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Impotent rage (media.kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by mycodesucks@kbin.social to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

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[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why can't the software have an option to hold your phone vertically but shoot horizontally? How is this not fixed yet?

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Because the sensors are landscape 4:3 and you would lose resolution when doing so.

AFAIK there's no other reason other than that and giving people the option might confuse people.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Many camera sensors in phones are so high resolution nowadays, you could fit 4K video in any orientation

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree! I wonder if there's already camera apps that do this?

In any case, unless it's in the default camera app and a default option, it will likely do nothing to reduce the plague of vertical video. I would guess that most people filming something that would be better in landscape didn't even think about it, so won't think about turning an option on.

[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is and has been for a while: https://horizon.camera/

[–] Spambox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Love this app, used it for years. I'd love to see them get picked up as a standard camera app on a big brand manufacturer so all the others would create their own version.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Many sensor are 3:2 or non trivial ratios because of how the color filter pattern is aligned. Why do you think the sensors are 4:3?

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago

I realise sensors come in other aspect ratios, but I didn't want to spend the time researching and listing them all. Some sensors are 4:3 (like the IMX363).

But that's irrelevant to my point that the sensor is not square which means you lose more resolution cropping to 16:9 in one orientation (usually portrait) than the other.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I used to have a phone with a special camera that took 16:9 landscape video while the phone was in portrait mode. Good times.

So it's definitely possible for the phone manufacturers to implement they just choose not to.