Atul Chitnis (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} achitnis) wrote in avinash, |
Well, I am not so sure if one would want to do that.
All these cameras that have a 16:9 option only reduce the height of the image to produce the 16:9 effect, the horizontal dimension remains the same. For example, my camera, which does 12 mpp at 4:3, will produce a 9mpp image at 16:9, with the width the same as a 4:3 picture (i.e. 4000 pixels).
16:9 shooting is very convenient if you want to immediately display the pictures on a 16:9 display, but otherwise, it makes more sense to shoot at full resolution 4:3 and crop later if/when needed. That way, you don't lose any unnoticed detail.
All these cameras that have a 16:9 option only reduce the height of the image to produce the 16:9 effect, the horizontal dimension remains the same. For example, my camera, which does 12 mpp at 4:3, will produce a 9mpp image at 16:9, with the width the same as a 4:3 picture (i.e. 4000 pixels).
16:9 shooting is very convenient if you want to immediately display the pictures on a 16:9 display, but otherwise, it makes more sense to shoot at full resolution 4:3 and crop later if/when needed. That way, you don't lose any unnoticed detail.
