[Leica] Warning to iPhone users..... Thanks Apple......

[Reba]

Thank you!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 29, 2022, at 3:17 PM, Jasse Chan via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the tip Frank
> 
> I just adjusted my settings.
> 
> Jasse
> 
>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 2:03 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>> 
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>> 
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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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> -- 
> Jasse Chan
> 
> jassechan at gmail.com
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