Aspect ratio
Feb 25, 2018 16:37:21 #
Feb 25, 2018 16:44:34 #
Tomcat5133
Loc: Gladwyne PA
I found myself doing a lot of video a few years ago and shooting stills too. Also pull stills off of hybrid HD video and photoshopped them.
So I only use 16x9. Everything I do is around this size. I like other aspect ratio's but am I now stuck on 16x9. It is a film like crop.
And with the takeover of 16x9 smart TV's people are now used to that size.
So I only use 16x9. Everything I do is around this size. I like other aspect ratio's but am I now stuck on 16x9. It is a film like crop.
And with the takeover of 16x9 smart TV's people are now used to that size.
Feb 25, 2018 16:50:32 #
Whatever is native to my cameras. One is 3:2, the other is 4:3.
Cropping for printing, if any, depends on what size I am printing and the way I want the image to look.
Cropping for printing, if any, depends on what size I am printing and the way I want the image to look.
Feb 25, 2018 16:59:43 #
Both my current cameras are native 4:3, but I set one to 3:2 since I use that mostly for landscapes and I was very used to 3:2 from many years with a Canon Rebel (XTi, then T3i) and film before that. I like composing in 3:2 for landscapes and prefer to do it in-camera.
Feb 25, 2018 17:01:34 #
HarryM wrote:
What aspect ratio do you use, and why.
3:2 mostly so as to print on a 1:1 ratio for landscapes. Do crop for 11 x 14 use for a lot of animal shots.
Feb 25, 2018 17:31:19 #
HarryM wrote:
What aspect ratio do you use, and why.
The aspect ratio my sensor offers (3:2). Any other aspect ration chosen throws away pixels. Why pay for them if you're not going to use them?
Feb 25, 2018 17:54:31 #
Feb 25, 2018 19:59:18 #
JPringle
Loc: Australia
I use 3x2 in camera to maximise the sensor capture, and I crop to the standard aspect ratios that you can easily and cheaply buy frames of various sizes for. So in Australia that's going to be 3x2, 5x4, 4x3, 1x1, 16x9 and 5x7. I will choose an aspect ratio for a given image based on what I feel is most likely to complement or enhance my composition. In effect though, I think for nearly 50% of finished shots I end up defaulting to 3x2.
Feb 25, 2018 21:53:44 #
3:2 for no other reason than that's what I am used to, (sometimes we do things the way we have always done them)
Feb 25, 2018 22:06:55 #
My camera s 3:2 and that is what I shoot. However, when I make prints it depends on the size I want to print. It may be 5X7, 8X10, 11X14, or something else. When making prints, I will crop the master to the appropriate size and save at 300 dpi (at least that's what Lightroom calls it).
Feb 26, 2018 06:04:38 #
I have recently started to shoot in 16:9 aspect, I know I lose a few pixels but every one of my viewers such as monitors, TV's, phone, tablet and laptop all have a 16:9 aspect, so I do not have those annoying grey areas so viewing is far better.
Feb 26, 2018 06:06:37 #
LarryFitz
Loc: Beacon NY
I take photos at 3:2 since that uses the full area of senator. In pp in crop to whatever appeals to me. Since I post the a website I am not limited by printing sizes. I am not in the business of selling photos, so customer requirements due not enter into the picture.
Feb 26, 2018 06:29:18 #
The difficulty with this thread is that you are talking video to a crowd of still-image photographers. Yes, 16x9 wide-screen shooting for video is wonderful but that aspect doesn't exist unless the camera does both still images and video. Myself? I like the 4X3 aspect of the Fuji GFX because it can be shot anamorphic natively as well as with aspheric lenses. Only problem? Fuji stopped at the video railroad crossing with HD video and didn't cross over to the other side of the tracks where everyone is on 4K and going to 8K. Pity.
Feb 26, 2018 07:15:37 #
Feb 26, 2018 08:10:30 #
My cameras shoot in a 3:2 format but my finished print can be any format. It all depends on the over all scene and the intent of the photo.
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