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Question: True Image: Mirror, Camera Photo or Camera photo of mirror image!?
Hello all:
I have seen many similar topics here!. Here are some common opinions from others:
1) Mirror is right however it shows yourself in reverse!.
2) Camera is right if it has the right kind of lens and it doesn't show the reverse image!.
3) The difference between two must be negligible!.

My question is that my face and body in a photograph from my digital video camers looks about 40-50% heavy than my image in the mirror!. And of course both look very different mostly because of weight!. For example my nose in a photo looks twice its size in my mirror image and my face looks widened and rounded!.

IF THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CAMERA PHOTO AND MIRROR IMAGE IS THAT PHOTO DOESN"T SHOW A REVERSED IMAGE, THEN HOW COME THE SO MUCH WIDENED AND FATTY PHOTO IS POSSIBLE!?

I will add one more thing to the questions already asked on this topic that if I stand in front of the mirror and then take a photo of my image in mirror with camera, then that photo and my image in mirror look exactly same!. So which one is really ture:
1) my photo
2) my mirror image
3) my photo of my mirror image

I don't look bad in the mirror or in photos!. I look good in the mirror and I look sometimes average, sometimes good and sometimes ugly in photos!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Well, it could be that your angle is too wide!. If you're doing portraits with a wide-angle lens, you could look disproportionate, but I don't know if that's your problem!. You're using a point-and-shoot digital camera, yes!? Try just backing the camera up on a tripod and zooming in (optical zoom, not digital)!. It might help!. It might not!. Try a different camera (an SLR, preferably)!.

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Oops, looks like you said what kind of camera!. Digital video!? Well is the problem only with video or with stills as well!?
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maybe u need to accept that those twinkies are making a comback!.

mirrors and cameras dont make u fat!.

food makes u fat!.Www@QuestionHome@Com