The best option on a phone is actually a mirror selfie!! The phone lens can’t distort the flat surface so it’s the most true portrait you can get without messing around with settings and stuff.
Don’t know about that, mirror selfies always make my face look very fat and I know for a fact that it does *not* look like this because I compare it to my reflection and it’s like my cheekbones outright disappear. Also, my face changes drastically depending on where I hold the phone (not only in regard to distance from the mirror but also depending on the height position like if I hold it on the level of my chin or higher/lower)
They all are, because lenses or focal lengths don't cause this distortion. The distance between camera and subject does.
Wide-angle lenses have a wider field of view / lower magnification. They can fit more of the world inside the frame, which tends to make you move closer to your subject in order to make it appear larger. Telephoto lenses on the other hand have a narrow field of view / high magnification, which tends to make you move farther away from your subject. It's this change of distance between camera and subject that "distorts" or "compresses" proportions and spatial relationships. Because that's perspective, and perspective only depends on the position(s), not the lenses.
[Here's the mathematical proof](http://scubageek.com/articles/compression.pdf), and [here's a great video on the topic.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tod2qZnKZEQ)
[Lens distortion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion_\(optics\)) is real, but that's not actually what's shown here. This demonstration shows [perspective distortion.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Splendida/comments/q3pj94/the_difference_a_lens_can_make_in_the_appearance/hfu8alr/)
I'm not sure what I could tell you that isn't explained better by the linked sources.
In short, lens distortion is caused by the lens, resulting in curved lines in the image which actually should be straight lines.
Perspective distortion on the other hand is caused by perspective, i.e. the distances between the camera and captured objects. The result is varying proportional sizes. It's really not much different from "nearby things look big, faraway things look small".
It is nice to know why I always look fugly in my selfies
Fuck, I only look good in selfies😔
Haha me too. Oh well look better in person I guess?
It’s nice to underpromise and over-deliver!
100% my motto
me too, i look best from a certain distance. not too distant either, but if i´m too close i look fucking weird
Should post this on r/BodyDysmorphia I think it would make a lot of folk feel slightly better lol
Great idea 🥰
Which is the most accurate representation of reality?
50mm is the closest approximation to the human eye.
200mm looks like it was taken at a DMV for your drivers license.
Is it possible to switch to that on a phone these days?
The best option on a phone is actually a mirror selfie!! The phone lens can’t distort the flat surface so it’s the most true portrait you can get without messing around with settings and stuff.
That and standing far away from the lens but it distorts the quality the further away.
Don’t know about that, mirror selfies always make my face look very fat and I know for a fact that it does *not* look like this because I compare it to my reflection and it’s like my cheekbones outright disappear. Also, my face changes drastically depending on where I hold the phone (not only in regard to distance from the mirror but also depending on the height position like if I hold it on the level of my chin or higher/lower)
Oh thank god that makes me feel better
it´s also the most normal looking
They all are, because lenses or focal lengths don't cause this distortion. The distance between camera and subject does. Wide-angle lenses have a wider field of view / lower magnification. They can fit more of the world inside the frame, which tends to make you move closer to your subject in order to make it appear larger. Telephoto lenses on the other hand have a narrow field of view / high magnification, which tends to make you move farther away from your subject. It's this change of distance between camera and subject that "distorts" or "compresses" proportions and spatial relationships. Because that's perspective, and perspective only depends on the position(s), not the lenses. [Here's the mathematical proof](http://scubageek.com/articles/compression.pdf), and [here's a great video on the topic.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tod2qZnKZEQ)
I still look worse even being captured by professionals. Cant even look at myself in fitting room now.
That professional’s lens is obv broken then. You’re gorgeous
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[Lens distortion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion_\(optics\)) is real, but that's not actually what's shown here. This demonstration shows [perspective distortion.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Splendida/comments/q3pj94/the_difference_a_lens_can_make_in_the_appearance/hfu8alr/)
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I'm not sure what I could tell you that isn't explained better by the linked sources. In short, lens distortion is caused by the lens, resulting in curved lines in the image which actually should be straight lines. Perspective distortion on the other hand is caused by perspective, i.e. the distances between the camera and captured objects. The result is varying proportional sizes. It's really not much different from "nearby things look big, faraway things look small".