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[–] cyberpunk007 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yup. It's a shame the camera lense can't like rotate or something, phones are much easier to hold vertically.

[–] aulin 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

They're just as easy to hold either way though.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The weight is more evenly distributed if you hold it vertically. I still hold it horizontally though.

[–] aulin 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't know. If I balance the phone on my pinky, with the index finger on top and ring- and middle finger behind, it sits very solidly. My thumb is then free to tap the shutter button.

[–] cyberpunk007 -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I find it too difficult to take a picture or video landscape one handed compared to portrait

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why is that? Most phones allow you to press the shutter with the volume button so it should be easy either way

[–] cyberpunk007 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I usually change settings, my phone is big. Like depending on the scenario I might change my frame rate on the video or the optical zoom. I find it too difficult with a pixel 6 pro and my hand size. Also I use rotation lock because it's annoying if I'm laying down to have it rotate on me. So then I also need to tap the icon in the lower corner to rotate it, or disable it while I take a video. Lots of mucking about for one hand.

[–] aulin 1 points 11 months ago

That's true, but I find it just as difficult to access those features onehanded in vertical orientation, so I either do those twohanded before shooting, or I struggle about as much to reach them in either orientation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I suspect that the sensor has the same dimensions, roughly, as the phone itself. Putting in a square one would probably cost more. Not saying that either way is right, just that that’s probably the reason.

[–] someguy3 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lenses are circular, so the most cost effective would be a square sensor and square picture. I don't actually know what modern sensors are though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Most phone camera sensors (and most camera sensors in general) are 4:3.