Q: Camera still photo issue

I have a case open with Apple regarding this issue and received this response:

"I have received word from the Engineers. So, the Engineers they have reviewed all the documentation and the emails and video you sent me and determined that the EXIF data on them (the pictures) is correct. The issue they feel, is not with the photos but rather the viewers of the photos the customer is using. No, they are not meaning you or the friends that are viewing the photos so don't be offended, I know how that sounds. What they are referring to when they say the EXIF data is the data attached to photos that includes information like the orientation, size, origin, camera maker, etc.. Since I am not familiar with 'viewers' or what the viewer is on an iphone I have sent a reply asking for more clarification on this and will contact you as soon as I have more. I apologize I do not know more at this time but I am still working on it. Please hang in there while I attempt to get more information. "

and, of course, why did it work perfectly in iOS3 and not iOS4?

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

The 4.0.1 upgrade did not fix this problem...

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.

Oh yeah, I forgot to add this was with a 3G and iOS 4.0

I am having the same issue. I take the picture in Portrait mode and when I email it the picture is sideways. Help Apple!

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?

Your giving Apple too much credit! The issue is also with MobileMe so I suspect this is a bug do to compression options added in iOS4.