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I want to view large images that I transfer to my iPhone from my computer. Obviously I cannot view them completely at a 1:1 ratio, but rather I want to be able to zoom in to the 1:1 ratio. The only application that I have found is Full-Res, which claims to do what I am looking for, but falls far short of giving you a full size image.

If it helps, I specifically want to view JPG and PNG images that are between 5,000x5,000 and 10,000x10,000 at 72dpi. I have no problem opening them up in the default Photos application, but using the "pinch and zoom" technique does not zoom very far at all.

Similar question for PC: Here

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Viewing maps is off-topic, and probably best on apple.stackexchange.com. But, this image resolution isn't at all unreasonable for full photographs; the Canon T3i generates 5184×3456 files, and 7264×5440 for the Pentax 645D. So this seems reasonably on-topic here — we entertain questions about software for photo presentation on other platforms without blinking an eye. – mattdm Jun 3 '11 at 3:23
I have modified my question to ask about images. They are, the same thing from this perspective after all :-) I specifically asked my question about "images" and only added the "maps" part as a secondary note if it was necessary to assist in answering the question. Forgive me. – dpollitt Jun 3 '11 at 3:25
Feel free to downvote, just comment on what you are downvoting for please. – dpollitt Jun 3 '11 at 13:44
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Can care to comment what it means "falls far short of giving you a full size image"? According to the reviews on the app store some people are using it fine. – Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz Jun 3 '11 at 19:44

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Reputedly, the Image Viewer app will allow you to "zoom image at actrul size" (sic.). It might be worth checking out if you can get past the Engrish.

However, the major problem may be that if you use iTunes to transfer your photos onto the iOS device it will "optimise" or downscale your photos during the sync. Finding other ways of transferring files such as using Dropbox may circumvent this shortcoming.

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Well, I do use iTunes to transfer the images. I didn't know it did any downsizing of the images. Do you have a source of that info? – dpollitt Jun 14 '11 at 16:20

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