Aspect Ratio settings

[Gaz]

Lately I’ve been balking at the crop decisions.

My camera is FF therefore aspect ratio 3:2 - like 35mm film.

Unless it was colour positive film, I always cropped film images for printing.

I can also select in camera 4:3, 16:9, 1:1 but each of these cause the image to be cropped reducing the effective sensor coverage, so I don’t use them, just in case I need that edge in composition later. I think that’s rational. Is it though?

Then I’m faced with an image post production that I crop, knowing I can recover it if I ever wish to.

I look at all the size options and shrug.

Lately I’ve defaulted to 5:7. No reasoning or logic applied. Just like going to the Kodak store and I’ll be back in a week to pick those up. Occasionally I choose 16:9 for 4k monitor and web. Rarely square for instagram since it lets us post portrait now.

What do you generally choose in terms of format?

 

[Brownie]

Original ratio unless I'm cropping for a specific photo print size, or for some other reason.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Wait, I could have sworn that when you select an aspect ratio other than 3x2, only the jpeg or preview of the raw is in that aspect ratio. I seem to remember being surprised that i could change the crop back to original 3x2 in Adobe Raw. Am I mistaken?

 

[Gaz]

Wait, I could have sworn that when you select an aspect ratio other than 3x2, only the jpeg or preview of the raw is in that aspect ratio. I seem to remember being surprised that i could change the crop back to original 3x2 in Adobe Raw. Am I mistaken?

I never thought of that. I’ll have to test it. In camera the aspect changes in the viewfinder, so I assumed it just turns that part off. I have t tested it, so I’ve been relying on my pentax experience. It actually has an external button for switching to 16:9…. Gotta love 2009 tech.