along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 7 months agoThe iPhone 17 square selfie camera is a bigger deal than you thinkwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months 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-up0·7 months 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.
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.
But… why? Just give me the full image.