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Undo aspect ratio GX7?

Started May 7, 2020 | Questions thread
larsbc Forum Pro • Posts: 18,282
Re: Undo aspect ratio GX7?

rurikw wrote:

Hi. I'd like to know that if I set 1:1 aspect on my GX7 and shoot raw+jpg, is there a way to access the uncropped 4:3 image? Have tried to search but I haven't found anything that works on either SilkyPix or ACR. Found the DNG recover edges plugin in AdobeLabs but AFAIK it requires Lightroom. Actually they state that it doesn't work with Panasonic cameras because the cropped areas are irretrievably lost even in raw. Can anyone confirm whether this is true?

I went back to one of the raw files I shot several years ago on my GX7 at 3:2 ratio.  I use Lightroom and when I tried to change the aspect ratio to 4:3, the only option available to me is to crop DOWN into the 4:3.  I cannot un-crop OUT to 4:3 (ie: there is no additional top and bottom available in that photo).  This surprises me since I assumed that the aspect ratio didn't affect the raw dimensions in LR...although I should also mention that my raws were converted to .dng so that might have something to do with it as well.

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