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[DietRob]

I think phones should default to a landscape shot even when held vertically. Make these inbreeds have to manually choose the inferior option of shooting portrait.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Are vertical pictures still okay? Seems kind of necessary sometimes.

 

[RoadHazard]

Are vertical pictures still okay? Seems kind of necessary sometimes.

If you're taking a portrait, yes. Otherwise you need a really good excuse.

 

[Masquerader]

Solution: Neglect technology, stop being a nerd.

 

[MMaRsu]

Y'all really will defend anything.

Do you really sing the chorus in clean up man?

That's so awesome!

And yeah I never use portrait mode, my friends neither.

 

[Delta Assault]

Landscape mode on phones by default. Boom, problem solved.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

 

[nabe_shogun]

This isn't the fault of camera users. The phones are designed to be held and operated vertically with one hand. Holding them horizontally requires two hands and does not allow a secure grip (on what may be a very expensive piece of electronics). If something important and unexpected happens, a person can either shoot it vertically or miss the first few, possibly crucial, moments trying to operate their phone vertically.

The fault here lies with the electronics companies who haven't bothered to lock their cameras in the horizontal orientation, make their phones horizontally ergonomic, or design a lens that maintains horizontal orientation regardless of the phone's position. The design is incompetent, there's really no point criticizing users for this.

I find it pretty easy to take one handed horizontal photos/videos with my phone. People just don't care.

 

[JDeluis]

The worst part is that YouTube's official mobile app (At least on iOS) will force you to rotate the phone into landscape if you put a video in fullscreen, so if someone posts a vertical video and you want to watch it on your phone, no matter what, you have to watch it in a tiny little box because fuck you YouTube developers. You can't watch fullscreen video in vertical mode at all. If you turn the phone back vertical it exits out of fullscreen. You. Incompetent. Morons.

Good! That way people learn to not shoot video in Portrait mode. Most of the people who don't care about shooting video in portrait mode tend to be people who only use their phones to watch video and don't know how horrible it looks on a TV.

The majority of video shot in Portrait mode tend be throwaway content anyway. I do feel sorry for those who take video of their children in portrait mode. Years from now they will relize it is to late to fix their mistake.

 

[Strax]

People record in portait mode people that's the best way to hold a phone while recording, it's simple and blaming people for doing the right thing is dumb. Phones should autorecord everyting in landscape.

 

[Makai]

Joke's on you. The future aspect ratio standard will be 9:16

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Say no to vertical videos.

Come to post this everyone should have seen this video by now.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

Phones should have warnings that appear whens someone tries to record in portrait

 

[Plywood]

Look people, the issue with Portrait mode is simple.

1. You have 2 eyes.
2. Are they stacked vertically, one directly above the other?
3. No.

Nailed it.

 

[mrkgoo]

Just for the sake of argument, if portrai orientation is so "unnatural", what about documents and books?

Should all books then be wider than they are tall? Why can't both exist?

 

[Goodacre0081]

why don't they make phones that automatically adjust the recording orientation regardless of the users habits?

 

[John Kowalski]

Are vertical pictures still okay? Seems kind of necessary sometimes.

They're very ok, but you'll be hard pressed to find situations in which they are actually worth the effort. If you're doing landscape, it's rare to find a situation in which vertical lines are dominant because the ground is so important to establish the landscape. If you're doing more street, candid sort of stuff then you're probably going to find more vertical lines and situations where shooting a vertical scene in landscape orientation will seriously ruin the photo.

But then again you can just do what you like because who cares? If the pictures are for your own keepsake then it doesn't really matter what others think.

 

[The Real Abed]

Good! That way people learn to not shoot video in Portrait mode. Most of the people who don't care about shooting video in portrait mode tend to be people who only use their phones to watch video and don't know how horrible it looks on a TV.

The majority of video shot in Portrait mode tend be throwaway content anyway. I do feel sorry for those who take video of their children in portrait mode. Years from now they will relize it is to late to fix their mistake.

Ha. Right. Not a chance. Every time someone shows me a video on their phone from YouTube that was filmed vertically, they won't even realize it anyway. They won't care that their video is teeny tiny in the middle of the screen as long as it has the content. Sadly it rarely has enough of the content because people can't perform a simple task such as turning a device 90º. It won't teach anyone anything. This is an issue that needs to be force fixed. It's not going to fix itself.

Square camera sensors or like the Google camera does, a repeating reminder and REFUSAL to record when in vertical. Photos are one thing. People usually line up their subject properly before taking a photo. Videos are more of a "on a whim" thing usually and are recorded quickly without preparation or regard for framing the subject. So do the reminder thing, disable camera recording when vertical (Or record but horizontal so when they get their video home and put on YouTube they'll notice their mistake. That'll teach them quickly. I think the refusal thing will be the most effective. Build it into the phone hardware itself. The only time it should let the camera record is when using FaceTime/Video conferencing. When using a camera app it should disable it. And developers should be pushed to not enable the camera when vertical if it's not a conference or phone call. The only other exception is Vine, which, believe it or not, is the smartest one here in that it records square so no matter which way you watch it it's going to be the same. Since Vine is just for quick funny videos it's fine. But when someone posts a WSHH video and it's a half hour long vertical video of some idiot getting in trouble or something silly it's kind of annoying. A lot of users don't even notice it happens and it's sad. Especially in a world where people complain about black bars on their widescreen movies. The black bars on the vertical videos are even thicker.

Apple needs to push for it since they have the most influence.

 

[wildfire]

I think phones should default to a landscape shot even when held vertically. Make these inbreeds have to manually choose the inferior option of shooting portrait.

That is actually a really good idea. They'll be annoyed seeing landscape in vertical view and correct the problem.

 

[Megalosaro]

Hey Op.

Portrait mode is awesome. Haters be damned.

 

[UFO]

People record in portait mode people that's the best way to hold a phone while recording, it's simple and blaming people for doing the right thing is dumb. Phones should autorecord everyting in landscape.

Pretty much this. It's not as easy to hold your phone while filming in landscape mode. And not only that but it's more obvious you're recording video which people might not like.

 

[Darkangel]

They should just design phone cameras so that they film widescreen when they're held in the portrait position.

Edit: Can't wait to watch the Mars landing in portrait mode decades from now.

 

[NekoFever]

Make phones stop supporting 9:16 recording so that if you hold it vertically you'll get a 16:9 video with everyone standing sideways. The problem will fix itself quickly.

 

[Cizeta-Moroder]

I know tons of people who code like this

why

how

I don't want to have to look up to see my code, that's why god invented scroll wheels and search functions in IDEs...

You are turning into a machine.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

And not only that but it's more obvious you're recording video which people might not like.

Heh.

"Think of the creepers!"

 

[vwnut13]

I was thinking of making a version of YouTube specifically made for portrait videos.

Already exists.

It's called World Star Hip Hop.

 

[Fusebox]

I run 3 x 27" screens at work in P-L-P and I still hate portrait video.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

I know tons of people who code like this

why

how

I don't want to have to look up to see my code, that's why god invented scroll wheels and search functions in IDEs...

It's quite common, especially with multiple monitor setups, to have a monitor setup like that to be primarily used for anything relating to documents.

 

[entremet]

Electricblanketfire, you have remember that most of these people are laymen. They're not going to worry about framing shots or anything like that. That's why we have the pros for.

Phone OSes and holding the phone one handed and in a comfortable situation is why portrait mode is the preferred for most.

 

[God Dayumm]

the natural posture if a human is vertical. It only makes sense to film humans in portrait mode

 

[Slayer-33]

Why isn't there an auto landscape mode? On by default?

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

I could've sworn there was an app for swapping your camera to widescreen every time you take a photo or record.