Not sure if I am doing something terribly wrong but landscape shots are always Letterboxed on the iPhone 5.
I would like to know why! It is really annoying. Josh’s review showed one of this letterboxing. I don’t think I want to edit every image taken with iPhone 5 to remove the letterboxing.
Here is a raw sample shot with my iPhone 5.
It looks fine once imported but on the iPhone itself, it shows those 2 ugly black strips in landscape mode.
Don’t get me wrong – iPhone 5 has a stunning camera but it would be great if Apple utilized the full screen to display the image instead of letterboxing. As it is, we see a tonne of letterboxed iOS apps on the screen which can be unpleasant to the trained eye, particularly on the White iPhone 5.
Following is a panorama shot (reduced size) from the iPhone 5. It stitches in real-time and produces a stunning output – definitely not possible by many wannabe phones out there as of today.
p.s : All the images uploaded are shot from the same phone, same spot in about the same time. Modified for size but aren’t altered using any software.
Vungaiyas
For the simple reason that the aspect ratio of the pictures are not the same as the screen aspect, which is 16:9. They cannot expand without cropping or distorting the image.
Kiran
Yep, now I get it. I wish Apple did something to utilize the full screen while viewing images clicked on the iPhone 5.
You can take photos while recording a video and those photos will show full screen btw!
Patrick
I agree, 4:3 pics look funny on 16:9 screen. Default photo aspect ratio should be cropped same as video: 16:9. With a choice to save 4:3 if desired for web, email, printing.
You inspired me to find an app, just downloaded Scout Camera, there are probably others. It's http://crushapps.com/scout/ , touch crop on right, saves pics full screen 16:9, worth 99 cents.