23-07-2020 02:49 PM
I don't need photos bigger than 1MB and preferably smaller. I don't want to contribute to global warming via unneccesary cloud storage. The smallest my A20e camera takes is 2 or 3 MB and I don't want to have to use HEIC files. I could get my previous phone to take photos sized around 200KB. Without having to go through the tedious process of reducing the size after taking them, is there any way I can adjust my A20e phone settings to take smaller photos?
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24-07-2020 11:35 AM
So i just tested about 7 different ones, i found two i liked if your unable to find one let me know what you think of these options
Cymera: you can add a camera widget to your home screen, worked good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyworld.camera
Camera: worked will with no obvious issues
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=photo.android.hd.camera
24-07-2020 12:03 PM
Thanks for testing them. I appreciate someone who can provide a practical, positive solution.
And maybe Samsung and the big guns will realise we don't all need to take high resolution selfies and photos of our last meal out!
24-07-2020 03:32 PM - last edited 24-07-2020 03:32 PM
Install this app caller 'open camera' from play store. Launch it. Go to settings -> photo-> at the top select resolution. Make this 1080x1440 (lower if you want). Photos will now be ~ 500kb in size. If you want them to be even smaller, feel free to reduce the resultion even more, to something like 720x960.
24-07-2020 03:47 PM - last edited 24-07-2020 03:48 PM
I would recommend staying away from "open camera" there are issues. The main issue i found before uninstalling it was when you turn on the flashlight from the in app options it gets stuck on with no option to turn it off.
25-07-2020 04:07 PM
Odd, I've never got that issue before. In that case look at Footej camera, it's got a similar UI to the stock app and has an option to drastically reduce resolution
25-07-2020 05:45 PM
Footej camera 2 did work great for normal images and video. No obvious issue with that one also.
26-07-2020 08:07 AM
Ok thats good to know - many thanks.