Any advantage to taking pics in Widescreen vs 4:3?

[Saneless]

When I was viewing a few pics I took, I wasn't so sure I really liked the look of the 16:9 shots. First of all, it just seemed to wide. Secondly, most prints or frames are 4:3.

But then I noticed something even worse - if you shoot in widescreen it's not actually 5MP. It's more like 3.7.

Instead of making it wider, it actually just crops a 2560x1920 picture to 2560x1440. So you're not gaining a wider picture, you're actually just telling the camera to crop a 5MP picture to a 3.7MP one for no reason.

Am I mistaken here or is this what is going on, and it'd be better to shoot everything with full 4:3 5MP and if I REALLY want a 16x9 shot, I can crop it in the same dimensions.

 

[illwood]

You are not mistaken. This is how the EVO 4G behaved as well.

You are better off to take your 2D shots in 4:3 and cropping yourself. The camera will remember the setting as the 3D photos are taken in 16:9, but it will go back to 4:3 when you set the switch to 2D.

 

[thascourge]

You are not mistaken. This is how the EVO 4G behaved as well.

You are better off to take your 2D shots in 4:3 and cropping yourself. The camera will remember the setting as the 3D photos are taken in 16:9, but it will go back to 4:3 when you set the switch to 2D.

So 16:9 is actually just a digitally zoomed crop? I wonder if all the critics who kept panning the camera knew this? Crops ALWAYS look worse than full-frame shots since you can see the noise/pixels/etc easier.

 

[trooper54]

So 16:9 is actually just a digitally zoomed crop? I wonder if all the critics who kept panning the camera knew this? Crops ALWAYS look worse than full-frame shots since you can see the noise/pixels/etc easier.

Now is this only with the stock camera app, or will all camera apps?

 

[Saneless]

So 16:9 is actually just a digitally zoomed crop? I wonder if all the critics who kept panning the camera knew this? Crops ALWAYS look worse than full-frame shots since you can see the noise/pixels/etc easier.

The viewfinder/screen while you're taking the picture is effectively zoomed, however, the image is NOT digitally zoomed. It merely is cropping off pixels on the top and bottom. The horizontal resolution is the same.

Let me try to show an example:

16:9

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EkKTvOmVvG5RoHW1St5POQ?feat=directlink

4:3

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_0DpOMxw8XL3K5K91Ua3Wg?feat=directlink

This is actually a good pic for showing the differences. You can see that horizontally it's the same, and there's enough visual landmarks to show the missing vertical pixels.

 

[thascourge]

The viewfinder/screen while you're taking the picture is effectively zoomed, however, the image is NOT digitally zoomed. It merely is cropping off pixels on the top and bottom. The horizontal resolution is the same.

Let me try to show an example:

16:9

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EkKTvOmVvG5RoHW1St5POQ?feat=directlink

4:3

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_0DpOMxw8XL3K5K91Ua3Wg?feat=directlink

This is actually a good pic for showing the differences. You can see that horizontally it's the same, and there's enough visual landmarks to show the missing vertical pixels.

Ahhh gotcha. Thanks for the example.

 

[64fairlane]

Good to know. Looks like I might get away from taking pictures in widescreen.

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