Taking photos in 16:9

Avantgarde_RR wrote:

When taking photos using the 16:9 aspect ratio, does the phone keep a copy of both 16:9 and 4:3 resolution photos? When I plug my iPhone 13 Pro into my Windows 10 laptop, I get the option to copy across both formats.

My bigger worry here is that every photo taken in 16:9 has a 4:3 copy too and is therefore using almost twice the amount of memory it needs to?

Thanks!

See if there is anything here—

About Apple ProRes on iPhone 13 Pro

Save camera settings on iPhone - Apple Support

Using HEIF or HEVC media on Apple devices - Apple Support

read through this thread—

16:9 picture format not able to Save to F… - Apple Community

and léonie post here—

*Duplicated images - Apple Community

The current stable release of iOS including bug fixes, is iOS 15.6

Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Hi Avantgarde_RR,

We understand that you have concerns about the storage space when taking photos in 16.9. You are able to make the default settings 16:9 in order to avoid a 4:3 copy. If the default settings are not changed, the iPhone will revert to keeping both 16:9 and 4:3 copies. This discussions on a similar issue should help.

How do I make 16:9 as a default setting?

Have a nice day.

Avantgarde_RR wrote:

does the phone keep a copy of both 16:9 and 4:3 resolution photos?

Thanks for taking the time to share those links - I read through them and couldn't find an answer.

?

yes—

ref: léonie

"Even when you are taking the photos at a 16:9 aspect ratio, the sensor will record the photo at 4:3 and and the camera.app will just crop the photo. The sensor is 4:3, so the photo will be taken as 4:3 and then cropped."

if you revert it to the original it will be 4:3