Camera settings?? 4:3 at 12.3 mp or 16:9 at 8.3 mp?? - Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers

What is everyone's thoughts on the camera settings? Do you guys set it once and forget it? Or are you constantly switching between the 2? Does once setting provide better photos or am I thinking too much into this?
Thanks for your thoughts,
Nycorduroy

It's always best to get as much resolution out of anything you can. I have 4:3 @ 12.3 setup and just leave it that way.
People complain about it not filling up the screen on the phone but that doesn't matter honestly. Everything we have with photography is at a 4:3 aspect ratio anyway. Keep 16:9/10 to videos

The 16:9 photo option is nothing but a crop. It is totally pointless to set the camera to 16:9. Take the photo in the 12.3MP 4:3 mode, and crop it yourself later if you desire.

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[Q] Camera aspect ratio, does 4:3 or 5:3 capture more information (wider angle shot)?

I haven't had a chance to do a test myself. I'm hoping someone has or already know.
One can set the camera to take pictures at 4:3 or 5:3 (so-called wide). Looking at the screen, 5:3 actually crops a bit of the viewing area. 4:3 appears to be a wider-angle [lens, if you like] shot.
Any information?
Thanks.
snovvman said:
I haven't had a chance to do a test myself. I'm hoping someone has or already know.
One can set the camera to take pictures at 4:3 or 5:3 (so-called wide). Looking at the screen, 5:3 actually crops a bit of the viewing area. 4:3 appears to be a wider-angle [lens, if you like] shot.
Any information?
Thanks.
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Yes, 5:3 crops pixels off the top and bottom to make it widescreen at only 6MP. This is the default setup on sense probably to avoid annoying questions like why the pictures have black bars on either side. If you want to use the full resolution, and have a more standard aspect ratio like other digital cameras, set it to 4:3.
timtlm said:
Yes, 5:3 crops pixels off the top and bottom to make it widescreen at only 6MP. This is the default setup on sense probably to avoid annoying questions like why the pictures have black bars on either side. If you want to use the full resolution, and have a more standard aspect ratio like other digital cameras, set it to 4:3.
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Thank you.

8MP versus 6.5MP Widescreen?

I just noticed at the full 8MP resolution setting the pictures are not Widescreen. Is there a big difference resolution wise between the two? I prefer the look of the 6.5MP Widescreen on the phone but don't want to sacrifice too much resolution in case I want to print the pictures. I don't see a difference on the phone between the two resolution wise but the phone's screen resolution is so low it is hard to tell. Any advice on which setting is best?
Thanks!
dcam1075 said:
I just noticed at the full 8MP resolution setting the pictures are not Widescreen. Is there a big difference resolution wise between the two? I prefer the look of the 6.5MP Widescreen on the phone but don't want to sacrifice too much resolution in case I want to print the pictures. I don't see a difference on the phone between the two resolution wise but the phone's screen resolution is so low it is hard to tell. Any advice on which setting is best?
Thanks!
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You will only notice the difference when you blow up the picture beyond its own dimensions. Megapixels have really nothing to do with quality. Sure higher megapixels mean a larger resolution, what really matters is the sensor. As long as there is enough light, you should get some great looking pictures. The rest is personal preference.
Why not shoot full, and crop those you'd prefer wider later?
daveid said:
Why not shoot full, and crop those you'd prefer wider later?
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I mostly view the pictures on the phone and at the full 8MP they don't fill the screen when viewing them. That was my reason for wanting to use the 6.5MP Widescreen mode, I just didn't want to lose quality if I later wanted to print those same images at 8x10.

[Q] Can i change the 13mp Photo ratio from 4:3 to 16:9?

Hi Everyone,
I have a new Oppo find 7 (x9076) with takes great photos! The only thing I dont really like is that the 13mp photos are in 4:3. For TV viewing etc I was hoping to change that ratio to 16:9.
However it seams that on the camera If i do this, the pixel size is lowered to 10mp.
Is there any 'hack/mod' that we can do to allow the camera to take 16:9 ratio photos at 13mp??
Thanks in advance.
Nick.
NickXC90 said:
Hi Everyone,
I have a new Oppo find 7 (x9076) with takes great photos! The only thing I dont really like is that the 13mp photos are in 4:3. For TV viewing etc I was hoping to change that ratio to 16:9.
However it seams that on the camera If i do this, the pixel size is lowered to 10mp.
Is there any 'hack/mod' that we can do to allow the camera to take 16:9 ratio photos at 13mp??
Thanks in advance.
Nick.
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No.
The physical sensor itself is in a 4:3 ratio. The 16:9 photos are 10MP because they're ignoring parts of the sensor. You're better off taking 13MP photos and cropping the ones you really want to be wridescreen.

[Q] Z1C Camera on Stock vs AOSP?

Is there a big difference in performance of the camera say on liquidsmooth (or any other AOSP ROM) compared to the stock sony ROM? Are the pictures still 21 megapixels? I appreciate any help with regard to this. Thanks !
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Came from stock and using LiquidSmooth now, some main differences I can see is greater options for ISO control on Liquid, but less precision in exposure values. Stock gives you fractions whereas Liquid only gets +1 or -1. Overall, I like the AOSP camera better since +1 or -1 exp is really all I need. You can adjust ISO up to 3200 .
Edit: Pictures are still the full 21 MP, and you get options for 60 or 120 FPS video recording but it keeps saying it's unsupported, so I'm not sure if it's actually been added yet.
Thanks for the response. Are the quality of the pictures the same?
I haven't noticed any difference, and I like to zoom in a lot to view small details. I'm not very experienced in photography, but the pictures still look really good. You can also customize the aspect ratio of 21 MP shots to 16:9, and more but I haven't bothered with that yet.
Bionz still works on aosp roms?
I'm not really sure how to check something like that, otherwise I would. It takes the picture instantly, reminds me of taking photos on the iPhone. That's with 4:3 21MP with any ISO and any Exp value. I think that means it's on, since after a little research I found Bionz is just the image processor. 16:9 21 MP takes a while to process, because I think it pieces it together instead of taking the picture like it does in 4:3.

Can't adjust Camera Resolution?

Anyone have this issue?
All I can select is 1:1, 4:3, and 16:9. Nothing else. What the heck is this?
Same here. No quality adjustment. Only aspect ratio.
Same very weird
aachil said:
Same very weird
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Between this and the **** battery life im sending this thing back.
DrexelDragon said:
Between this and the **** battery life im sending this thing back.
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What are you going to get? The S6 is way worse.
geoff5093 said:
What are you going to get? The S6 is way worse.
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I have an S6 Edge. My battery life is better on there than it is on my G4.
DrexelDragon said:
I have an S6 Edge. My battery life is better on there than it is on my G4.
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From owning the S6 for a week, and reading all the reviews and people posting here, I'd say it's unanimous that the battery on the S6 is awful. It would last half as long as my G3, and that was with many features disabled, bloatware disabled, and I used Greenify. Great battery life when using the phone, but standby was awful.
Why would you want to turn the photo quality down?
chrisokaly said:
Why would you want to turn the photo quality down?
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Jesus. The problem is there's no indication of what resolution you are taking the picture at at ALL. An idiotic thing to leave out of a camera app.
DrexelDragon said:
Jesus. The problem is there's no indication of what resolution you are taking the picture at at ALL. An idiotic thing to leave out of a camera app.
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Exactly!
chrisokaly said:
Why would you want to turn the photo quality down?
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So many reasons......
File size, image size, image preview speeds, upload limits on websites, being unecessary in general, etc. It's really sad that there's no resolution adjustment.....
Maybe check for a photo size option? Like S/M/L? My DSLR does it like that.
Hi everyone,
While I'm waiting for my phone to reach me, I have a recommendation and suggestion.
I believe changing the aspect ratio itself will adjust the resolution.
As with my previous phones, I think the 4:3 ratio would be the full, native, 16 MP resolution, or a photo size of 4608 x 3456 (multiply 4608 by 3456, you get 15.9 million pixels, or 16 MP)
A middle resolution would be the 16:9 ratio
The lower resolution would be the 1:1 ratio
Please, if someone could take a photo with the last 2 ratios, and let us know the photo dimensions, then we can figure out the resolution
Update:
Well... it seems I may have been wrong.
I found some 16:9 photos on this forum, and judging by the size, they're also 16 MP. It's very odd but it looks like this could be possible because of a customized sensor.
I'm not sure how it works really, but my theory goes down the drain :/
I agree, it is irritating. Likewise there is no indication on the video side of things what frame-rates everything is recorded in, having a choice between 1080p30 and 1080p60 would be good, as well as 720p30/60/120.
I find myself using the native app for random quick pictures and then using FV-5 for more indepth photography...
nadram said:
Hi everyone,
While I'm waiting for my phone to reach me, I have a recommendation and suggestion.
I believe changing the aspect ratio itself will adjust the resolution.
As with my previous phones, I think the 4:3 ratio would be the full, native, 16 MP resolution, or a photo size of 4608 x 3456 (multiply 4608 by 3456, you get 15.9 million pixels, or 16 MP)
A middle resolution would be the 16:9 ratio
The lower resolution would be the 1:1 ratio
Please, if someone could take a photo with the last 2 ratios, and let us know the photo dimensions, then we can figure out the resolution
Update:
Well... it seems I may have been wrong.
I found some 16:9 photos on this forum, and judging by the size, they're also 16 MP. It's very odd but it looks like this could be possible because of a customized sensor.
I'm not sure how it works really, but my theory goes down the drain :/
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I have tried it
the 16:9 is the full resolution
both 4:3 and 1:1 are cropped images
Salbawardi2 said:
I have tried it
the 16:9 is the full resolution
both 4:3 and 1:1 are cropped images
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Also no choice for RAW unless in manual mode. RAW 16:9 option would be nice for auto along with other resolution choice.
Just to confirm, the default 16:9 ratio gives you the full 16MP.
starfcker69 said:
Also no choice for RAW unless in manual mode. RAW 16:9 option would be nice for auto along with other resolution choice.
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That's true, but you can go into manual mode and not toggle things you want to change, which basically means it's still in auto mode, except you can now get RAW.
just use Google camera
Delirious17 said:
just use Google camera
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Google camera lets you shoot in raw?
no but you can at least change the resolution for your pictures, solution for that for now
Delirious17 said:
no but you can at least change the resolution for your pictures, solution for that for now
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So you buy the G4 only to load Google Camera with its crappy processing?

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