Smartphone, taking pictures...

[LegendKillerRG]

Why don't smartphone take widescreen picture instead of the square(4:3) picture? I know that widescreen(16:9) picture would involve in different camera/sensor but why can't an app cut the side so that it's widescreen.

[HK6]

I beg your pardon?

[Zappy]

I beg your pardon?

 

An 8MP camera, one of the most popular camera phone sensors right now takes photos at 3264x2448 resolution and is a 4:3 aspect ratio. 4:3 is better known for the shape of traditional standard definition televisions and most old CRT monitors.

 

Now as for why, my guess is that 4:3 sensors are the cheapest to mass produce and buy parts for... but that's just a guess. You can cut it down to a 16:9 size but then you just cut information on the top and bottom of the picture. If it really bothers you, you can definitely edit it in post.

[Guest]

Most smartphones do give you the option to change the resolution, I believe. It's better to shoot in 4:3 and crop it to 16:9 afterwards anyway, if you really want to. You'd have more to work with.

[HK6]

An 8MP camera, one of the most popular camera phone sensors right now takes photos at 3264x2448 resolution and is a 4:3 aspect ratio. 4:3 is better known for the shape of traditional standard definition televisions and most old CRT monitors.

 

Now as for why, my guess is that 4:3 sensors are the cheapest to mass produce and buy parts for... but that's just a guess. You can cut it down to a 16:9 size but then you just cut information on the top and bottom of the picture. If it really bothers you, you can definitely edit it in post.

Interesting. I guess I have just been oblivious to it since Windows Phone just makes pictures taken 16:9 by default. Though, there is a 4:3 option in the settings.

[LegendKillerRG]

An 8MP camera, one of the most popular camera phone sensors right now takes photos at 3264x2448 resolution and is a 4:3 aspect ratio. 4:3 is better known for the shape of traditional standard definition televisions and most old CRT monitors.

Now as for why, my guess is that 4:3 sensors are the cheapest to mass produce and buy parts for... but that's just a guess. You can cut it down to a 16:9 size but then you just cut information on the top and bottom of the picture. If it really bothers you, you can definitely edit it in post.

I don't think resolution goes that high because when I zoom in, I see crappy picture especially on iPhone 5... I'm find with 4:3 but then I hate seeing black bars on the side of a 16:9 screen which annoys me so much lol...

[LegendKillerRG]

Does any software cut the top and bottom for 4:3 on iOS?

[JohnnyGrey]

The 8 megapixels refers to the resolution of a 4:3 image in the case of smartphones. Changing it to 16:9 actually just crops the photo, resulting in fewer pixels. I don't think the "standard" for still images will ever change to a 16:9 format, even though almost every medium we view a photo on nowadays is 16:9 or 16:10 (well, except for those antique digital photo frames :P) And almost every smartphone uses a digital zoom. The same thing as not zooming in at all, then cropping and blowing up a regular photo. I never use digital zoom.

[Zappy]

I found out today that the HTC One seems to be one of the few phones with a 16:9 sensor, go figure.

[Zappy]

I don't think resolution goes that high because when I zoom in, I see crappy picture especially on iPhone 5... I'm find with 4:3 but then I hate seeing black bars on the side of a 16:9 screen which annoys me so much lol...

 

Next time you take a photo, look up the resolution on your phone.

[Guest]

I found out today that the HTC One seems to be one of the few phones with a 16:9 sensor, go figure.

 

Dem ultrapixels. That, and the HTC One has wider angle lenses too.

[neon]

A 16:9 photo doesn't really result in more 'sideways' action it only crops off the top and bottom, which is undesirable because you loose the potential for capturing a wider vertical area, at least with 4:3 you can always crop it down to 16:9 post but you can never add in part of the image.

Also 16:9 is only good for landscape photos , ever seen an iPhone user take a portrait video? 4:3 gives manageable good looking portraits.

The image a lense projects over the sensor is a circle so you may as well capture as much of it as you can, you can always crop out but you can't add data that was lost.

[Cy-Fy]

Why don't smartphone take widescreen picture instead of the square(4:3) picture? I know that widescreen(16:9) picture would involve in different camera/sensor but why can't an app cut the side so that it's widescreen.

the galaxy s4 does take 16:9 photos