I agree! I wonder if there’s already camera apps that do this?
In any case, unless it’s in the default camera app and a default option, it will likely do nothing to reduce the plague of vertical video.
I would guess that most people filming something that would be better in landscape didn’t even think about it, so won’t think about turning an option on.
Love this app, used it for years. I’d love to see them get picked up as a standard camera app on a big brand manufacturer so all the others would create their own version.
I realise sensors come in other aspect ratios, but I didn’t want to spend the time researching and listing them all. Some sensors are 4:3 (like the IMX363).
But that’s irrelevant to my point that the sensor is not square which means you lose more resolution cropping to 16:9 in one orientation (usually portrait) than the other.
Why can’t the software have an option to hold your phone vertically but shoot horizontally? How is this not fixed yet?
Because the sensors are landscape 4:3 and you would lose resolution when doing so.
AFAIK there’s no other reason other than that and giving people the option might confuse people.
Many camera sensors in phones are so high resolution nowadays, you could fit 4K video in any orientation
I agree! I wonder if there’s already camera apps that do this?
In any case, unless it’s in the default camera app and a default option, it will likely do nothing to reduce the plague of vertical video. I would guess that most people filming something that would be better in landscape didn’t even think about it, so won’t think about turning an option on.
There is and has been for a while: https://horizon.camera/
Love this app, used it for years. I’d love to see them get picked up as a standard camera app on a big brand manufacturer so all the others would create their own version.
Many sensor are 3:2 or non trivial ratios because of how the color filter pattern is aligned. Why do you think the sensors are 4:3?
I realise sensors come in other aspect ratios, but I didn’t want to spend the time researching and listing them all. Some sensors are 4:3 (like the IMX363).
But that’s irrelevant to my point that the sensor is not square which means you lose more resolution cropping to 16:9 in one orientation (usually portrait) than the other.
I used to have a phone with a special camera that took 16:9 landscape video while the phone was in portrait mode. Good times.
So it’s definitely possible for the phone manufacturers to implement they just choose not to.