[Q] Panorama camera mode: why is the image quality + size so low?

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I noticed that a regular picture taken with the Galaxy SII camera is in the 2 - 4 MB size range, but using panorama mode generates an image which is in the 600 - 800KB range.

I'd like my panoramas to be of higher quality, and I don't see any settings (like the ones afforded for regular pics) for the panorama mode. Can this be changed?

I'm running Task's AOKP rom from 11/9.

Thanks!

you must install other apps in playstore.

I think the panorama feature captures the image as a video, which would result in lower quality and resolution. You can try using other apps. DMD Panorama (com.dermandar.panorama) is nice and works well.

The panorama is just a cropped version of the available screen, hence it has less pixels and therefore less data and a smaller file size.

Originally Posted by ParallelProcess

I think the panorama feature captures the image as a video, which would result in lower quality and resolution. You can try using other apps. DMD Panorama (com.dermandar.panorama) is nice and works well.

This makes sense - I'll give that app a go. Thanks for your responses.