky, terrible (over compressed), and otherwise > POC. ( Pieces of !@#$). > > Thanks Apple....... Does it really take that much effort for you to LEAVE > OUR SETTINGS ALONE when you update iOS?????? > > -- > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information