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02-08-2022, 04:08 AM   #16
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It's been possible to post 3:2 and 16:9 since I joined a year ago (and probably earlier, I doubt they changed that for me ). The thumbnails on a profile are still square, but the feed (or clicking them) shows them at their intended aspect ratio.
Hm. OK, I had the impression that if you used 16:9, Instagram would crop it to fit inside the 1080x1080 square crop, so the resolution would be lower.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Rondec Quote
It's just interesting that they have some kind of presence on social media. Who knew?
(I'm not on Instagram so it's sort of lost on me).
I found out from Facebook that Pentax sometimes had competitions on Instagram, and it was originally the only reason I opened an account.

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Hm. OK, I had the impression that if you used 16:9, Instagram would crop it to fit inside the 1080x1080 square crop, so the resolution would be lower.
The resolution is indeed lowered, unfortunately. The app is designed exclusively for vertical scrolling on phones so 1080p is the maximum horizontal resolution of a photo... so a 16:9 photo is crushed down to 1080x607, and even 3:2 is cropped to 1080x720.
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"Some of us" is a terrible marketing strategy .
Thanks to ownership in the 1980’s, I already knew about their past, and thanks to PF, I already know about their present.
I am 74 now, and I most likely will not purchase many - if any - Pentax products.
It is time for the “kids” to meet them - for them to go where the “kids” are.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Serkevan Quote
The resolution is indeed lowered, unfortunately. The app is designed exclusively for vertical scrolling on phones so 1080p is the maximum horizontal resolution of a photo... so a 16:9 photo is crushed down to 1080x607, and even 3:2 is cropped to 1080x720.
Thanks for the confirmation! It's a bit weird for a platform that is supposed to be about photography.

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Thanks to ownership in the 1980’s, I already knew about their past, and thanks to PF, I already know about their present.
I am 74 now, and I most likely will not purchase many - if any - Pentax products.
It is time for the “kids” to meet them - for them to go where the “kids” are.
True, the products need to be promoted to potential new customers, not just existing users.

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What is insta ?!
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What is insta ?!
That's a fcbk app

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Answe: because the only other place for using hashtags is Twitter, and Instagram is the most popular photo-sharing app by a continent and a half (despite being *terrible* for its intended purpose... It's optimized for smartphone photos).[COLOR="Silver"]
Thanks, but hashtags do work in other photo apps too
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What is insta ?!
Insta is how many younger people refer to Instagram. There's a big penchant for abbreviation and shortened discussion these days.
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What's fcbk ?
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Insta is how many younger people refer to Instagram. There's a big penchant for abbreviation and shortened discussion these days.
What's instagram ?





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