Photos taken with the S8 / S8 +

Took this while getting my Starbucks this morning

I love how the colors of the flowers simply pop out in this photo !
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Auto mode. Departing Ft. Lauderdale business meeting. This was the only time I got to see the beach. :-)

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What's the general consensus for aspect ratio. Shoot in 16:9 or 4:3 and crop later if need be?
 
Awesome. Haven't been in that area in ages but I love the Mogollon Rim area. Thanks for bringing back great memories. Some nice lakes up there too.
Thanks! We love to go fishing in those lakes. Always a good time :-)
 
What's the general consensus for aspect ratio. Shoot in 16:9 or 4:3 and crop later if need be?

Since 4:3 is the native resolution of the sensor, that ratio uses full capacity of the camera sensor, whereas 16:9 only uses 75% of the sensor. If you take the picture in 4:3 you can always crop down to 16:9 and still have the same resolution you would have had if you'd use 16:9 in the first place. But you can't go the other way, without losing quality (resolution).

I think the general consensus among photographers is that 4:3 is a better general purpose aspect ratio, which is why nearly all smartphone and higher end cameras have a 4:3 native resolution.
 
Since 4:3 is the native resolution of the sensor, that ratio uses full capacity of the camera sensor, whereas 16:9 only uses 75% of the sensor. If you take the picture in 4:3 you can always crop down to 16:9 and still have the same resolution you would have had if you'd use 16:9 in the first place. But you can't go the other way, without losing quality (resolution).

I think the general consensus among photographers is that 4:3 is a better general purpose aspect ratio, which is why nearly all smartphone and higher end cameras have a 4:3 native resolution.

So 16:9 is basically a pre-cropped 4:3 photo, is that right? I've been taking photos in 4:3 since I got the s8 but just being lazy trying to avoid that extra step of cropping afterwards even knowing it's the best option