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More revolutionary than the camera itself is the new image compression Apple is introducing. Can take all the photos in the world but we've still need to store
by vwcx 9y ago
More revolutionary than the camera itself is the new image compression Apple is introducing. Can take all the photos in the world but we've still need to store them for all eternity. The effect of the image compression will be felt decades from now, whereas the marginal optical gain from the 7 Plus to the 8 Plus won't even be noticeable.
- cooper12 9y agoThe problem get exacerbated by the fact that nearly every so-called picture friendly sharing service (Facebook, Instagram, etc) recompresses the shit out of uploads, destroying detail and mushing colors. It was so bad that I told my friend one of his shots was out of focus, except it was perfectly sharp in the original. I get that bandwidth and storage cost money, but there should be certain limits to how far you compress, or these services should use better formats (the state of the art is really promising).
- majormajor 9y ago> More revolutionary than the camera itself is the new image compression Apple is introducing. Can take all the photos in the world but we've still need to store them for all eternity. The effect of the image compression will be felt decades from now, whereas the marginal optical gain from the 7 Plus to the 8 Plus won't even be noticeable. I think you've got this exactly backwards. In forty years a slightly better image will still be slightly better, but a 5MB vs a 10MB file will be as meaningless as comparing a 50KB vs a 100KB text file is today.