Photo Booth Cropping Image

I have a early 2009 iMac and use Photo Booth frequently. I noticed something recently that has been bothering me. Photos taken in Photo Booth are 1280x853. It seems that Photo Booth is cropping a 1280x1024 image, and I wanted to know why and if it is possible to stop it. I know that the iSight is capturing more on the top and bottom of the image than Photo Booth displays/captures. I can see the full image when I use Quicktime or see my video feed in skype.

Lee Keller wrote: ... Photos taken in Photo Booth are 1280x853...
Normal behavior. Same happening here.
Lee Keller wrote: .. I wanted to know why ...
I couldn't find an Apple explanation of why, but my guess is that it must be how the software is written in conjunction with your iSight's native (maximum) resolution. (As in-built camera resolution and Mac OS X software and apps have changed over time, Apple has changed the built-in camera's name on newer Macs from "iSight" to "FaceTime" and then to "FaceTime HD." Each of these cameras may behave slightly differently in some applications.)
Lee Keller wrote: ... if it is possible to stop it....
I don't know any way.
If you like, you can send suggestions about this directly to Apple via Apple - Mac OS X - Feedback for their consideration in future Photo Booth product development.

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