Here's a list of some common aspect ratios for printed photos, cameras, display devices, and movies.
The Wikipedia articles on resolutions
and image aspect ratios give lots more.
| h/w | h:w | px | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5625 | 9:16 | 640x1136 | Steve's iPhone5 (portrait) |
| 0.67 | 2:3 |
4x6 print (portrait) 35mm film (portrait) |
|
| 0.70 | 3.5:5 | 3.5x5 print (portrait) | |
| 0.71 | 5:7 | 5x7 print (portrait) | |
| 0.75 | 3:4 |
1536x2048 2448x3264 |
Olympus C-740UZ camera (portrait); Bari's iPad (portrait) Canon S5 IS camera (portrait) |
| 0.80 | 4:5 | 8x10 print (portrait) | |
| 1.25 | 5:4 |
1280x1024 |
8x10 print (landscape) SXGA; NEC and Samsung monitors at home and Arnold |
| 1.33 | 4:3 |
640x480 768x576 800x600 1024x768 1600x1200 2048x1536 3264x2448 |
Silent movies VGA; SD TV NTSC (480i) SD TV PAL (576i) SVGA; Acer laptop acer; assumed minimum resolution for SAN's website XGA UXGA; Dell monitor at SPI Olympus C-740UZ camera (landscape); Bari's iPad (landscape) Canon S5 IS camera (landscape) |
| 1.375 | 11:8 | Academy ratio: movies 1932-1952 | |
| 1.40 | 7:5 | 5x7 print (landscape) | |
| 1.42 | 5:3.5 | 3.5x5 print (landscape) | |
| 1.50 | 3:2 |
4x6 print (landscape) 35mm film (landscape) |
|
| 1.60 | 16:10 |
1280x800 1440x900 |
[close to golden ratio 1.618...] 8x5 print WXGA SEN Toshiba Satellite laptop toshiba_sen MacBooks macbook_bsn and macbook_sen WXGA+ Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop spilaptop5 MacBook Air macair |
| 1.78 | 16:9 |
1136x640 1280x720 1920x1080 |
Steve's iPhone5 HDTV (720p) HDTV (1080i, 1080p); 1080p DTV used as monitor |
| 1.85 | theatrical film US/UK | ||
| 2.35 | CinemaScope movies |