topic Re: Changing Aspect Ratio in My Canon EOS 2000D in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Changing Aspect Ratio in My Canon EOS 2000D

Uno — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 05:12:14 GMT

Both the manual & the camera's menu show that I can choose aspect ratios of 1/1, 4/3, & 16/9, besides the default 3/2. I am supposed to see black bars above & below when I choose 16/9, but I don't see them in the viewfinder, the LCD display, or the .jpg after I take the picture. My photos always turn out in 3/2 aspect ratio, both on the camera & when I copy .jpgs to my computer.

Re: Changing Aspect Ratio in My Canon EOS 2000D

kvbarkley — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:35:01 GMT

It should just work for JPEGs. Are you shooting raw, too?

Re: Changing Aspect Ratio in My Canon EOS 2000D

Uno — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 18:22:09 GMT

Sometimes I use raw, but even when I don't, there are no black horizontal bars in the viewfinder or LCD & my photos taken with 16x9 selected remain in 3x2. I just tried composing a photo in .jpg only to confirm the problem. I am using a Canon EFS 18-55 lens. I looked for a firmware update, but there is none. I can choose 16x9 with my Nikon Coolpix, so it ought to be easy to do the same with the Canon.

Re: Changing Aspect Ratio in My Canon EOS 2000D

kvbarkley — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 19:56:10 GMT

You will not see bars in the viewfinder.

Re: Changing Aspect Ratio in My Canon EOS 2000D

kvbarkley — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 20:02:36 GMT

Note that the info for aspect ratio is in the Liveview section. So that is what the masking refers to.

I will check with my T6S tonight and get back to you.

Re: Changing Aspect Ratio in My Canon EOS 2000D

Uno — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 23:48:20 GMT

I think I have figured out the problem. I enabled Live Shoot & then chose to use the LCD to compose the picture. Then, I saw a gray line above & below the photo I took. It seems that the camera can only be set to a different aspect ration than 3x2 when one chooses Live Shoot & the LCD screen to compose the picture.