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Front-Facing Camera Angle

kellte2

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May 2, 2010
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I've just been fooling with the front facing camera and I noticed something that maybe some of you can explain more thoroughly. When I have the camera held vertically, the alignment is great, but when I turn the phone horizontally the image has a funny angle. It is almost like the lens is angled to the right, which would mean that it is slightly angled down when held vertically. Am I just getting goofed up by the "mirror image" issue?

This isn't a problem, but it does make self portraits while being horizontally held pretty weird. Anyone else notice this?
 
I've just been fooling with the front facing camera and I noticed something that maybe some of you can explain more thoroughly. When I have the camera held vertically, the alignment is great, but when I turn the phone horizontally the image has a funny angle. It is almost like the lens is angled to the right, which would mean that it is slightly angled down when held vertically. Am I just getting goofed up by the "mirror image" issue?

This isn't a problem, but it does make self portraits while being horizontally held pretty weird. Anyone else notice this?

I do notice that I have a tricky time framing when doing a vertical self-portrait. However I wonder if it is angled to provide a more natural angle when videoconferencing ... after all the camera is to the left of the screen when horizontal.
 
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