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December 27, 2014 6:57 AM

How do I get a Samsung WB350F camera to save portrait oriented images in the correct orientation?

I have a Samsung WB350F digital camera. Every photo I take in portrait orientation (i.e. I turn the camera sideways) is saved as a "landscape" image. That means that I have to rotate 90 degrees every such picture manually once I have imported it into Picasa.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY, RIGHT?

Does anyone know how to get this camera to save portrait oriented images in the correct orientation? Please?

posted by joelhunt to Technology (4 answers total)

I just looked up the manual and found this:

Photos or videos captured in portrait orientation do not rotate automatically and
are displayed in landscape orientation by the camera and other devices.

So I think there's no workaround it sounds like, sorry.
posted by mathowie at 7:11 AM on December 27, 2014

I can't even. That's crazy right?
posted by joelhunt at 7:55 AM on December 27, 2014

Well, to do it correctly, you need a camera/lens with a tilt sensor in it, and those cost a few bucks so I guess some manufacturers skip it.

I was surprised that one of the first major popular micro 4:3 cameras, the Lumix from Panasonic shipped their first version without being able to turn photos automatically, and I had to do it in iPhoto every time. Super annoying.
posted by mathowie at 8:56 AM on December 27, 2014

I don't know what the work flow is like in Picasa but XnView has a thumbnail viewer that allows you to do a lossless batch transformation of incorrectly oriented images.
posted by Mitheral at 12:00 AM on December 28, 2014