I tend to shoot a lot of images in the Portrait orientation. I would like to be able to have the camera display the image in the Portrait orientation for preview. From what I can determine, by default the camera will show the image briefly after capture in the portrait position but if you hit the play button, it will show the image in the portrait position with the screen in the landscape orientation, which really cuts down on the size.
I have found that you go into the menu and hit rotate/set and move the image around on the screen, however if you leave to where it is in the portrait position, then when you open the files on the card, it's in the landscape position and you have to manually re-rotate the file.
Is there not a setting for the camera, to allow it to show a portrait image in the portrait orientation on play back, but not force you to physically rotate the file?
Is there not a setting for the camera, to allow it to show a portrait image in the portrait orientation on play back, but not force you to physically rotate the file?
There is ample opportunity for ambiguity in this area, so please excuse me by making sure I know exactly what you are trying to achieve.
We begin with the camera in portrait orientation and take a shot.
1. With the camera still being held in portrait orientation, and view the image, do want the long dimension of the image to be vertical or horizontal?
2. If we then hold the camera in landscape orientation, and view the image, do want the long dimension of the image to be vertical or horizontal?
3. Do we want the image file to be in landscape or portrait orientation?
By way of example, if we leave the camera with no rotation features in effect, the result would match these answers:
1. Vertical
2. Horizontal
3. Portrait
Thanks.
Best regards,
Doug
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Is there not a setting for the camera, to allow it to show a portrait image in the portrait orientation on play back, but not force you to physically rotate the file?
I'm not sure exactly what you mean "force you to physically rotate the file".
The images files recorded in the camera are always in landscape orientation (that is, if viewed in any basic viewer, they will have their long dimension horizontal).
But images taken with the camera in portrait orientation (with the auto rotate feature turned on) will be displayed with the long dimension vertical in viewers aware of this feature (such as DPP). But the image does not become in portrait orientation because of that - only its presentation.
If you want them to be in portrait orientation, yes, you must rotate them someplace. The camera never rotates images - only the way they are displayed.
Best regards,
Doug
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Is there not a setting for the camera, to allow it to show a portrait image in the portrait orientation on play back, but not force you to physically rotate the file?
Thanks
Paul Caldwell
Hi, Paul:
Go to Set-up Menu 1 (look for the yellow tab at the top of the LCD screen with the wrench and 1 dot) and locate the Auto Rotate menu. Press the SET button and select the middle setting. It says "On" followed by an icon of a computer monitor. After you select the middle setting, press the SET button again to register the setting. This one will automatically rotate your portrait images in the computer but not on the camera's LCD screen.
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