Aspect ratio 1:1 on digital camera

[richard909]

Hi,

i am searching for more then an half our but i only found 2 cameras that have a aspect ratio of 1:1 and that's the Canon Powershot SX 220 HS.and the Ricoh CX2

Does anybody knows a digital camera that have a 1:1 square aspect ratio, i don't care if it's a old or new digital camera.

Thanks for the help

 

[Labe]

Fuji xs1 and lx100 both have 1:1 ratio option that I know of.

 

[TacticDesigns]

Fuji xs1 and lx100 both have 1:1 ratio option that I know of.

The Pentax Q series have a 1:1 crop mode as well.

OP: Are you looking for a camera to buy or just interested?

For 1:1 crop modes, this site usually lists it under "Image Ratio w:h" in their specs for each camera.

https://www.dpreview.com/products/pentax/slrs/pentax_qs1/specifications

Take care & Happy Shooting!

 

[richiebee]

Nikon D850 has a 1:1 crop mode.

 

[jrtrent]

Hi,

i am searching for more then an half our but i only found 2 cameras that have a aspect ratio of 1:1 and that's the Canon Powershot SX 220 HS.and the Ricoh CX2

Does anybody knows a digital camera that have a 1:1 square aspect ratio, i don't care if it's a old or new digital camera.

My Ricoh CX3 and Panasonic FZ300 both have 1:1 as a choice. All the Panasonic models I handled in the store this past summer offered the 1:1 aspect ratio, but I only handled the one I bought (FZ300), the FZ1000, and the ZS70. It wouldn't surprise me, though, if most of their compact and bridge cameras had 1:1 available.

 

[richard909]

The Pentax Q series have a 1:1 crop mode as well.

OP: Are you looking for a camera to buy or just interested?

Hi, i want to buy and mainly to use for Instagram so that i dont have to re-edit my photo's.

I use to have a Canon 220hs but he is finally broken after about 10 times falling, and photo quality is pretty nice for a non dslr camera.

And thanks anybody already for the replies.

 

[alcelc]

Hi,

i am searching for more then an half our but i only found 2 cameras that have a aspect ratio of 1:1 and that's the Canon Powershot SX 220 HS.and the Ricoh CX2

Does anybody knows a digital camera that have a 1:1 square aspect ratio, i don't care if it's a old or new digital camera.

My Ricoh CX3 and Panasonic FZ300 both have 1:1 as a choice. All the Panasonic models I handled in the store this past summer offered the 1:1 aspect ratio, but I only handled the one I bought (FZ300), the FZ1000, and the ZS70. It wouldn't surprise me, though, if most of their compact and bridge cameras had 1:1 available.

In fact 1:1 is a standard aspect ratio option for all Panasonic cameras, from those fixed lens compact/bridge camera, to MILCs.

When most so called 1:1 crop mode (the aspect ratio option I mentioned above) will produce a smaller resolution image, a few Panasonic cameras use a multi aspect ratio solution that will produce the same resolution for all the available aspect ratio output, e.g. 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 or 1:1 etc.

Compact: LX7 (discontinued), LX100 mk-I & mk-II

MILC: GH2 (discontinued)

 

[tbcass]

None I know of have 1:1 sensors but some have a 1:1 crop mode. If it's important to you there are free images editors that allow you to easily crop to any ratio you desire including 1:1. Here's one.

FastStone Image Viewer - Powerful and Intuitive Photo Viewer, Editor and Batch Converter

 

[armin304]

All my three Samsung NXes I still actually use do have an 1:1 mode, but Samsung stopped producing NX cameras about three years ago. My newly acquired Sony RX10 III has an 1:1 mode too. The problem I have with this mode is, that I forget about it when I need it or I have a camera with me that doesn't support it like my A7II.

 

[bkjones88]

If your goal is just to post to Instagram with as little editing work as possible, maybe you're best off using a smartphone? Modern ones produce good images that are Instagram-quality, and with a lot of camera apps, you can specify 1:1 crop ratio I believe.

 

[Ilfotografo]

Hi,

i am searching for more then an half our but i only found 2 cameras that have a aspect ratio of 1:1 and that's the Canon Powershot SX 220 HS.and the Ricoh CX2

Does anybody knows a digital camera that have a 1:1 square aspect ratio, i don't care if it's a old or new digital camera.

Thanks for the help

I happen to like square format pictures now and then, but I would not want to be constrained to that in format in the camera.

Back in the day, the Twin Lens Reflex roll film cameras and the earliest SLR roll film cameras shot 1:1.

With waist-level viewing, it was impractical to rotate the camera, and with square format cameras, it was unnecessary. The aspect ratio of the print was determined in the darkroom. Some people cropped for either portrait or landscape orientations as they desired, and others printed square format.

The advent of 645 format cameras with pentaprisms changed two things: it enabled the users to take more photos on a roll of film, and it required the photographer to compose in either a portrait or landscape orientation at the time of the shot.

My Lumix LX 100 II camera has a 1:1 format setting, but I do not use it. It really reduces the megapixel count.

One of the advantages of a higher resolution sensor is the reduced loss of data when one crops, and if I intended to print a lot of 1:1 pics I would tend to want more megapixels than I have heretofore found adequate for me.

We recently printed and framed a B&W square pic taken at night in 1959 of a Milwaukee Road locomotive approaching Chicago in the snow. Every time I look at it, these thoughts occur to me.

I recommend cropping to 1:1 after the shot--and using a camera with sufficient resolution to allow it.

I hope you find this helpful.

 

[AstigmaticOwl]

Nikon D850 has a 1:1 crop mode.

as does the Nikon Z 7

 

[FrancoD]

The OP wants to use the photos on Instagram so convenience (square format from the start) is probably more important than quality.

(max res 1080x1080)

 

[Pontoneer]

Hi,

i am searching for more then an half our but i only found 2 cameras that have a aspect ratio of 1:1 and that's the Canon Powershot SX 220 HS.and the Ricoh CX2

Does anybody knows a digital camera that have a 1:1 square aspect ratio, i don't care if it's a old or new digital camera.

Thanks for the help

Pentax K-1 can shoot 1:1

 

[yardcoyote]

I love squares and many if not most of my finished images end up at 1:1. But even I generally prefer to shoot with the full sensor (native aspect ratio) and crop afterwards. It makes sense to gather as much data as possible at the time of capture. Some particularly nice images have more than one good square in them. And yes, I use FastStone to crop-- it's a great general purpose image editor, surprisingly powerful and very easy to learn.

I do have one camera, my Fuji X-M1, that I do set to shoot 1:1 about 75% of the time. It's a very simple camera with no viewfinder and minimal controls (but great IQ), and I particularly enjoy using it this way for some reason.

 

[Peter Del]

Cameras set to 1:1


Olympus PEN F




Olympus E-M5 mk1

It is the Jpeg that is cropped, the Raw is the full width.

Peter Del

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Gallery: http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/8804053911

 

[BertIverson]

Sony RX10M4 can shoot 1:1 and saves a 1:1 RAW image. The sensor is 3:2 and 20 MP so the square image would be ~~ 3650 pixel on each side.

 

[tbcass]

I love squares and many if not most of my finished images end up at 1:1. But even I generally prefer to shoot with the full sensor (native aspect ratio) and crop afterwards. It makes sense to gather as much data as possible at the time of capture. Some particularly nice images have more than one good square in them. And yes, I use FastStone to crop-- it's a great general purpose image editor, surprisingly powerful and very easy to learn.

Yes it makes sense to crop after because you can move the crop around and reduce the size to get the best possible composition.

 

[donmarse]

You would think every modern camera would have the 1:1 ratio as an option, it doesn't cost much if anything to implement it.

 

[pannumon]

When most so called 1:1 crop mode (the aspect ratio option I mentioned above) will produce a smaller resolution image, a few Panasonic cameras use a multi aspect ratio solution that will produce the same resolution for all the available aspect ratio output, e.g. 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 or 1:1 etc.

Compact: LX7 (discontinued), LX100 mk-I & mk-II

MILC: GH2 (discontinued)

For the record, I would like to add GH5s.

In fact, the resolution (megapixel count) DOES change even when using multi-aspect ratio sensor on Panasonics. The point of the multi-aspect-ratio sensor is that the camera can use the whole image circle regardless of aspect ratio (as long as it is 4:3, 3:2 or 16:9). In practice this means that the diagonal angle of view is the same regardless aspect ratio. Of the mentioned options 4:3 is the most "economic" one, having the most megapixels.

Unfortunately, in all Panasonic multi-aspect ratio sensors, 1:1 is simply a crop from 4:3. This is even true for LX100-cameras that in theory could take 1:1 by utilizing the full image circle. That being said, cropping from 4:3 to 1:1 is not a huge deal.