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4tuneTeller t1_j62nix2 wrote

Make sure you have turned off Live Photos (the icon is in the top right corner of the screen), because even though they can be fun sometimes, the image quality really suffers.

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shepx13 t1_j63nast wrote

Any evidence to support this?

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4tuneTeller t1_j646onp wrote

Just try yourself and compare. Actually, maybe they've improved the feature, I haven't used it for quite a while now, but I definitely remember Live Photos were noticeably worse a year or two ago, if you compare with a regular photo on a bigger screen. That was the reason why I've stopped using it.

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vg_vassilev t1_j64fby6 wrote

I back this up. Live photo affects the image quality when the light conditions are less than ideal, because it limits the shutter speed to minimum, when possible, which doesn't allow as much light to be captured by the sensor. You may notice that live photos are automatically turned off in night mode, and it's because the iPhone cannot keep the shutter speed low enough and just disables live photos in exchange for a longer exposure.

In ideal light conditions, the difference is negligible.

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shepx13 t1_j647xdc wrote

I never used Live Photos much in the past so I turned it off until recently. I’ll have to look and see if anyone else has some evidence. It wouldn’t surprise me if there was an issue though.

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