IPhone Camera Settings Suggestion

[Scott McKee]

Hi Team,

After encountering a few minor problems with big fish and low resolution images I have discovered the problem.  It's iPhone. Apple sets their IPhone's camera resolution to "high efficiency." High efficiency means low resolution, really, really low resolution.  The out-of-the-box Apple setting takes an image in computer terms about as sharp as a flip phone.  That's not a good idea when fishing for potentially huge fish.

I'm not too old (yet) to realize that most people  don't think in terms of using images taken with their phone for uses other than sharing them on social media or simply by showing someone their phone. 

I always say prepare for your next musky like it will be the fish of your lifetime.  Rods, reels, line, leaders, hooks, net, release tools, etc. all have to be in perfect working order.  This practice applies to your phone. 

I suggest setting your phone's camera to the highest possible resolution setting before you hit the water or whenever you want to take a high quality image.  You never know when you'll pop a monster.

Plus you won't have me hassling you for larger images. Just ask Louis or Ben. I'm a pest.

[Scott McKee]

I might be way off on my previous assessment. Since I don't own an iPhone I'm essentially just guessing. Does Apple output their images as JPEGs or in another format that is converted to a JPEG when transferring to other media? Apple users! Come to our (my chiefly) rescue.

[John Pensyl]

I think its more of a compatibility issue between droids and iPhone. When pictures or videos are shared between the 2 platforms the image gets compressed far further then when it's iPhone to iPhone or Droid to Droid. Thats why iPhone people hate even having an android in a chat because everything gets reduced in quality for them since imessage uses its own system and Android uses mms/sms. So if the original picture is taken on a galaxy and then sent to him on his iPhone, or vise versa, the quality will suffer. If the image was taken on his phone originally there should be a high quality image somewhere, he just needs to figure out how to transfer it to you.

[Stephen Glassic]

I don't even have a cellphone but I would think it depends on the whole chain of custody, including the camera setting, where and how it is stored (phone, a server in China, etc) and it's method and route of transfer and storage method conversions from party to party. It would make too much sense to have universal, simple to use, standards.