diff --git a/src/ui/VoiceStage.svelte b/src/ui/VoiceStage.svelte
index 500c801..a515202 100644
--- a/src/ui/VoiceStage.svelte
+++ b/src/ui/VoiceStage.svelte
@@ -411,8 +411,9 @@
   .tile:hover { background: var(--bg-hover); }
   .tile.talking { border-color: var(--speaking); box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--speaking), 0 0 18px -4px var(--speaking); }
   .tile.focused { border-color: var(--accent); }
-  /* A camera fills its tile; your own is mirrored, the way a mirror shows you */
-  .tile video { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; background: #000; }
+  /* A camera keeps its own shape inside the tile, whatever size the tile is: nothing is cut
+     off, a phone held upright gets bars at the sides. Your own is mirrored, like a mirror. */
+  .tile video { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: contain; background: #000; }
   .tile video.mirror { transform: scaleX(-1); }
   .icon-btn.live, .icon-btn.live:hover { color: var(--speaking); }
   .camgrid { position: relative; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: none; }
diff --git a/test/e2e/share.e2e.ts b/test/e2e/share.e2e.ts
index afce016..6be9c46 100644
--- a/test/e2e/share.e2e.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/share.e2e.ts
@@ -294,6 +294,18 @@ try {
   await camsShown(bob.page, 2);
   await camsShown(alice.page, 2);
   assert.equal(await bob.page.locator('.stage .tile.self video.mirror').count(), 1, 'own camera is mirrored');
+  // The picture keeps its shape in the tile at any tile size: whole, not cropped
+  const shape = () => bob.page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('.stage .tile video')].map(v => {
+    const el = v as HTMLVideoElement, r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const scale = Math.min(r.width / el.videoWidth, r.height / el.videoHeight);
+    return { fit: getComputedStyle(el).objectFit, inside: el.videoWidth * scale <= r.width + 1 && el.videoHeight * scale <= r.height + 1, box: r.width > 50 && r.height > 50 };
+  }));
+  for (const size of [{ width: 1280, height: 800 }, { width: 760, height: 620 }]) {
+    await bob.page.setViewportSize(size);
+    await camsShown(bob.page, 2);
+    assert.ok((await shape()).every(s => s.fit === 'contain' && s.inside && s.box), `cameras whole at ${size.width} wide`);
+  }
+  await bob.page.setViewportSize({ width: 1280, height: 800 });
   assert.equal(await bob.page.locator('.stage .tile:not(.self) video.mirror').count(), 0);
   await alice.page.locator('.stage .status', { hasText: '1 watching' }).waitFor();
   await bob.page.locator('.stage .status', { hasText: '1 watching' }).waitFor();