09-06-2019 01:12 AM
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.
09-06-2019 10:35 AM
It should just work for JPEGs. Are you shooting raw, too?
09-06-2019 02:22 PM
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.
09-06-2019 03:56 PM
You will not see bars in the viewfinder.
09-06-2019 04:02 PM
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.
09-06-2019 07:48 PM
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.
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