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Photo resolution setting

Started Oct 30, 2020 | Questions
Snappy Happy Regular Member • Posts: 440
Photo resolution setting

I recently got a Moto G Power Power, a budget Android smartphone (my first one).  It comes with a 16mp main camera, and takes decent photos in bright light outdoors.  Anyway, I noticed a can change it to 8mp resolution and have smaller files, but it says "recommended" next to the 16mp setting.  Is there a reason 16mp is recommended?

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I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: Photo resolution setting

Very much a matter of personal use of the JPEG output (if it's like my Moto the stock camera app won't save even larger DNGs, why I don't use it) - if it's used for casual snaps sent to social media, lower res may be fine.  Post processing or use for larger display can be a different story.

Best to learn the phone and app by trying all settings yourself - In particular, you might try using digital zoom and cropping the image to home in on the subjects and compositions you want as well as different lighting situations - the larger, higher resolution will provide better output.  (There've been recent posts from other first time phone users noting difficulty to even see properly in sunlight, so getting compositions right in camera can be a problem.)

A quick check indicates the phone has microSD, which should solve your storage problems.  For camera apps that won't save directly to External, I use FIles to SD Card (there are others), once set up all the output saved in either Internal DCIM or Pictures folders (JPEG, DNG, and video) are moved to whereever wanted on the microSD.   I can't recall if the Moto camera app saves to microSD, but if not this sort of file transfer app can simplify.

Nice phone, like that big battery.  Enjoy it.

Telyx Senior Member • Posts: 1,075
Re: Photo resolution setting

I have the Moto G Stylus, which is very similar, and the Moto camera app does save to the MicroSD card.

I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: Photo resolution setting

This short primer on resolution for use recently came up on a news feed I subscribe to.

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