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Pictures in camera roll not full screen for iPhone 5?

The Game 161

The Game 161

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Took some pics today but it didn't take advantage of the iPhone 5 screen. Seems odd
Just black bits like on apps which haven't got updated

Why is this the case? Thought it would be full screen
 
The Game 161 said:
Took some pics today but it didn't take advantage of the iPhone 5 screen. Seems odd
Just black bits like on apps which haven't got updated

Why is this the case? Thought it would be full screen
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The camera resolution doesn't match the aspect ratio of the screen. So it's either use black bars or stretch/zoom on the object.
 
jfulcher said:
The camera resolution doesn't match the aspect ratio of the screen. So it's either use black bars or stretch/zoom on the object.
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Right I see didn't realise this was the case. First time I have took pics with the 5
 
Videos will use the whole screen. But 16:9 aspect ratio is crap for most photos. So rather than display them pre-zoomed in it shows the black bars.
 
jclardy said:
Videos will use the whole screen. But 16:9 aspect ratio is crap for most photos. So rather than display them pre-zoomed in it shows the black bars.
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If you edit the picture and crop it using constrain to a preset 16x9 it will fill the screen. Also, a picture snapped during video creation will also fill the frame. For some reason, photos imported from a digital camera automatically format to fit the frame.
 
I find the iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4 and 4S, all with 3:2 screens would auto-crop any 4:3 images synced from the computer or taken with the camera.

With the iPhone 5 it will auto-crop any 3:2 images but not the 4:3 ones the camera on the phone takes.
 
The Game 161 said:
Took some pics today but it didn't take advantage of the iPhone 5 screen. Seems odd
Just black bits like on apps which haven't got updated

Why is this the case? Thought it would be full screen
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You are absolutely right, i just try mine and notice that it is not full screen ...wtf apple, it is your own app! Make it perfect !!
 
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Wouldn't be nice if we can take like the picture below in same ratio using iphone
 

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This is not just with iPhone but Android phones as well ... for full 8MP shots the aspects is at 4:3 and you get black bars on side on 16:9 aspect screens (most phones now)

Android phones have option to come down to 6.5MP and get full screen shots (16:9) like Samsung Camera App ...
 
Hpye said:
You are absolutely right, i just try mine and notice that it is not full screen ...wtf apple, it is your own app! Make it perfect !!
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Taking a 16:9 ratio picture would not be "perfect" for most people. It should be an option in the settings though.
 
Nope. Would never want to take 16:9 stills. I don't mind the phone doing the auto-crop but the whole image is still there to use.

Much prefer 3:2 to any of the other options, shame the phone shoots in 4:3.
 
I love the 16:9 aspect for photos ... for one biggest reason of all that all viewing devices at this time are 16:9 ... and so displaying them directly using lets say AppleTV doesnt do any cropping with bars, etc ... just fills the whole screen ...

I guess just comes down to personal preference.
 
Unfortunately, while the screen is 16:9, photo standards are not.

You can however go into the camera roll, select a photo and edit, crop, constrain and pic 16:9 it will crop to fit perfectly.
 
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