diff --git a/src/screens/CameraScreen.tsx b/src/screens/CameraScreen.tsx
index e006c30b..c519d87a 100644
--- a/src/screens/CameraScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/CameraScreen.tsx
@@ -249,15 +249,11 @@ export default function CameraScreen({
       // -- DOWNSCALE & CROP TO EXACTLY 3:2 --
       try {
         console.log('Manipulating image to 3:2 ratio and downscaling to prevent OOM...');
-        let w = rawWidth;
-        let h = rawHeight;
-        
-        // If USB camera didn't provide width/height, read them
-        if (!w || !h) {
-          const info = await ImageManipulator.manipulateAsync(capturedUri, []);
-          w = info.width;
-          h = info.height;
-        }
+        // ALWAYS read true dimensions from ImageManipulator.
+        // expo-camera rawWidth/rawHeight ignores EXIF rotation, causing crop bounds to exceed image bounds!
+        const info = await ImageManipulator.manipulateAsync(capturedUri, []);
+        let w = info.width;
+        let h = info.height;
 
         const actions: ImageManipulator.Action[] = [];
         const isLandscape = w >= h;
@@ -290,10 +286,10 @@ export default function CameraScreen({
           }
           actions.push({
             crop: {
-              originX: Math.round(originX),
-              originY: Math.round(originY),
-              width: Math.round(cropWidth),
-              height: Math.round(cropHeight)
+              originX: Math.max(0, Math.floor(originX)),
+              originY: Math.max(0, Math.floor(originY)),
+              width: Math.min(w - Math.max(0, Math.floor(originX)), Math.floor(cropWidth)),
+              height: Math.min(h - Math.max(0, Math.floor(originY)), Math.floor(cropHeight))
             }
           });
         }
@@ -315,7 +311,7 @@ export default function CameraScreen({
         console.log('Successfully manipulated and cropped image');
       } catch (manipError) {
         console.error('Failed to manipulate image, preventing OOM crash!', manipError);
-        alert('Fehler bei der Bildverarbeitung! Das Bild ist zu groß oder das Format wird nicht unterstützt.');
+        alert('Bildverarbeitungs-Fehler: ' + (manipError.message || manipError.toString()));
         onCancel();
         return; // Abort here so we don't send a 16MB raw image to PreviewScreen
       }