[Bob Heck]

I have tried every setting there is on the Lumia 920 camera. But, even saving the files directly to my pc using USB, the picture size is only 918 x 1632, which is 1.5 Megapixels at 9:16 ratio. This camera is supposed to be 8.7 megapixels, which would be somewhere in the area of 2216 x 3936 at 9:16 ratio. How to I get this thing to take 2216 x 3936 images?

[George Ponder]

Not sure what you are doing but transferring images straight from the Lumia 920 via USB cable, my images are 3264x2448 at 72 dpi using the 4:3 ratio.
Print resolution would give you a 10x12" or so print.

Curious... are you editing the pictures while they are on the phone?

[Saint Michael]

Not sure what you are doing but transferring images straight from the Lumia 920 via USB cable, my images are 3264x2448 at 72 dpi using the 4:3 ratio.
Print resolution would give you a 10x12" or so print.

Curious... are you editing the pictures while they are on the phone?

and not with creative studios...

[Bob Heck]

No I am not editing. Just plugging phone in to USB and copy/paste jpg's to pc. But always have used the 16:9 ratio setting. I will try using 4:3 and see if that changes.

[Saint Michael]

It shouldn't matter... Have you tried to use the windows phone app? To do it though there? Only use that cause my surface replaced my laptop, but if the desktop version is anything like Zune, you should be able to adjust what quality you transfer pictures in

[tibere86]

I have tried every setting there is on the Lumia 920 camera. But, even saving the files directly to my pc using USB, the picture size is only 918 x 1632, which is 1.5 Megapixels at 9:16 ratio. This camera is supposed to be 8.7 megapixels, which would be somewhere in the area of 2216 x 3936 at 9:16 ratio. How to I get this thing to take 2216 x 3936 images?

I did notice emailing photos taken on the phone results in 918 x 1632 pictures being sent. WP8 seems to be downsizing them.

[George Ponder]

If you are using the Windows Phone App to copy images to your computer, make sure you have the "re-size photos" option turned off in the Preferences menu.

I usually just go into Windows Explorer and copy/paste the images from my phone to the computer.

Oh... I agree, it shouldn't matter which aspect ratio you are using...

[johninsj]

I have tried every setting there is on the Lumia 920 camera. But, even saving the files directly to my pc using USB, the picture size is only 918 x 1632, which is 1.5 Megapixels at 9:16 ratio. This camera is supposed to be 8.7 megapixels, which would be somewhere in the area of 2216 x 3936 at 9:16 ratio. How to I get this thing to take 2216 x 3936 images?

The 16x9 image is cropped native sensor size is 4:3, but even 16:9 is most of the sensor:

Uploaded to skydrive I get this info from a 16x9 image

$ exiftool WP_20121114_004.jpg
ExifTool Version Number : 7.89
File Name : WP_20121114_004.jpg
Directory : .
File Size : 1769 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2012:12:18 15:16:19-08:00
File Type : JPEG
MIME Type : image/jpeg
Exif Byte Order : Big-endian (Motorola, MM)
Make : Nokia
Camera Model Name : Lumia 920
Orientation : Horizontal (normal)
X Resolution : 72
Y Resolution : 72
Resolution Unit : inches
Software : Windows Phone
Y Cb Cr Positioning : Centered
Exposure Time : 1/179
F Number : 2.0
ISO : 100
Exif Version : 0220
Date/Time Original : 2012:11:14 06:42:22
Create Date : 2012:11:14 06:42:22
Components Configuration : Y, Cb, Cr, -
Exposure Compensation : -2
Flash : Off, Did not fire
Warning : [minor] Unrecognized MakerNotes
Flashpix Version : 0100
Color Space : sRGB
Exif Image Width : 3552
Exif Image Height : 2000
Interoperability Index : R98 - DCF basic file (sRGB)
Interoperability Version : 0100
GPS Version ID : 2.2.0.0
GPS Latitude Ref : North
GPS Longitude Ref : West
GPS Altitude Ref : Above Sea Level
GPS Measure Mode : 3-Dimensional Measurement
GPS Dilution Of Precision : 0.1111111111
Padding : (Binary data 2060 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Image Width : 3552
Image Height : 2000
Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample : 8
Color Components : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
Aperture : 2.0
GPS Altitude : 0 m Above Sea Level
GPS Latitude : 37 deg 18' 47.21" N
GPS Longitude : 121 deg 59' 4.53" W
GPS Position : 37 deg 18' 47.21" N, 121 deg 59' 4.53" W
Image Size : 3552x2000
Shutter Speed : 1/179
Light Value : 9.5

[nickengineer]

I seem to be having a similar problem in the UK.
The setting in the camera for "camera resolution" has disappeared (it's still present and correct on my wife's HTC 8X) leaving the camera taking photos at something around 3-4MP

Is this something that other people have noticed?