Why YSK: I’ve been seeing an increasing number of phone photos shared online in 9:16, 9:21 or similarly tall aspect ratios, often with parts of the subject cut off. I’ve asked a few people why they cropped their images that way, and none of them knew they were cropped.

    • specialneedz@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      When “zooming” in the view finder the phone can adjust exposure and processing to what’s just in the frame, so it’s not quite the same as cropping in after the shot. So you might end up with a better shot with zooming first. Resolution wise it’s the same though.

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      1 year ago

      Also true, though phones with multiple cameras often combine the UI for that cropping with switching cameras rather than having an explicit control to select a camera.