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Live Photo Feature - Do you use it?
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I don´t use it at all. First I switched off after setting up new iPhone.
No kids, no pet, normally I shoot objects and landscape.
No kids, no pet, normally I shoot objects and landscape.
I always use it, even for landscapes as sometimes it will capture birdsong or similar which really adds to my memories of the scene.
Always off for me, I never really understood the point and found it slightly annoying. 
Another here with it permanently turned off.
Such an annoying ‘feature’ and I have kids so I’m apparently the target audience.
Such an annoying ‘feature’ and I have kids so I’m apparently the target audience.
Depends. If I want to capture sound I turn live photos on, it's easy enough. I also like to use Live Photos for concerts to quickly capture some video and sound bites. if there are any concerts...
I enjoy using the feature. I have kids (10, 8) and a puppy. So capturing a little "context" around the photo is nice sometimes.
I sometime turn it on for a loop/bounce that I'm going to send in an iMessage text.
If you take video regularly that's understandable. If you don't being able to capture a little bit of their voice is precious.
I use it every once and awhile depending on the situation.. I leave it off as my default setting and activate it when needed
I take that back. Been messing around with photography on my 12 PM, a photography app called "Moment" - which I never really played with also on the old phone - has some VERY cool features including this extremely long time lapse "Bulb" effect.
It does save these awesome long exposure photos into "Live Photos." (which did kind of bum me out a bit, not a huge deal). I love the effect - clip below.
I used a Live Photo to MP4 video converter called Live Studio, this was free years ago. *There are plenty of these Live Photo to Mov converter apps in the app store. From there you can turn Live pics into movie files. 😀
It does save these awesome long exposure photos into "Live Photos." (which did kind of bum me out a bit, not a huge deal). I love the effect - clip below.
I used a Live Photo to MP4 video converter called Live Studio, this was free years ago. *There are plenty of these Live Photo to Mov converter apps in the app store. From there you can turn Live pics into movie files. 😀
I have the default 5GB of iCloud space, so all my photos get exported out of Photos and stored elsewhere. Live Photos don't export (as a photo) so I turn it off and leave it off.
I remember reading that in order for live photo to work, it reduced photo exposure time (so it can keep videoing) which has a negative impact on low-light photography.
I remember reading that in order for live photo to work, it reduced photo exposure time (so it can keep videoing) which has a negative impact on low-light photography.
This is mainly what I use it for. Inevitably on of the kids will blink, so its nice to go forward or back a few frames to get a better photo.
I do wonder if picture quality suffers if you make a different frame the key frame? Although other than the seasonal printing on a Christmas card we only view these photos on the phone or via Apple TV....so PQ might not be that big of a deal.
I always have it turned on. After the passing of my father two years ago, and my dog last year, those Live Photos are precious, like little video clips of loved ones that are no longer with us. I can still hear my fathers voice and see his smile. That alone for me is reason to always have Live Photos turned on.
No, never. When I take a photo, I want a photo. If I want a video, I take a video. I don't see the point of having a three-second video. If I want to hear the sounds where I'm at, or hear someone's voice saying something, I take a longer video.
