Wait, is there a difference between the front and back cameras‽
The front camera has a smaller focal length, which makes facial features look different and usually leads to a less flattering picture.
actually, it’s all about zoom and cropping and the flight path from the subject to the camera
So how might I get a more accurate view of myself?
Use a timer and take a picture with the back camera standing further away, or use a regular flat mirror.
you can do the same thing with the front camera, just prop your phone against a book and zoom in a bit so u stand far back
i think it depends on what you don’t like when looking at yourself. if a different composition might change it your advice might do, but if a mirror seems kinder than your fron camera that it is probably due to focal length of the camera (which you can’t change for the front camera as of yet or am i that out of touch with todays phone technology?)
the comparism over here is a goto for me for years already as it shows how different lenses give your face a totally different look.
https://mcpactions.com/the-ideal-focal-length-for-portraiture-a-photographers-experiment/
Many front cameras have variable focus, which I believe has the same effect. Software does most of the heavy lifting in phone photography, so there’s also a lot of correction being applied at all times anyway.
I literally said zoom! when u zoom the phone camera, the effective focal length changes because of discarded parts of the image rectangle and because the camera autofocuses on the subject.
