Photo Questions: 16:9 only 8 megapixels?

[garak0410]

Is it normal to see 16:9 photos on our new Pixel phones to top out at 8 megapixels? That wont affect the quality will it?

 

[gabbott]

It's a 4:3 sensor so if you set it to 16:9 the photos are cropped

 

[garak0410]

It's a 4:3 sensor so if you set it to 16:9 the photos are cropped

Interesting...I took nothing but 16:9 on my Note 5 and 7 phones since we viewed them on widescreen devices.

 

[James Graham5]

If you do 4:3, you do get more height in it, so you can always edit it out later on if needs be.

 

[Richard Servello]

Is it normal to see 16:9 photos on our new Pixel phones to top out at 8 megapixels? That wont affect the quality will it?

Same quality. It's just a cropped 4:3 image. Better shooting full res and cropping it yourself.

 

[garak0410]

Same quality. It's just a cropped 4:3 image. Better shooting full res and cropping it yourself.

So best to default to 4:3 and cropping later?

 

[Richard Servello]

So best to default to 4:3 and cropping later?

Yup. That way you can choose the crop later. The photo app even has a 16:9 constraint.