It seems there is an issue with OS4 displaying the photos improperly when transferred or emailed. Still photos won't display properly when taken in portrait (upright). They look and display properly on the iphone itself, but not when emailed to someone. They display rotated (sideways). See for yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As0QeKNaQCY
The only thing that makes sense to me is with any other digital camera, pics display normal when taken in landscape. When you hold a digital camera vertical, it displays sideways. The same may go for the iphone 4 now that it's an hd camera.
What doesn't make sense to me is - why does it display properly in the body of the email, and in the iphone's camera roll, but not anywhere else?
Took a vertical picture and emailed it to myself. Looks right in email message. appears sideways when I click view from the email body but when I actually down load the photo from the email and then view it it is correct. I'm using a Mac and gmail email client
Alex
It seems people using mac's to view their pics are not having issues. But, what if they email a pic to a client or friend using a pc.
Regardless, I hope Apple can find a fix for this because what good is it using 'email photo' if they are coming out rotated.
I first discovered this when I emailed a client some condo photos and they all came out sideways.
Transferred photos to Mac via DiskAid, copied them to my synchronization folder on the Mac, then synced them back onto the iphone, where they are stored in the Photo Library album. When looking at them on the iPhone after the transfer, the photos originally taken in portrait orientation (phone held vertically) now display on the phone rotated 90 degrees. The photos originally taken in landscape orientation (phone held horizontally) display properly.
No email was involved, and no PC was used. Interestingly enough, the photos on the Mac are displayed either correctly OR rotated as on the iPhone, depending on what app I use to view them, so the earlier post that mentioned it being linked to viewers seems spot on. I have no clue as to why the photos would display properly when originally on the phone in the camera roll album, but display incorrectly after being transferred off the phone then back onto the phone into the Photo Library album. The iPhone should be using the same viewer regardless of what album the pics are in, I would think.
I just sent a picture and opened the email on my mac using Mail and it's fine. If I open it in MobileMe, it's sideways. I suspect they tested using Mail and not other clients as this would have been a failed test case. Then again, Apple may have known and shipped anyway 😉
I have to agree with all of you here. I have this problem with every photo, every email software, every browser etc. It's frustrating.
This used to work fine with the old OS... iOS4 and iOS4.01 both have this frustrating issue.
I also have a problem that if I email a photo, sometimes it never leaves the "Photos" ap, showing up everytime I open it. I then have to open up my Camera ap to view my photos... anyone else experiencing this?
Just subscriving to this as I have the same issue. Photos taken in portrait mode appear landscape on my PC. If I rotate the image to fix on the PC they then are wrong on my iPhone4 and iPad.
Maybe the iPhone and iPad are being too clever and looking at a piece of metadata other apps do not?
Here's my issue: Sometimes, not always, when i take a pic, it comes back in a MIRRORED IMAGE! and thats on either camera, front or back. Sometimes, it's UPSIDE DOWN! i dont get it! if i exit out of the camera and go back in, it's fine. so wierd. anyone else had that?
