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Import LrC Imports originals and edited copies from my iPhone - is this controllable?

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As the title suggests LrC Imports originals and edited copies from my iPhone.

Originally I could not workout why there were images in the Previous Import that I could not see in my Photos library. I eventually worked out that LrC is importing the original and the edit I've done in the Photos app. In my case it is the original and a crop. I now realise I can see the image on my iPhone has been edited by the addition of an E before the digits.

I'm not sure it is a problem and probably helpful somewhere down the road,

Is this normal behaviour, do I have any control over this?

Thank you for your help.
 
This is normal Photos icloud behavior. If you want only to import originals from the Phone, I recommend letting them autoimport into Lightroom Mobile and let those sync to the Adobe Cloud and on to LrC. This workflow is automatic and requires no user involvement
 
Thank you, I suspected that would be the case.

I do not use auto import as I only want a few of the images, I guess I could manually select them for import on Lightroom Mobile to achieve the same result.

Thank you for your help.
 
Thank you, I suspected that would be the case.

I do not use auto import as I only want a few of the images, I guess I could manually select them for import on Lightroom Mobile to achieve the same result.

Thank you for your help.

I find it easier to import everything into LrC and cull and delete from the bigger screen.


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Thank you, that's a useful suggestion I might give it a go.

Thank you for your help.
Think of it this way.
If LrC is your image manager, why would you want to try to manage the images that you put into your image manager?


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Think of it this way.
If LrC is your image manager, why would you want to try to manage the images that you put into your image manager?


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If I've understood your point correctly....

Because I have all sorts of nonsense images in Photos that I do not want in LrC, random screenshots, product images, images stored by WhatsApp or iMessage, copy of the restaurant specials board so I can read it at the table etc etc but I was away last week and took a few images on my iPhone that I want in LrC as a record of the trip along with images I took on my OM-1. I often use the LrM camera but on occasion just used the default camera. Also, I often import images into LrC my wife took whilst were away, again these will be a subset of all the images on her phone and quite often better than anything I took :)
 
I use a bit of a different approach. I do not have auto import enabled. If I"m taking photos I want in LR/LrC I shoot with the LR camera app on my phone. If it's some throw away images I shoot with the native camera app that came with the phone. In the rare occasion where I want a smaller JPG rather than a RAW or I shot witht he Native Camera app and later decided that I want the image in LrC, I import the image into LR.
 
I'm pretty much the same, however, sometime ago I set my iPhone to always use Apple ProRAW and have never changed it back.
 
If I've understood your point correctly....

Because I have all sorts of nonsense images in Photos that I do not want in LrC, random screenshots, product images, images stored by WhatsApp or iMessage, copy of the restaurant specials board so I can read it at the table etc etc but I was away last week and took a few images on my iPhone that I want in LrC as a record of the trip along with images I took on my OM-1. I often use the LrM camera but on occasion just used the default camera. Also, I often import images into LrC my wife took whilst were away, again these will be a subset of all the images on her phone and quite often better than anything I took :)

I think you understand correctly. I have LrM set to not auto-import screen shots. But I still get the other images that you mention. These will automatically get imported into LrC. There I review them and decide if any are worth keeping. Usually they get binned. This removes them from the Adobe Cloud as well but if captured by the Photos app camera remain stored locally on the iPhone. I do not use iCloud image Storage.

Most of the time photos that I take with my Nikon are imported on my iPadPro and synced to LrC and my master catalog. Photos from my wife’s phone she can send to me (my Phone) and these will auto-import into the Adobe Cloud and sync to my master catalog.


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I'm pretty much the same, however, sometime ago I set my iPhone to always use Apple ProRAW and have never changed it back.
How do you set the iPhone to Always use Apple ProRAW? I have toy remember to select RAW Max everytime the Photos camer is used. FWIW, the Lightroom Camera does not have a RAW Max option and only produces 12mp images
 
It is settings > Camera > Formats

There is an options for Apple ProRAW

If I look at the 'info' in Photos it shows
Screenshot 2024-07-11 at 15.59.15.png


Please let me know if I can help further
 
It is settings > Camera > Formats

There is an options for Apple ProRAW

If I look at the 'info' in Photos it shows
View attachment 23754

Please let me know if I can help further

I have an iPhone 15 Pro and none of the information is the same.
ProRAW Max is 48mp and is available from the front camera, 1x only no night mode, no Portrait Lighting. I have the Pro Default setting on ProRAW Max (up to 48mp) other options are ProRAW 12mp and HEIF Max (48mp). When I turn on the camera, there is a RAW Max button that is showing “off” a slash through it. I have to click it each time to get a 48mp RAW DNG captured.


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Cletus, see this article about the camera settings for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/1933877365/iphone-15-camera-tricks-and-tips

This is how I have my iPhone set up. However this Paragraph explains that it is not permanently set to always shoot RAW Max:
“When you want to capture in 48MP, tap the control (labeled HEIF Max or RAW Max), removing the diagonal line through the text to enable it. To switch back to the 24MP default, tap it again.” You have to do this each time you turn the camera on.


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You have to do this each time you turn the camera on.
I don't on mine....when I open the Camera app it is always set to whatever setting I used last.
 
I don't on mine....when I open the Camera app it is always set to whatever setting I used last.
I wish that were the case for my iPhone 15 Pro. I open the camera, change the setting to shoot RAW Max , close the iPhone. The next time I open the camera, I have to change the setting to shoot RAW Max again.
 
Hi Cleetus. I’m sure you have done this, but I went into Settings, Camera, Preserve Settings and scrolled down to ProRAW & Resolution Control. I flicked the switch on that ( and Apple ProRes and Live Photo). Every time I open the camera on my 15 Pro Max it’s set to RAW MAX with the Live Photo available but with a line through it.
 
Hi Cleetus. I’m sure you have done this, but I went into Settings, Camera, Preserve Settings and scrolled down to ProRAW & Resolution Control. I flicked the switch on that ( and Apple ProRes and Live Photo). Every time I open the camera on my 15 Pro Max it’s set to RAW MAX with the Live Photo available but with a line through it.

This is what I see too. The “line thru it” means that RAW Max is turned off and the default is a 12 mp DNG not a 48mp DNG

Eureka, I have found it. In Settings, Camera, Preserve Settings. the is a setting “ProRAW & Resolution Control”. If that is set, the last setting for Pro RAW is preserved and does not reset to the default.


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This is what I see too. The “line thru it” means that RAW Max is turned off and the default is a 12 mp DNG not a 48mp DNG

Eureka, I have found it. In Settings, Camera, Preserve Settings. the is a setting “ProRAW & Resolution Control”. If that is set, the last setting for Pro RAW is preserved and does not reset to the default.


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Yes, you have to deep dive into the settings. Of course we only get 48MP images with the ‘main’ 24mm lens. The ultra wide 13mm, 48mm and 120mm telephotos only provide 12MP images.
 
Yes, you have to deep dive into the settings. Of course we only get 48MP images with the ‘main’ 24mm lens. The ultra wide 13mm, 48mm and 120mm telephotos only provide 12MP images.

And 48mp RAW is simply one an option when using the Camera in Lightroom.


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