Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position
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I'm in the group that wants the top camera in my smartphone. I jumped aboard the "awesome camera" bandwagon with the Lumia ICON and when the writing was on the wall with Windows Phone, I moved to Android with the Note 5 and the ill fated Note 7. The cameras just got better and better with each phone. Now, after careful research between the Pixel and iPhone 7+, I decided to go with the Pixel and 24 hours in, no regrets at all.
Perhaps I never paid attention to it in the past, but 16:9 doesn't really give you the best picture quality but 4:3 does. The reason I've stuck with 16:9 is that we usually will enjoy our pictures on our TV or other widescreen device. But I never realized the quality hit I was taking as the pictures were still good.
Having taken a 4:3 and 16:9 photo of my wife last night, WOW, just WOW, the difference in quality with the 4:3 being amazing. I just am not sure I could get used to doing 4:3 from here on out but what a difference it makes.
Also, is it me or do vertical videos drive you nuts? Our oldest daughter does nothing but vertical videos of our grandson and I try to tell her to go horizontal so years later, they can be enjoyed on a television or wide screen device but she refuses to listen.
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@garak0410 said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Also, is it me or do vertical videos drive you nuts? Our oldest daughter does nothing but vertical videos of our grandson and I try to tell her to go horizontal so years later, they can be enjoyed on a television or wide screen device but she refuses to listen.
I call it "girl orientation". Every girl I know lacks the contextual awareness of how to position a camera. It's bizarre. It's like not one of them has ever seen a vertical video or picture before and realized how awful it is. No idea how this slips through the cracks and yet, it's essentially everyone.
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@scottalanmiller said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@garak0410 said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Also, is it me or do vertical videos drive you nuts? Our oldest daughter does nothing but vertical videos of our grandson and I try to tell her to go horizontal so years later, they can be enjoyed on a television or wide screen device but she refuses to listen.
I call it "girl orientation". Every girl I know lacks the contextual awareness of how to position a camera. It's bizarre. It's like not one of them has ever seen a vertical video or picture before and realized how awful it is. No idea how this slips through the cracks and yet, it's essentially everyone.
It drives me insane, especially when trying to preserve memories of our family...(shaking my head right now)
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I always shoot video in portrait mode and yes, it does drive me nuts when I realise. Clearly I'm a girl!
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Why does 4:3 give a better picture quality? Surely the sensor is 16:9?
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@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Why does 4:3 give a better picture quality? Surely the sensor is 16:9?
On my phone, 4:3 is 21mp vs. 16:9 at 16.8mp.
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@RojoLoco said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Why does 4:3 give a better picture quality? Surely the sensor is 16:9?
On my phone, 4:3 is 21mp vs. 16:9 at 16.8mp.
Which phone do you have?
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@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Why does 4:3 give a better picture quality? Surely the sensor is 16:9?
I didn't know until after the fact that the Google Pixel was optimized for 4:3 photos...
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@garak0410 said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@RojoLoco said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Why does 4:3 give a better picture quality? Surely the sensor is 16:9?
On my phone, 4:3 is 21mp vs. 16:9 at 16.8mp.
Which phone do you have?
Motorola Turbo 2. It shoots 4k video too, but I just found that setting recently, haven't tried it.
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@RojoLoco said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@garak0410 said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@RojoLoco said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Why does 4:3 give a better picture quality? Surely the sensor is 16:9?
On my phone, 4:3 is 21mp vs. 16:9 at 16.8mp.
Which phone do you have?
Motorola Turbo 2. It shoots 4k video too, but I just found that setting recently, haven't tried it.
Nice....
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@garak0410 said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@scottalanmiller said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@garak0410 said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Also, is it me or do vertical videos drive you nuts? Our oldest daughter does nothing but vertical videos of our grandson and I try to tell her to go horizontal so years later, they can be enjoyed on a television or wide screen device but she refuses to listen.
I call it "girl orientation". Every girl I know lacks the contextual awareness of how to position a camera. It's bizarre. It's like not one of them has ever seen a vertical video or picture before and realized how awful it is. No idea how this slips through the cracks and yet, it's essentially everyone.
It drives me insane, especially when trying to preserve memories of our family...(shaking my head right now)
It's amazing how many good photos are ruined by this. It makes so many things unwatchable. Videos are so much worse than photos. Photos you can excuse sometimes, there are times that you can do that. But not with videos, at no time is vertical video okay.
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Photos can be portrait or landscape. There is no right or wrong, though portraits tend to be better in portrait and landscapes tend to be better in landscape, as the name suggests
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@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Photos can be portrait or landscape. There is no right or wrong, though portraits tend to be better in portrait and landscapes tend to be better in landscape, as the name suggests
Like so?
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@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
Photos can be portrait or landscape. There is no right or wrong, though portraits tend to be better in portrait and landscapes tend to be better in landscape, as the name suggests
That's true. But these days, photos are faced with the same issues as videos in many cases, if they are not 16:9 then they don't have great display options. So in a lot of cases, portrait orientation does bring negatives that were not present over the traditional history of photography.
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@scottalanmiller said
It's amazing how many good photos are ruined by this. It makes so many things unwatchable. Videos are so much worse than photos. Photos you can excuse sometimes, there are times that you can do that. But not with videos, at no time is vertical video okay.
I'm confused by your statement in the context of this thread.
Are you saying you are OK with the quality hit to keep it in 16:9?
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@BRRABill said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:
@scottalanmiller said
It's amazing how many good photos are ruined by this. It makes so many things unwatchable. Videos are so much worse than photos. Photos you can excuse sometimes, there are times that you can do that. But not with videos, at no time is vertical video okay.
I'm confused by your statement in the context of this thread.
Are you saying you are OK with the quality hit to keep it in 16:9?
No, I'm talking about the resulting pictures. If there is a phone problem that it is not doing 16:9 well, do 4:3 and crop it if you want to display it.
