Narrow video angle

[kfergiez]

I was wondering if anybody knew why the viewing angle decreases when you switch from camera mode to video recording mode on iPhone 4. I don't like it.

 

[sammich]

I think it's because video uses 'sensor crop' instead of sampling the whole frame. So it takes the middle 1920x1080 pixels of the camera sensor as the video instead of sampling every pixel of the sensor.

 

[kfergiez]

That makes sense, but why do it in the first place?

P.S. It's an ip4, so only 720p recording.

 

[204353]

I was wondering if anybody knew why the viewing angle decreases when you switch from camera mode to video recording mode on iPhone 4. I don't like it.

When you're recording video, the iPhone zooms in the image to fill the display (because it's shooting in 16:9 and the display is 3:2 or whatever).

Double-tap the display when you're in video mode and it'll show the whole frame.

 

[ShionoyaTamaki]

I asked a similar question to yours.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1266515/

 

[sammich]

So, I did some (highly scientifical) testing to check this out for myself.

I put my iPhone on the desk and taped some paper to the desk. Then I put it into each mode making sure it was only focussed on the wall, and then drew dots on the edge of the view. Then I joined the dots and measured it.

Maybe it'll help?

EDIT: The iPhone 4 doesn't have the video stabilisation, and I don't have a 4S to draw my pictures up with. Maybe someone can do it for comparison.

 

[kfergiez]

When you're recording video, the iPhone zooms in the image to fill the display (because it's shooting in 16:9 and the display is 3:2 or whatever).

Double-tap the display when you're in video mode and it'll show the whole frame.

aha... Well thank you for that. However, I still notice that the viewing angle is still slightly narrower. How odd.