Xperia 1 Camera 12mp 9mp 9mp

[Sony1112]

I had this phone for about a month and just found out that all the camera sensors are not 12mp. Has anyone noticed? 

[Jon.Hidden-Coley]

Taking a 16:9 ratio photo is basically cropping the top and bottom off a 4:3 ratio photo thus using less of the sensor. The resulting 16:9 image is actually smaller than a 4:3 image which probably explains why it's stated as 9mp. But all 3 sensors are 12mp.

[Hildr]

What is listed are not the sensors, but the ratio of your pictures.

Sensors are the x1, x2 and W "zoom" (x2 only if good light conditions).

That is not a Sony thing, all cameras does that way since almost all sensors are 4/3 (really few exceptions and not for smartphone)

[Lord_viridis]

All sensors are capable of taking 12mp photos.

The thing you've confused yourself with is the cropped aspect ratio, not the mp.

That menu is NOT how you change lens