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You say "download" meaning from where to where? Do you mean import? Export? Upload?
What are the pixel resolution/resizing/scaling options?
The jpeg quality is only about compression quality/size, and not resolution. So indeed setting it to any particular amount doesn't do anything about how many pixels you end up with. Also it's just an arbitrary scale, not a percentage. So it's 100 and not 100%. 100 quality is not twice as good as 50 quality.
As I stated in my post, I am downloading/exporting from Lightroom. Happens on my phone and computer
As I stated in my post, I am downloading/exporting
You did not state "exporting" in your original post which is exactly why I am trying to clarify what exactly you mean.
The quality is noticeably less than if I were to download the full size 26mp file straight from my camera.
Are you talking about mp? Or mb? The mp abbreviation means megapixels or millions of pixels: the number of tiny colored squares representing the image; a measure of resolution. The mb abbreviation means megabytes or millions of bytes: the amount of data used in the image file.
If the file size (mb) is smaller out of Lightroom, that just means the jpeg compression is more efficient at delivering the same image quality (visually) while using less data. That's a separate issue from a reduction in pixel count (mp).
