Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/09/29

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Subject: [Leica] Warning to iPhone users..... Thanks Apple......
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 22:03:27 +0200
References: <fe714629-a6ee-ae56-53b8-0922ca402c6f@gmail.com>

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
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> 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
> 
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Replies: Reply from jassechan at gmail.com (Jasse Chan) ([Leica] Warning to iPhone users..... Thanks Apple......)
In reply to: Message from bmwred735i at gmail.com (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Warning to iPhone users..... Thanks Apple......)