PS SX740HS - Video Recording Portrait Mode (rotate)

[johnusnsd]

When recording a video on my PS SX740HS, the recording does not auto-rotate the frame when recording the video (if I change from landscape to portrait) - - so that when I watch the video on playback, it is sideways.   

I have read the manual - searched online - and I am unable to locate a setting or feature that rotates the video recording from landscape to potrait, when I tilt the camera.    Still images are fine (auto-rotate is on in the settings, and when I rotate the camera for still images, the resulting file is fine)......just videos.

Is there a way to record video in Potrait mode - - or must all videos be recorded in Landscape mode?

Thank you.

[strelp]

Hello ... Were you able to figure this out? I'm trying to rotate my video to landscape, as well. (SX740HS)

[Waddizzle]

I don't think landscape or portrait modes are actually defined when it comes to video formats.  All video formats are pretty much fixed at landscape modes.  I suppose you could rotate the image, but the result will probably have a rather severe crop on the outside edges.  Expect the right and left edges to look like big black boxes.

[strelp]

My video was shot vertically and it appears sideway on the playback and also when downloaded onto my computer. Any suggestions on how to get it upright? It's a wedding ceremony so I'm heartbroken.

[bkspero]

It is easy to do in post processing on your computer if your video software supports that function.  If not, the free version of Da Vinci Resolve can do it.  Here is a link to a Youtube video showing how quick and easy it is to rotate back and forth between portrait and landscape modes (in this example they start with a video in portrait mode and rotate it to landscape, but the process is the same if you start with landscape and want to change to portrait).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e1g-n32a0A