i think its not about the camera, but about the screen you are seeing the recording on. Imagine taking a video in landscape but having to check what you are recording in portrait. What would i want that disadvantage for?
Btw i find the many people who watch wide screen videos in portrait mode fucked up.
I’m pretty sure that the multiple cameras all have different focal lengths, which allows the software to composite a single image from the multiple signals. This allows the intersecting fields to enhance quality when zooming and discriminate smudges/dust that you wouldn’t want to be in the shot.
Invention that will seem obvious after it’s introduced: a phone camera that can film in landscape while being held vertically.
Invention that’s not obvious but I’m sure it’s a brilliant idea: edible, bacon-flavored wrapping paper so that pets can open their own presents!
Why don’t we have this??
People turning their phones to film in landscape will probably be one of those things that’ll look silly in old media once this is changed.
Increases the hardware pixel count by ~1.6x while being wasted every shot.
Just turn your fucking phone.
That being said, half our phones have like 3 cameras on the back we don’t use, so sure, throw a fourth on, why not?
It wouldn’t. It would just switch the orientation of the camera. The preview/what you’re looking at would remain in portrait mode.
It’s literally a software problem. You don’t use a different camera when you go into landscape mode, you’re just using a different aspect ratio.
So again, why don’t we have this?
What @dave@lemmy.nz said.
Although we could just use a square matrix.
i think its not about the camera, but about the screen you are seeing the recording on. Imagine taking a video in landscape but having to check what you are recording in portrait. What would i want that disadvantage for?
Btw i find the many people who watch wide screen videos in portrait mode fucked up.
You could still rotate your phone if you wanted to, it just wouldn’t be necessary anymore.
Some phones do have four cameras on now. God knows what they all do.
I’m pretty sure that the multiple cameras all have different focal lengths, which allows the software to composite a single image from the multiple signals. This allows the intersecting fields to enhance quality when zooming and discriminate smudges/dust that you wouldn’t want to be in the shot.
Phones have square camera sensors.There’s no reason that shouldn’t be a thing already.
They’re 4:3, but close enough I guess. There’s plenty of resolution in either direction anyways