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do all canon point and shoots ONLY allow 4:3 on several settings?

Started Jun 14, 2015 | Discussions thread
boogisha
boogisha Senior Member • Posts: 2,858
Re: do all canon point and shoots ONLY allow 4:3 on several settings?

Island Golfer wrote:

In another review by CameraDicision, it is stated, "You can shoot at maximum resolution of 5184 x 3888 pixels with aspect ratios of 1:1, 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9".

I think this sentence is misleading, to say at least, not to say incorrect - maximum resolution is only available at sensor`s native aspect ratio (usually 4:3 or 3:2), where other image aspect ratios are made by cropping the image - throwing away pixels/data, thus lowering resolution.

If the idea was just to point out that different image aspect ratios are available, then that is correct, indeed

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