I mentioned my experiment about the (factory set) High Efficiency setting on my iPhone vs. the Most Compatible that I wrote about last month to my techie son-in-law (who prefers Adroids).
APPLE High Efficiency vs. Most Compatible Confusion (Here's the link.)
He says he did the experiment with my daughter's iPhone and thought the difference was negligible.
"Really?" I said.
"Did you take the photos you posted while holding the phone?" he asked. "Or did you use a tripod? Is it possible that your hand may have shaken while using the High Efficiency setting?"
Arrrghhh... "While holding it," I answered. I could just imagine him smiling.
I thought about it and thought about it and decided I needed to redo the experiment so people didn't get the wrong information from me.
I got out the tripod and set up my iPhone. I decided to use my Apple Watch to take the photo remotely so I wouldn't shake the iPhone by touching it.
I took two photos using the High Efficiency and then the Most Compatible setting. And the photos looked the same and were the same MB size. And they were also both JPG.
Arrrghhh! What the heck!
I took the photos seconds apart to change the camera setting from High Efficiency to Most Compatible so the light couldn't have changed much.
I then cropped the photos to compare the clarity.
And yes. There is a difference, but you know what? For everyday photos for my blog, I don't need that much clarity to take up space on my account.
So... I changed my camera settings back to High Efficiency. However, if I'm taking a trip or wanting to take photos of family, I think I'll change my settings to Most Compatible.
On the other hand... will I remember? 😖 And will I remember to reboot my iPhone? Sigh...
P.S. And by the way, my techie son-in-law says unless someone has a super old Android phone, any photo you send to that person taken with either setting should be OK.
Well, since reading the post about compatibility...I'm leaving mine at most compatible because my photos now upload onto my computer as a .jpg and I can now see and work with them.
ReplyDeleteAgain, thank you so much!
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Donna
I'm not going to worry about this. I got a bit lost reading what you did so no way I could replicate. Kudos to you and your experiment.
ReplyDeleteTechies are such a pain sometimes. I know. I'm married to one!
ReplyDeleteWell thanks for the follow up experiment and results. I can definitely notice a difference but like you, I probably won't worry about it unless I intentionally set out to take some photos that I might enlarge later on.
ReplyDeleteGood research Kay, thanks.
ReplyDeleteLin Floyd says technology is so confusing at times, just keeping track of my passwords throws me off. lol...
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I use my photos for are my blogs and sending to people to enjoy. I always export my photos to my desktop in low resolution since it makes little to no difference for my needs. I'll go read that link you posted at the top now. :-)
ReplyDeleteI don't worry too much about it although I would sometimes like more clarity in photos, especially ones I zoom in on. However, it's so convenient to have a quick shot camera (phone) that I don't want to mess around too much! Then I would forget what I did. :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe it doesn’t apply to me on my XR. Anyway, you plan seems sound.
ReplyDeleteI left my phone camera on Most Compatible, but except for the first photos, I haven't noticed heightened clarity. Are you suggesting the need to reboot each time before taking photos to get that clarity?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if that's how it works with everybody's phone, but I had to reboot mine. You shouldn't have to. You should check and see if the photos you download from your iPhone comes out as JPEG or JPG. If it's JPEG, it's probably still set at High Efficiency.
DeleteIf I had better vision I might notice the difference.
ReplyDeleteThere are far too many options for me. I have a regular camera and I only use about 10% of the features.
ReplyDeleteNothing is simple, is it? Not these days. My daughter gave me a scope to look in the nesting boxes, but I am having issues.
ReplyDeleteToo techie for me!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information Kay! I never knew any of this, I will have to experiment with it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMargie from Margie's Musings...I enjoy reading other's Blogs too
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