topic Re: Aspect Ratio on a Canon 6D in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Aspect Ratio on a Canon 6D

BazzaBoy — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 02:54:47 GMT

In the menu system on my 6D, I only have the choice to shoot at an aspect ratio of 16:9 in the live view. If I switch the live view off and revert to the view finder, the camera defaults to the 4:3 aspect ratio and there is no changing that.

What do I do, to shoot at an aspect ratio of 16:9 without using live view?

Help appreciated.

Re: Aspect Ratio on a Canon 6D

Waddizzle — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 11:28:32 GMT

That's odd. My 6D shoots 3:2 no matter what setting is used in the menu. It makes no difference if I shoot RAW or JPEG, either. In fact, the EXIF data always reports 3:2 no matter how the camera is set.

Re: Aspect Ratio on a Canon 6D

Waddizzle — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 11:42:12 GMT

That's really odd. My son's 7D2 shoots 3:2 no matter what setting is used in the menu. It makes no difference if I shoot RAW or JPEG, either. In fact, the EXIF data always reports 3:2 no matter how the camera is set.

I think there is more going on here than we realize. But, these results are not what I would expect, either, especially the EXIF data.

Re: Aspect Ratio on a Canon 6D

cicopo — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 22:09:01 GMT

The sensor's ratio will be 2:3 which has been the standard carried over from 35 mm SLR's Any other ratio is accomplished by cropping away part of the image the sensor can capture.

Re: Aspect Ratio on a Canon 6D

BazzaBoy — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 23:57:12 GMT

Yes, it is 3:2 ratio, not 4:3 ratio as I mentioned in my first post. Sorry about that.

But are there any focusing screens available which will assist me in taking 16:9 photos? That would be more desirable than just taking a photo and hope that some impotant content will not be cropped out.

Re: Aspect Ratio on a Canon 6D

Waddizzle — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 03:29:03 GMT

@cicopo wrote:
The sensor's ratio will be 2:3 which has been the standard carried over from 35 mm SLR's Any other ratio is accomplished by cropping away part of the image the sensor can capture.

But, that's just it. I must be missing something, because changing aspect ratios changes nothing.