Portrait photo aspect ratio?

[Vance14]

Edit: sorry, the title of this post should have been LANDSCAPE aspect ratio, sorry!!

Why is the aspect ratio for landscape photos so much narrower than my previous Android phones? They seem almost 4x3 rather than 16x9 (using TV terms). In actuality, the Nexus is 2592x1944 where my Thunderbolt was 2048x1225, so a lower pixel density for the TB, but a wider aspect ratio. The reason this is important is that we view the pictures on our TV from Picasa and my TB pictures fill the screen but the Nexus pictures have black bars on the sides.

Also, why are the TB pictures so much bigger in file size? The Nexus files are around 275kb or so and the TB pictures are twice that size.

 

[superbleester]

The thunderbolts picture are larger due to more megapixels.

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[Ken7]

The lack of a 16:9 AR has been my biggest camera complaint since day one. I don't know why they don't at least offer that option. I was told there were apps on the Market that might give you that option though.