topic Re: Xperia 1 Camera 12mp 9mp 9mp in 1 Series

Xperia 1 Camera 12mp 9mp 9mp

Sony1112 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:07:09 GMT

I had this phone for about a month and just found out that all the camera sensors are not 12mp. Has anyone noticed?

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RottenFoxBreath — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:23:27 GMT

Where did you get this information from ?

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mfuad — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 06:53:05 GMT

It depends on the aspect ratio of the image: if you shoot in 16:9 mode then yes, it is 9MP, but if you choose 4:3 ratio in the settings, then it is 12MP.

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tomo100brt — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 11:27:48 GMT

Yes, not 12 MPX.

Sony IMX445 12.2 MPX

Samsung S5K3M3 13 MPX

But you can shoot photos in 12 MPX and 9 MPX.

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Sony1112 — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 21:04:08 GMT

This is when you go to the camera settings and also has the option of what sensor you want to take the picture. I tried to see if it was something I did, but you can't chnage it for these 3 sensors to change the mega pixel.

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Sony1112 — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 21:27:34 GMT

Sony, in a sense giving a bad advertisement and if they are claiming for Xperia 1 to have the 3 sensors be 12mp, then that is what the sensors should be. Now, there is nothing that says in the settings about how to change the 9mp to 12mp or 12mp to 9mp. It is default that way. No other settings to change the default mp. If this was the case, Xperia should have been advertised as 12mp 9mp 9mp and not claim all sensors to be 12mp.

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RottenFoxBreath — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 21:58:14 GMT

You change it in camera settings when you pick your picture format.

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Sony1112 — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:55:34 GMT

@RottenFoxBreath And, that is exactly what I did. But, that doesn't change anything.

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skycamefalling — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 07:16:29 GMT

Then you obviously did something wrong.

I can shoot in 4:3 with 12MP and in 16:9 with 9MP with all three lenses.

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Sony1112 — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:50:13 GMT

I don't think you understood and suggest you to read my other comments. My Xperia Z3 and Xperia XZ2 Compact give me more options for which mp to use. However, this is not the topic and if you decide to not read my previous comments.. Essentially, all sensors were supposed to be 12mp, not 9mp. 16:9 is supposed to be 12mp.

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Jon.Hidden-Coley — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:30:49 GMT

Taking a 16:9 ratio photo is basically cropping the top and bottom off a 4:3 ratio photo thus using less of the sensor. The resulting 16:9 image is actually smaller than a 4:3 image which probably explains why it's stated as 9mp. But all 3 sensors are 12mp.

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Hildr — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:50:34 GMT

What is listed are not the sensors, but the ratio of your pictures.

Sensors are the x1, x2 and W "zoom" (x2 only if good light conditions).

That is not a Sony thing, all cameras does that way since almost all sensors are 4/3 (really few exceptions and not for smartphone)

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Lord_viridis — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:22:13 GMT

All sensors are capable of taking 12mp photos.

The thing you've confused yourself with is the cropped aspect ratio, not the mp.

That menu is NOT how you change lens