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I have always shot 4:3 images because all my cameras have used that as their native aspect ratio. Of course, I crop as I wish in LR.
I just bought a Canon G5X Mark ii camera, whose native aspect ratio is 3:2, though the aspect ratio can be chosen in camera to be 4:3, 16:9, and 1:1 as well.
Since I'm so used to composing in 4:3, I thought I'd set the camera to 4:3.
After taking some test shots and importing them into LR, I realized that the camera always takes the shot in 3:2, but specifies a crop (in EXIF?), so when I open the image in the Develop module and select the Crop tool, I see the full 3:2 image captured by the camera with a 4:3 crop imposed on it.
So, that left me realizing that I have two choices: I can set the camera to 3:2 and then choose whatever crop I want in LR, or I can set the camera to 4:3 and just accept the default crop unless I want to crop differently.
I was wondering if there is a good reason to prefer one method over the other? What I see on the camera screen is the aspect ratio I choose in the camera. From a composition point of view, if I'm more comfortable (due to personal history) with 4:3, my composition will be aided by being familiar, which argues for setting the camera aspect ratio to be 4:3. Or are there reasons I should get used to 3:2 by setting the camera that way, and then if I want to crop most shots to 4:3, I can do that in LR?
Thoughts?
I just bought a Canon G5X Mark ii camera, whose native aspect ratio is 3:2, though the aspect ratio can be chosen in camera to be 4:3, 16:9, and 1:1 as well.
Since I'm so used to composing in 4:3, I thought I'd set the camera to 4:3.
After taking some test shots and importing them into LR, I realized that the camera always takes the shot in 3:2, but specifies a crop (in EXIF?), so when I open the image in the Develop module and select the Crop tool, I see the full 3:2 image captured by the camera with a 4:3 crop imposed on it.
So, that left me realizing that I have two choices: I can set the camera to 3:2 and then choose whatever crop I want in LR, or I can set the camera to 4:3 and just accept the default crop unless I want to crop differently.
I was wondering if there is a good reason to prefer one method over the other? What I see on the camera screen is the aspect ratio I choose in the camera. From a composition point of view, if I'm more comfortable (due to personal history) with 4:3, my composition will be aided by being familiar, which argues for setting the camera aspect ratio to be 4:3. Or are there reasons I should get used to 3:2 by setting the camera that way, and then if I want to crop most shots to 4:3, I can do that in LR?
Thoughts?