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.
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.
i’m sorry but that is not how the technical aspect of focal length works. you can’t change the focal length of an lense using software, it is a physical property of the lens so unless you literally have two or more lenses on your phone (which phones do have one the back but presumably not on the front you simply cannot change that effect pictured in the link.
what you are describing here is called cropping. also autofocus changes the distance from the sensor that the camera focusses to, it has nothing to do with the actual focal length. sorry to dissappoint.
i do agree that software does a shittin of post processing, but we are talking about way of feeling better about onse self especially if, like i mentioned, a mirror seems kinder. in that case a software manipulating an image is not the right approach but rather figuring out which focal length suits your own perception of yourself best.
I still completely disageee. The way the camera perceives the face has to do with working distance, and focal length only somewhat affects the working distance. Cropping is just another way a photographer can change the working distance, and the effect of doing so is remarkably similar to the effect of changing the lens to get a different focal length.
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.
i’m sorry but that is not how the technical aspect of focal length works. you can’t change the focal length of an lense using software, it is a physical property of the lens so unless you literally have two or more lenses on your phone (which phones do have one the back but presumably not on the front you simply cannot change that effect pictured in the link. what you are describing here is called cropping. also autofocus changes the distance from the sensor that the camera focusses to, it has nothing to do with the actual focal length. sorry to dissappoint.
i do agree that software does a shittin of post processing, but we are talking about way of feeling better about onse self especially if, like i mentioned, a mirror seems kinder. in that case a software manipulating an image is not the right approach but rather figuring out which focal length suits your own perception of yourself best.
I still completely disageee. The way the camera perceives the face has to do with working distance, and focal length only somewhat affects the working distance. Cropping is just another way a photographer can change the working distance, and the effect of doing so is remarkably similar to the effect of changing the lens to get a different focal length.