I guess, we just need to obtain the larger size (48MP) and then resize it. var resultImage: UIImage? func photoOutput( _ output: AVCapturePhotoOutput, didFinishProcessingPhoto photo: AVCapturePhoto, error: Error?) { guard error == nil, let cgImage = photo.cgImageRepresentation() else { return } guard let cgImage = photo.cgImageRepresentation(), /// check if the original image has 8064x6048 && do we need to resize it to 24MP let cgImageScaled = resizeCGImage(cgImage, to: .init(width: 5712 , height: 4284)) else { return } let resultImage = UIImage(cgImage: cgImageScaled) } func photoOutput( _ output: AVCapturePhotoOutput, didFinishCaptureFor resolvedSettings: AVCaptureResolvedPhotoSettings, error: Error?) { guard error == nil, let resultImage = resultImage else { return } /// saving resultImage } func resizeCGImage(_ image: CGImage, to size: CGSize) -> CGImage? { let bytesPerPixel = image.bitsPerPixel / image.bitsPerComponent let bytesPerRow = Int(size.width) * bytesPerPixel guard let colorSpace = image.colorSpace, let ctx = CGContext( data: nil, width: Int(size.width), height: Int(size.height), bitsPerComponent: image.bitsPerComponent, bytesPerRow: bytesPerRow, space: colorSpace, bitmapInfo: image.alphaInfo.rawValue ) else { return nil } ctx.interpolationQuality = .default ctx.draw(image, in: .init(origin: .zero, size: size)) return ctx.makeImage() }