skimmel Posted March 20, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted March 20, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) When viewing a portrait oriented picture on the M8, is the view supposed to autorotate? It doesn't on my new M8 -- that is, if I hold the camera in "landscape" mode as I do when I'm reviewing pics, the vertical shots are on their side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 20, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted March 20, 2007 What software are you using to view the images? Are you shooting RAW of Jpeg? Not all software recognises the rotate flag in the files. This is a software issue not a camera one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted March 20, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted March 20, 2007 Stephen, you are referring to the view screen on the M8, right? Â I do not believe the M8 rotates pictures for viewing on the screen, based on camera orientation. Â I have seen this on other digicams, but haven't used it because it makes the picture smaller. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_tanaka Posted March 20, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted March 20, 2007 When viewing a portrait oriented picture on the M8, is the view supposed to autorotate? It doesn't on my new M8 -- that is, if I hold the camera in "landscape" mode as I do when I'm reviewing pics, the vertical shots are on their side. No, the M8 does not adjust the lcd display orientation based on the camera's orientation. My $500 Canon G7 does, but not my $5,000 M8. Perhaps this will be an M9 feature (circa 2015)? Â Sorry, I couldn't resist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimmel Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share #5 Â Posted March 20, 2007 Thanks all. Yes, I was referring to the on-camera LCD (sorry for not being clear). Â Oh well: I can live with this. I agree that autorotate on my other cameras makes the image pretty small and therefore not as useful. I'll just have to work with the M8 some more and see if perhaps their approach is better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetccox Posted March 20, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted March 20, 2007 When viewing a portrait oriented picture on the M8, is the view supposed to autorotate? It doesn't on my new M8 -- that is, if I hold the camera in "landscape" mode as I do when I'm reviewing pics, the vertical shots are on their side. You could not have been more clear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nryn Posted March 20, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted March 20, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I dunno. While I appreciate this feature on my Canon Elph, it would seem completely out of place on the M8 to me. Why would a camera which requires manual focus also have an auto orientation sensor? Â Don't get me wrong, I'm not against that particular technology, I'd just rather keep the M8 as simple as possible. Â I wouldn't mind, however, if there was an option to have vertical shots automatically displayed at a 90 degree rotation. This would give a bigger preview on the screen, though I doubt the experience of having to constantly rotate the camera to view pics would be a particularly good one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted March 20, 2007 Share #8 Â Posted March 20, 2007 ... I'll just have to work with the M8 some more and see if perhaps their approach is better. Â There you go, now both you and they agree that their approach is better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted March 20, 2007 Share #9 Â Posted March 20, 2007 Hey, I'm happy that they show up correctly alligned in C1 - who could ask for more? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoin Posted March 20, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted March 20, 2007 I never liked that function with other cameras and always found the preview image to small to be of any practical use. I always had it switched off to gain maximum display size. Each to their own I suppose, but I don't miss it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 20, 2007 Share #11 Â Posted March 20, 2007 I dunno. While I appreciate this feature on my Canon Elph, it would seem completely out of place on the M8 to me. Why would a camera which requires manual focus also have an auto orientation sensor? Â But it does, it's just the on screen preview that doesn't rotate. Since this gives a larger image than a rotated one I see it as a good thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_tanaka Posted March 20, 2007 Share #12 Â Posted March 20, 2007 Keep in mind that Leica only relatively recently decided that DX coding of film speed on canisters was not just a new-fangled fad. So 15+ years after every other film camera maker incorporated automatic film ISO detection into their products, Leica decided to go ahead with this new technology. (Just in time for it to fade into history.) Â So I wasn't necessarily exaggerating when I estimated 2015 for a digital M feature due date. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted March 20, 2007 Share #13 Â Posted March 20, 2007 If you are shooting verticals and the camera auto rotated the image, you would have to move the camera from vertical to horizontal to look at your preview. Leica got it right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 20, 2007 Share #14 Â Posted March 20, 2007 Autorotate is just a salesgimmick imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted March 20, 2007 Share #15 Â Posted March 20, 2007 Hey Guys, this is an easy one (just rotate your neck 90deg) - I have a Rollei 6x6 projector and all the slides are always upside down, so I have to do handstands to view them and this is a real pain! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertwright Posted March 21, 2007 Share #16 Â Posted March 21, 2007 Leica got it right in my opinion, the lcd preview makes maximum use of real estate, and also if you have the camera tripod mounted, it is a pain to have to turn your head when autorotate is on as on other cameras-the canons for example. Â Whatever they are doing, the pics open in LR with the correct orientation. I think Canon calls this "smart rotate" on their rebel xti- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 21, 2007 Share #17 Â Posted March 21, 2007 Just to note that the orientation sensor occasionally hiccups. I get some vertical shots that are not rotated (in the computer, ignoring the camera LCD), and some horizontal shots that show up as verticals - rotated by mistake. Not a big deal since Bridge has a rotation tool to correct this, but obviously the camera (either the sensor in sensing orientation, or the firmware in tagging the image) - burps - now and then. Maybe one shot in 200. Â That's not counting ones where I'm shooting more or less straight up or down (i.e lens towards the sky or the ground). I don't expect any orientation sensor to figure those shots out correctly. Â Wonder what orientation sensors do in zero-G on the Space shuttle/space station? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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