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My mirror is nice to me
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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.
I'll try it! Thanks :3
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.
yes you are out of touch with today's technology, phone cameras have autofocus so focal length is determined by how far u stand from the camera.
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.
i see that there is no way that we are going to see eye to eye here. i wish you all the best and that you are happy with your way.
should anybody else in this thread want to have more pleasing photographs of themselfs taken try to ask someone to take a photo of you using a longer lense of at least 50mm or even 80-105mm (full frame equivalent, on a crop sensor 30mm onwards is fine). if you have no access a camera with interchangeable lenses or someone who does but have a new phone with a zoom lense on the back (not just slidy zoom in software, needs to have at least one more lense on the back) try to set up the phone with the most zoom on a tripod and use the timer or ask someone for help.