Aspect Ratio on a Canon 6D

[BazzaBoy]

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.

[Waddizzle]

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.

[Waddizzle]

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.

[cicopo]

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.

[BazzaBoy]

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.

[Waddizzle]

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@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.

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