+Warwagon MVC Posted June 22, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted June 22, 2014 Eh, selfies are so stupid, I can't wait till this phase dies. You usually use the rear camera at a distance, to take pictures of objects/people. The purpose of the front camera is mainly for video chat (or selfies as the case 99.9% of the time). I personally wouldn't want a bright light 1-3 feet from my face why can't you hold the front camera the same distance as you would the back camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 HA. I know that, and I don't approve . Stupid or not (I vote stupid), they are the latest fad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 why can't you hold the front camera the same distance as you would the back camera. ...Your arm is only so long - I can point my phone's rear camera at an object 10 feet away...get it yet? pallipdrsn0 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted June 22, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted June 22, 2014 ...Your arm is only so long - I can point my phone's rear camera at an object 10 feet away...get it yet? Not really, I point my rear camera at my face with the flash all the time and the photos come out just fine. Only issue is sometimes it takes a few shots because I can't see if we are centered in frame. Which is why if I had a front flash, I would hold the front camera the same distance from my face as the back camera, while actually being able to see how centered the shot is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Well I'm sorry but that is a crap photo too. Flash is a bad idea in general. It takes away all the atmosphere unless done professionaly and in moderation. I don't even have a flash on my mirrorless cam anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Well I'm sorry but that is a crap photo too. Flash is a bad idea in general. It takes away all the atmosphere unless done professionaly and in moderation. I don't even have a flash on my mirrorless cam anymore. Steve Jobs hated it too... :laugh: :laugh: I think i only used the front facing camera in all my phones for videocalls; selfies i take with the back camera as it has more quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted June 22, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted June 22, 2014 Flash is a bad idea in general. It takes away all the atmosphere unless done professionaly and in moderation. It really can't look anyworse than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 It really can't look anyworse than this. Well it might not be much of a photo, but it conveys atmosphere so much more. You don't take selfies because you want good photos, you take them to quickly share with your friends and show what you're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Why doesn't my phone have Neuralyzer? Yeah! And why doesn't my phone have a built in light-sabre? +E.Worm Jimmy and Phouchg 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted June 22, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted June 22, 2014 Well it might not be much of a photo, but it conveys atmosphere so much more. You don't take selfies because you want good photos, you take them to quickly share with your friends and show what you're doing. I also think the one on the right looks like the guy off despicable me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 You two might want to step out of your house once in a while and observe modern society. Selfies are huge with the generations, and they often use the front facing camera. *with the narcissistic "generation"* It really can't look anyworse than this. It would be worse if the picture was in good quality. I guess that's one good thing that crappy cameras do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerowen Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Because the selfie epidemic is bad enough as it is. Don't make it any worse by adding flash, lol. +E.Worm Jimmy and DConnell 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted June 22, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted June 22, 2014 I've now tried three times to write a reply about why people should just accept that a selfie is a spur of the moment thing and therefore doesn't need to be good quality to begin with, but I keep getting caught up with technicalities. If there was a forward-facing flash on my phone I would never use it. The occasional times that I have taken a selfie - I just took one a moment ago as a test because of this thread - I accept that I am not using a proper camera and that the lack of a flash captures the situation as it is. If I'm in a smokey bar, the photo will reflect that. If I'm sat in the park in the sunshine, again it will be reflected in the result of the photo. As for opinions on selfies themselves, I don't mind half as much as a lot of people seem to. Then again, my friends and I don't take selfies every 20 seconds and post them to Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlain Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Well I'm sorry but that is a crap photo too. Flash is a bad idea in general. It takes away all the atmosphere unless done professionaly and in moderation. I don't even have a flash on my mirrorless cam anymore. Looks fine to me and for 99.9% of people, it'll be fine. We aren't taking photos for the Tate Modern here. Your comment is also ridiculous. Take away what atmosphere? What about instances when you're trying to take a photo in the dark? It's far more sensible to have flash on all phones and let the user decide whether to enable or disable it - even then, as I said, 99.9% of people couldn't give a ###### about the technical details - they want to capture and remember the moment and that, above all, is the most important thing anyway. +Warwagon 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted June 22, 2014 Veteran Share Posted June 22, 2014 I will never understand the reason why people take selfies. However as far as a flash goes as low res as the front facing cameras usually are and the fact that they are usually not configured well, you would end up with a washed out photo. Not to mention the fact that as close as the subject is to the light it would probably end up out of focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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