Photos with aspect ratio 2:3 are zoomed in and cropped

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Photos with aspect ratio 2:3 are zoomed in and cropped

The photos from my camera have an aspect ratio of 2:3, so in full view they would be displayed on iPad with borders on top and bottom. This is fine with me.

But:

Since iOS9 they are all displayed full screen, and the parts that are not visible are cropped.

To see the full picture I need to zoom in first, then zoom out. For each and every picture.

This behavior is new since iOS9, on iPad3 and iPad Air2.

How can I make the iPad show all pictures without cropping and zooming in?

iPad Air, iOS 9.0.2, 128G

Posted on Oct 2, 2015 1:25 AM

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Answer 1

HenkW

Level 1

4 points

Jul 6, 2017 6:49 AM in response to Oliver Bryk

Well, it could have been worse: they _could_ have anamorphically zoomed the image (fit to screen with stretching), regardless of the original aspect ratio. I guess that there were more people complaining about black bars than people like us, complaining about not seeing the whole picture. I always liked the original MacBook Pro a lot: its screen was natively 3:2.

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Answer 2

Oct 3, 2015 9:55 AM in response to Mac-J

Exactly the same for me. It frustrates me highly. Sorry for no solution here but just thought my support would give a bit of comfort ;-)

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Answer 3

Oct 24, 2015 2:33 PM in response to Mac-J

I have the same problem. It's really a slowdown to my work. Hoping for a fix...

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Answer 4

jiiwee

Level 1

9 points

Oct 25, 2015 4:33 AM in response to Mac-J

Yes, this problem is really annoying. Please submit feedback for Apple:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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Answer 5

barry751

Level 1

5 points

Oct 28, 2015 1:00 PM in response to Mac-J

I just spent an hour on the phone with Apple support. This is the way the Photos app works with IOS9, and there is no way to work around it. I suggest everyone lodge a complaint at apple.com/feedback. As far as I'm concerned this makes the iPad completely useless for any serious photographer.

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Answer 6

jiiwee

Level 1

9 points

Oct 29, 2015 10:44 AM in response to Mac-J

This seems to be fixed in 9.2 Public Beta 1. Woohoo!

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Answer 7

Nov 7, 2015 6:58 AM in response to jiiwee

I am on iOS 9.1 and have the same complaint with Apple's thoughtless change of the 2:3 aspect ratio, a "feature" apparently created by someone who is not a photographer. The resulting involuntary cropping is more pronounced in landscape orientation than in portrait orientation. The OS does not reformat images that I either originally shot in 1:1 or subsequently cropped square.

If Apple does not fix this problem we may have to create a digital 16:9 mat for our 3:2 images...

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