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S21 camera disappointment

Started Feb 21, 2021 | Discussions thread
Venger
OP Venger Junior Member • Posts: 39
Re: S21 camera disappointment

Hi Mark,

Many thanks for taking the time to reply.

Yes you're right, I'd selected the aspect ration 3:4 (64MP) thinking this would give me the highest resolution of all.

In photo mode, the S21 presents you with five aspect ratios to choose from...

3:4 (64MP)

3:4

9:16

1:1

FULL

...and this is the first time I've seen that as a selection option and I have to say I wasn't entirely sure what I should select. There was no selection on the S6 (or so I thought) I was happy with the quality of the pics from the word go and kind of forgot about it, however, on going through the camera settings on the S6 yesterday I noticed that buried away is a 'picture size' setting for the rear camera with two 4:3 options, two 16:9 options and a 1:1 but 16:9 (16M) was selected by default and that's where it's stayed for 6 years lol.

Anyway, doing some internet searching this afternoon to try and understand what these different aspect ratios mean in terms of the quality of the photo taken, I think I'm right in saying that I should be keeping it on 3:4 as this means I'm losing less of the image I'm photographing, is that right ?

I'm gonna hazard a guess and say that the second of the two 3:4 options on the S21 will use the 12MP sensor so I'll give that a try and post up my results. It's the dullest grey, rainy day here at the moment so much so we've got lights on in the back room where that orchid is so I'll have a go tomorrow in better light.

Nick

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