george_cotto Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 <p>Why is it when I rotate the camera to take a vertical shot, the picture shrinks? How can I avoid that? Do I need another camera? I have a Canon EOS Rebel t1i. If I need another camera, which Canon model would do the trick with lowest price point?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawngibson Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Hi George. It doesn't actually shrink the image itself, but it may appear to be doing so in the viewfinder. Have a look at the dimensions on a computer, I guarantee they will be the same - X x Y as Y x X:). I think what you're noticing is that in order to changethe orientation on the screen itself, it looks smaller. Is that what you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_cotto Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 <p>Thank you Shawn. I also notice that the picture shrinks when it is rotated on the computer screen as well.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawngibson Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 It is probably just accommodating the size and showing you at a smaller percentage. In most software, if you want to view your image at 100% you can, but you won't be able to see the whole image, just part of it. Think of trying to view a 6 foot image through a 4 foot window. The image is there but it's hidden behind the window. To see the whole scene of the image, you'd have to shrink t to 4 feet so the whole thing is in the window. Hope I'm making sense and not over simplifying it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjoseph7 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 <p>Turn Auto-rotate off and then rotate the image in photoshop or whatever your editor.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G. Dainis Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 If you hold the camera vertically when viewing the image on the LCD screen, then does it fill the LCD screen? James G. Dainis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_cotto Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 <p>Thanks you James. Yes. The picture vertically does fill the LCD screen. Side note--autorotate is not activated.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Cavan Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 <p>If it is filling the LCD vertically then Shawn's point is valid. It's just that the LCD is wider than it is tall, so to fit the whole vertical picture onto the LCD it needs to "shrink". It is still the same size (number of pixels on each side).</p> Dave Cavan https://davecavanphotographics.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcuknz Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 <p>A vertical picture is always smaller on the computer monitor because there are fewer pixels vertically and horizontally .. the confirmation of this is to watch the magnification figures at the top of the display. It will be displaying a vertical picture at a smaller magnification. I imagine that the LCD is working the same way. It is a fact of life as far as the monitor is concerned. Particularly noticable if you have a 16:9 monitor or similar.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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