Camera Widescreen 8MP = 6MP

**crxssi** · 07-01-2012, 10:38 AM

I just noticed something. If you set the camera to 8 megapixels in widescreen, it takes photos at only 3264x1840 which is 6 megapixels.

widesceen photo resolutions:
8Mp 3264*1840 = 6Mp
5Mp 2592*1456 = 3.8Mp
3Mp 2048*1152 = 1.8Mp
2Mp 1280*720 = 0.9Mp

When you select 4:3 aspect ratio, the vertical resolution increases to match the correct megapixel claims. This means the sensor is actually 4:3 and it crops vertically for 16:9. I guess this shouldn't surprise me, but I thought by now that the sensors would be at least 3:2 if not 16:9. (And I think it is pretty strange they don't include the standard 3:2 aspect ratio which is what all "real" cameras use). Why are they still stuck on ancient 4:3? Does ANYONE actually want to take photos or video at 4:3 anymore?

**Darth Mo** · 07-01-2012, 11:32 AM

We frame 8"x10" portraits which no modern camera reproduces that ratio.

There is no "correct" or "standard" ratio; just frame your shots and be ready to trim for the appropriate medium.

**jlo8720** · 07-04-2012, 12:20 AM

it it being clipped in widescreen or is it being stretched? I would guess thats a big difference.

**kronosqq** · 07-04-2012, 12:24 AM

Has to be being clipped, if it were stretched it would be really obvious like when you set an HDTV to fit a standard definition broadcast to the screen.

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**Saneless** · 07-04-2012, 10:14 AM

I see people are finally paying attention to my rants, possibly

HTC has been doing this all along. Apparently Samsung actually correctly lists it as 6MP, but HTC has always cropped the picture vertically and still tried to claim the full MP, when it's not.

I just shoot in 4:3 and if I REALLY want it widescreen I can crop it later. IMO pictures look odd in 16:9. Video looks odd in 4:3 though.

**doomstang** · 07-04-2012, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by jlo8720

it it being clipped in widescreen or is it being stretched? I would guess thats a big difference.

In wide screen it is being clipped. I disabled wide screen and it definitely captures more area per picture this way. If I want it in wide screen I can just crop it later to the desired dimensions.

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**doomstang** · 07-04-2012, 10:41 AM

Here are two photos taken in the same place. The first is widescreen and the second one is 4:3

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**silverthornne** · 07-04-2012, 10:45 AM

You lose MP when you capture a shot in a format that differs from the aspect ratio of the camera's sensor. That happens even in the highest end DSLR's. Nobody is lying in any spec sheets. The sensor itself has a particular MP size and if you choose to crop to a different aspect ratio, well, you cropped it.

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**Darth Mo** · 07-04-2012, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by silverthornne

You lose MP when you capture a shot in a format that differs from the aspect ratio of the camera's sensor. That happens even in the highest end DSLR's. Nobody is lying in any spec sheets. The sensor itself has a particular MP size and if you choose to crop to a different aspect ratio, well, you cropped it.

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I think one of the posters above was just asking that it reports that if you switch to widescreen, it should report it as 6 MP.

As it is now it says 8 MP whether you have it set at 4:3 or 16x9, which is incorrect.

**Saneless** · 07-04-2012, 10:55 AM

It's not that they're lying on the spec sheets, but in the camera interface it clearly shows "8MP" when it's only a 6MP image. HTC makes it worse by having it cropped by default, giving you a 6MP image by default. You'd think for trying to promote an 8MP image they'd at least default to the 8MP setting.

**crxssi** · 07-04-2012, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Darth Mo

I think one of the posters above was just asking that it reports that if you switch to widescreen, it should report it as 6 MP.

As it is now it says 8 MP whether you have it set at 4:3 or 16x9, which is incorrect.

That is exactly what I was saying. It is not at all unusual for things to be cropped to different aspect ratios. But it is simply a lie to call it "8Mp" when in the 16:9 mode. And it is even more questionable of a practice, since the 16:9 mode is the default.

I still think they should also have a 3:2 mode to match "real" cameras. Yes, you can crop it later- but you could do that with 16:9 too, and they have a mode for that.