Are you taking photos in 4:3 or 16:9 ratio?
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4:3 since it is the actual resolution of the sensor, you can always crop it later.
I would recommend you take your pictures in 4:3 since 4:3 actually is a larger photo in size and 16:9 takes it and crops it.
4:3 and if you like wide screen effect then crop it on 16:9 ratio.
4:3 for Gcam, wide for stock camera
4:3 best
4:3 as image is bigger in resolution.
Honestly, I had no clue about this. But I kept it 4:3 just because it was default.
4:3
I don’t really make pics but when i do, i do with 16:9. I just like how it looks?
16:9. 99% of the time I look at the pictures on 16:9 screen. And if I want quality I use my Canon camera, not my phone 🙂
I go for 4:3 in portrait & close shots (like flowers & insects)…
16:9 for landscape..
4:3
4:3. Always.
the same for me …
what about 1:1 ?
19.5:9
Before seeing this thread, I was using full screen crop (which is even more cropped at 2:1 [commonly known as 18:9]), now I’m conflicted, yes 4:3 is using the full sensor, but the images are being taken to be consumed mainly on phones, and on widescreens. Using 4:3 and cropping it later is not really an ideal solution, as when taking the picture I tend to frame it according to what I’m seeing on screen, rather than imagine what it would be like if I were to crop it later, and than again I’m not going to go through the hassle of cropping every individual image. Clearly 4:3 is not the solution for me, but I’m now conflicted on wether I should use 16:9 or 2:1
Always at 4:3. 16:9 is just a cropped 4:3 image. In 16:9, you lose more image to get an illusion that the image you took was wider than normal.
16:9
4:3 because 16:9 and other wide ratios are cropped 4:3
I agree with you. I always view the photos on my phone or on the laptop screen both are widescreen if I take a photo in 4:3 it will be viewed with blank spaces on both sides.
4:3 because other aspect ratios just crop out the picture
It’s cropped out. I suggest you to use 4:3 and then crop in post
4:3 because i can crop later
1:1 is cropped out ? counter intuitive lol
4:3 is still the best as has already been discussed.
ah yes my bad lol, forgot it was a aspect ratio, I fought it was taking the same size as the camera
16:9 to fill out most of the screen area
4:3 – Max res
3:4
4:3 because of wide ratio of capturing.
Better quality
16:9
16:9
I always see my photos on 16:9 devices (Phone / TV / Notebook)
Hate to seeing my trip photos in TV and have black bars on it
4:3 captures more. 16:9 quality is garbage. It’s basically a cropped photo.
18:9 looks way better in the view finder lol
Yes, choosing the best ratio depends entirely on the end goal for the image.
Most people here are mostly talking about the technically better ratio since it’s the original format, using any other is just losing pixels compared to that one.
The same way taking pictures with digital zoom isn’t better than taking it without it and then just zooming on the picture, since digital zoom just crops the image.
4:3. Besides all of the reasons listed above, it can create slow-downs in the app
4:3 have more megapixels than 16:9. So 4:3 all the way.
4:3 best setting for photos
36:9 of course
That brings up another issue, losing pixels and therefore having a smaller size, isn’t necessarily bad
I got why 4:3 is preferred, perfect. But how you guys manage to crop hundreds of images in easy way?
4:3
4:3
But you will most likely watch that picture in a 16:9 display, so you will see black bars on the sides. Is it really worth it the inconvenience just in case some day you decide to crop that picture differently?
PS: I also shoot in 4:3, but sometimes I think that I mostly see these pictures from a screen and 16:9 could be more appropiate.
And? How will you be looking at them in 30 years? Is it worth it to throw away information just to not be “annoyed” by black bars or bothered to zoom?
Nowadays cameras have more than enough Megapixels. I don’t think it’s a big deal to lose a couple of them.
And in the future, maybe we go back to the 4:3 format, I don’t know, but nowadays you’ll most likely watch your pictures in a 16:9 format.
> Nowadays cameras have more than enough Megapixels. I don’t think it’s a big deal to lose a couple of them.
It’s not about the megapixels, it’s about throwing away part of the image away just to avoid minor “inconveniences”.
> And in the future, maybe we go back to the 4:3 format, I don’t know, but nowadays you’ll most likely watch your pictures in a 16:9 format.
The point is that it doesn’t matter how you look at your pictures, you should always try to keep the maximum/original/native data of the sensor. This is for daily life snapshots of course, it’s different if you’re trying to be artsy.
But if sensors were made in the 16:9 format, would you still use 4:3? That would be throwing away part of the picture too.
Also, I think that in my camera, for some reason videos default to 16:9. Would it be better if I shot them in 4:3?
No, I would use 16:9. True, I also shoot videos in 16:9, you got me there. I guess I don’t care too much about that in videos (which have pretty standard sizes anyway, with all HD sizes being 16:9). But for snapshots, of which some become treasured memories, I want to keep as much as I can.
Exactly.
>But if sensors were made in the 16:9 format
You have to focus light on it anyways.. so you’d end up with an area for the sensor the same size as if you had it larger and at 4:3.
>since digital zoom just crops the image.
Not always, at least not anymore. GCAM uses their “Sabre method” to merge multiple frames taking into account your hand shake and from that the detail is much higher than a simple crop.
But for how much longer will your phone be 16:9?
Why exactly?
Do you 16:9 on the cannon?
Tap it once, tap it again.
This type of things is actually very subjective, if you’re someone who like to view or share your pictures directly to social media, you can use any aspect ratio you want. I on the other hand always edit my pictures, and the convenience of having more information in the frame is actually useful for me. Say if you want to share it to Instagram story, you can crop it to 9:16 without losing a lot of frame compared to cropping from 16:9. But I’d say this is mostly a habit from shooting DSLR.
>In fact, there is more cropping to make a square out of a rectangle than to make a rectangle with a ration higher than 1 from another rectangle with a ratio also higher than 1.
Aren’t they the same amount of pixels removed?
4:3 = 16:12, so you’d have to remove 3/12 or 1/4th of the image height to get the 16:9. So for 4000×3000 you’d need to eliminate 4000*750 = 3 000 000 pixels.
To get 3:3 out of 4:3 you need to eliminate 1/4th of the image width. So for 4000×3000 would need to eliminate 1000×3000 = 3 000 000 pixels.
Also, the benefit of going square at least is that you can crop more into the center of the total sensor image which is the sharpest area.
Thanks, let me try
No. I edit pictures from my camera and post them online. I need full sensor image.
What do you mean?
What do you mean?
My Pocophone F1 has some slow-downs when in 16:9 mode, but when in 4:3 it works great
Speaking of slow-downs, why does the camera have to operate in 30 fps if I can record 60 fps videos? It’s so frustrating to switch between the video and photo modes and see the transition between fluid movement and the cinematic experience.
Exactly. Sometimes the photo mode feels really choppy (<30 fps) compared to the fluid 60 fps of the video mode. And sometimes the video mode looks way way better than the photo mode for... making photos. Come on Xiaomi you're better than this
Especially since fixing this feels like a no-brainer. The camera apps already supports 60 fps display of what’s being captured, why put a 30 fps cap on all but one camera mode?
What phone do you have? If you are the proud possessor of a Poco F1 like me, then do you feel that the camera looks worse than before? I mean, when I bought it it looked amazing, but now… Not so. And it’s not a perspective thing. I made the exact same picture with the exact same objects and the newer photo kinda looks worse
I’m on Mi 9T Pro, so sadly I can’t help you.
Phones in the future (maybe all things) will have a larger ratio, s10 I think it’s 18,5:9 ratio
Especially the phones because that’s the only way to get more screen without making it too wide to comfortably hold.
TBH I was surprised too, especially that from 4:3 it is the *exact same* resolution drop.. that was earie, but it makes sense.
It’s still a crop. The resulting image is just improved (resampled) mostly with AI. All the extra detail is fake. You can’t have more real detail when it wasn’t even captured in the first place.
It *was* captured though.. it’s the same as capturing a panorama by moving the whole camera, this is just on a sub-pixel level.
Then it means even more black bars in a 4:3 image.
I meant, you have it exactly like me, 4:3 for Gcam and 16:9 for stock camera.
it will probably be cinemascope format in the future as 2: 35.1 or 21: 9
When the DVD premiered. it was said that a 16: 9 image had 30% more image information than a 4: 3 image
A Hollywood camera works on the very opposite principle. as they will be filming in the cinemascope format
https://nofilmschool.com/Aspect-Ratio-Examples-For-Filmmakers
For example, a PAL DVD with a full frame image may contain a video resolution of 720×576 (5:4 ratio), but a video player software will stretch this to 1024×576 square pixels with a 16:9 flag in order to recreate the correct aspect ratio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16:9_aspect_ratio
4:3 Ratio
A 4:3 ratio is typically used for TV displays, computer monitors, and digital cameras. For every 4 units of width, there are 3 units of height, creating a rectangular shape. An image sized at 1024 x 768 pixels or 8 x 6 inches fits a typical 4:3 ratio.
16:9 Ratio
The 16:9 ratio is mostly seen on presentation slides, computer monitors, or widescreen TVs. This international standard recently replaced the 4:3 ratio for monitors and TV screens, creating a slimmer, more elongated rectangular shape compared to the 4:3 format. Common resolutions in the 16:9 ratio are 1920 x 1080 pixels and 1280 x 720 pixels.
https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/common-aspect-ratios-photo-image-sizes