along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 day agoThe iPhone 17 square selfie camera is a bigger deal than you thinkwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down131
arrow-up1-20arrow-down1external-linkThe iPhone 17 square selfie camera is a bigger deal than you thinkwww.engadget.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 day agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoThis article gave me zero idea what a square front camera is. Does it mean that the sensor is a square instead of a rectangle? I’m confused.
minus-squaresanzky@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoyes. it is a square sensor that the phone crops automatically to be a a rectangle. so it can take photos on landscape or portrait no matter if the phone physically vertical or horizontal.
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 minutes agoso in other words it’s automatically removing some of my image in order to fake being portrait or landscape?
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 hours agoBut… why? Just give me the full image.
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 hours agoWell well, isn’t that amazing /s
This article gave me zero idea what a square front camera is.
Does it mean that the sensor is a square instead of a rectangle? I’m confused.
yes. it is a square sensor that the phone crops automatically to be a a rectangle. so it can take photos on landscape or portrait no matter if the phone physically vertical or horizontal.
so in other words it’s automatically removing some of my image in order to fake being portrait or landscape?
But… why? Just give me the full image.
Well well, isn’t that amazing /s