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Camera Aspect Ratio

When taking pics they all are in the 4:3 aspect ratio (both in 2D & 3D). Anybody knows a way to take pics that fill the screen (without post cropping them) when beeing watched (like the videos do)?
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I suspect this is just the simple fact that the sensors are 4:3 ratio, when shooting video the sensor probably just ignores so many pixels at the top and the bottom to fake the aspect ratio.
So if you want 16:9 then just frame your photos as if the top and bottom is not there, then crop them on the PC later. You can probably even crop them on the phone itself but I have not looked into it myself as I do not see that it matters. You are always best keeping them 4:3 in case you want to have them printed later.

Better to have the option on the phone itself
Hello Alex,
I was using the n900 as well before i bought the o3d. I agree with you that the camera quality was much better on the n900.
And it was possible to choose the 16:9 resolution - although i think the sensor on the n900 was 4:3 as well.
in between i had the atrix for 1 month or so - it also offered to shoot in 16:9, but this one was not 3d ;-).
I think it would be great to be able to see the pics just taken as a "screen filling experience"! Cropping by hand or on the PC is an option, but it would be more convenient to have it as an option on the phone, to take pictures in the original screen ratio.
thanks for your reply anyway
heiwid

There are a few more options in lgCamera and it also lets you record video at higher bitrates.
It seems a bit twitchy since V10d firmware though, you might have to switch between the image viewer and back before the preview starts working.
Still photos still come out very over-processed though, so I am guessing this is something only LG can improve or someone hacking around with Android itself.
[EDIT]
Actually be careful with that app, it just locked up my phone. Annoying as it seemed fine firmware V10b.

Thanks for the hint.
I tried it - worked - but no 16:9 settings as well except 720x480.
But this is not an option for taking pics.
I think you are right, Only LG could change it.
It looks like the view of the software engineers @ LG is not as wide as the one of the hardware engineers ;-).

That LG camera app is as buggy as hell, total crap.

did the camera get better on 2.3.4?

to me it did it seems like less pixelation in low light, what do you guys think?

Not sure if the quality of the camera's pictures got better, but the screen is suppose to improve with 2.3.4 which would enhance picture viewing.

[Q] Can nexus S take photes in 16:9 mode and how good is it?

If yes then what resolution? I am pretty sure it can take in 720p but does it take in 1920x1080 or even a bit higher?
Now how good the camera really is? I am getting very mixed opinions in reviews. With the GSMarena photo compare tool it seems really good as far as most 5MP cameras are concerned like iphone 4 and galaxy S.
Some reviews complain about somewhat washed out under saturated pics, would you agree with that?

It takes 5M pixel photos which are 2560x1920 pixels on all 5M cameras btw.
If you meant the camcorder than no, it will not do HD.
Now, with that resolution you can easily format any picture to 16x9 aspect ratio. The stock camera doesn't have wide screen option buy some 3rd party apps do.

obsanity said:
It takes 5M pixel photos which are 2560x1920 pixels on all 5M cameras btw.
If you meant the camcorder than no, it will not do HD.
Now, with that resolution you can easily format any picture to 16x9 aspect ratio. The stock camera doesn't have wide screen option buy some 3rd party apps do.
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Ok no native 16:9 shooting I see. Can you tell which application can do that?
Has nexus S gotten native touch to focus with ICS?

Come on anyone??

Tap to focus didn't work for me when I had ICS on my Nexus S. I guess it's a Galaxy Nexus feature.
You should be able to resize or crop photos to be 16:9 with QuickPic or Photoshop Express.

S7 Camera worse than S6?!

Hey, I think the camera in S6 was better than S7 - when I take a picture and zoom in, I see a big difference - pictures from S6 were sharper, more clear.
-Yes, I did try highest resolution (12MP)
Do you think the same way?
Is there anything I could do to make it better? I guess its not just a sowftware issiue?

That's because in bright daylight, S6's higher megapixel camera triumphs S7's camera optimized for low light performance.

104mpx is worse than 12mpx

Hi All,
Did you also notice that 104mpx mode is quite useless and is taking the same quality pics as 12mpx during daytime and is actually much worse during night time, producing much more noise? I can't understand why on Earth we need the 104mpx mode, it doesn't have any optical zoom or other perks. Marketing?

I notice a huge difference in detail if you crop in to the 1x otherwise I completely agree with you

More isn't necessarily better.
As they shrink in size so does their potential area to gather light ie smaller charge quantities to measure. Signal/noise ratio increases as a result.
More processing means more noise as well.
So there's a trade off between quality and quantity to a certain extent.
12 mp is not a small count. Depending if you want postcard, poster or billboard size final display.
A good 2 mp sensor can yield an excellent image...