diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/client2/Parameters.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/client2/Parameters.cpp
index 8d00590..ed9137f 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/client2/Parameters.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/client2/Parameters.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,29 @@
     res = getFilteredSizes(MAX_VIDEO_SIZE, &availableVideoSizes);
     if (res != OK) return res;
 
-    // TODO: Pick more intelligently
-    previewWidth = availablePreviewSizes[0].width;
-    previewHeight = availablePreviewSizes[0].height;
+    // Select initial preview and video size that's under the initial bound and
+    // on the list of both preview and recording sizes
+    previewWidth = 0;
+    previewHeight = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0 ; i < availablePreviewSizes.size(); i++) {
+        int newWidth = availablePreviewSizes[i].width;
+        int newHeight = availablePreviewSizes[i].height;
+        if (newWidth >= previewWidth && newHeight >= previewHeight &&
+                newWidth <= MAX_INITIAL_PREVIEW_WIDTH &&
+                newHeight <= MAX_INITIAL_PREVIEW_HEIGHT) {
+            for (size_t j = 0; j < availableVideoSizes.size(); j++) {
+                if (availableVideoSizes[j].width == newWidth &&
+                        availableVideoSizes[j].height == newHeight) {
+                    previewWidth = newWidth;
+                    previewHeight = newHeight;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (previewWidth == 0) {
+        ALOGE("%s: No initial preview size can be found!", __FUNCTION__);
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
     videoWidth = previewWidth;
     videoHeight = previewHeight;
 
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/client2/Parameters.h b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/client2/Parameters.h
index 5e6e6ab..815cc55 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/client2/Parameters.h
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/client2/Parameters.h
@@ -179,8 +179,13 @@
     // Number of zoom steps to simulate
     static const unsigned int NUM_ZOOM_STEPS = 100;
     // Max preview size allowed
+    // This is set to a 1:1 value to allow for any aspect ratio that has
+    // a max long side of 1920 pixels
     static const unsigned int MAX_PREVIEW_WIDTH = 1920;
-    static const unsigned int MAX_PREVIEW_HEIGHT = 1080;
+    static const unsigned int MAX_PREVIEW_HEIGHT = 1920;
+    // Initial max preview/recording size bound
+    static const int MAX_INITIAL_PREVIEW_WIDTH = 1920;
+    static const int MAX_INITIAL_PREVIEW_HEIGHT = 1080;
     // Aspect ratio tolerance
     static const float ASPECT_RATIO_TOLERANCE = 0.001;