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
23-07-2020 03:00 PM
23-07-2020 03:34 PM
Obviously I have a microSD card but I just don't want, or need, to be sending huge unnecessary size photos to cloud storage. It's all just contributing to pointless global warming. Preventing us from taking smaller resolution photos is a backward step in sustainability. We dont all need huge resolution pics every time. No-one at Samsung seems to think about this.
23-07-2020 03:43 PM
23-07-2020 04:54 PM - last edited 23-07-2020 05:07 PM
23-07-2020 06:14 PM
Hi - cloud storage uses up huge amounts of fossil fuel keeping all that data cool.
24-07-2020 09:38 AM
@ca32 wrote:
Obviously I have a microSD card but I just don't want, or need, to be sending huge unnecessary size photos to cloud storage. It's all just contributing to pointless global warming. Preventing us from taking smaller resolution photos is a backward step in sustainability. We dont all need huge resolution pics every time. No-one at Samsung seems to think about this.
I dunno. I understand the point about not needing high resolution pics every time - and indeed the environmental impact of cloud storage. But for me, I think the ideal and more satisfactory solution for that impact would be more about making cloud storage more environmentally friendly and efficient overall. The option of reducing the size and quality of just one digital media type, even if implemented, doesn't seem to me to tackle the fundamental issue all that well.
24-07-2020 10:25 AM
OK. Seems that no-one has a solution to adjusting A20 phone cameras to take smaller photos without having to use HEIC files or go through the process of reducing them afterwards.
It's just sad that Samsung's policy of creating phones that take ever bigger photos is working against the planet. Bigger photos >bigger storage in cloud > more fossil fuel pumping out cooling systems for ever increasing amounts of selfies, etc.
24-07-2020 10:56 AM - last edited 24-07-2020 10:57 AM
Have you considered using a camera app from the play store? Im sure there is a camera app you could download that can take your lower quality pictures when you need them.
24-07-2020 11:13 AM
Now that sounds like an interesting solution! I'll go and check them out. Any recommendations for good apps appreciated.