Digital cameras make people look fatter than traditional cameras no matter the megapixels amount. Is there any one that provides more fidelity on this regard?
2006-06-08 20:27:19 · 4 answers · asked by Carlos A 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
It's not digital-vs.-film causing the problem, it's the focal length of the lens. Most digital camera are marked, on the lens or in the manual, how the lens focal length (or lengths, of a zoom lens) compares to 35mm cameras.
You'll want to take pictures of people with at least a 50mm focal length lens (35mm camera equivalent). If you have a camera with a fixed focal length lens, and it's less than 50 mm equivalent, you'll get the "makes me look fat" problem especially with close-ups. If that's the problem, the only solution is to get a camera with a zoom lens.
And if your camera does have a zoom lens, step back and zoom in on people to make them look slimmer.
2006-06-09 09:58:27 · answer #1 · answered by techyphilosopher2 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I was under the impression of 1) Hi Fidelity was an audio term, and 2) Digital was more true to life than film... Am I wrong on both counts??
2006-06-14 08:39:04 · answer #2 · answered by jnrockwall@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your subjects look "fat", then that means you have zoomed the lens out to "wide angle" mode which causes this effect. There's nothing wrong with the camera...just stand back farther away from your subject and don't zoom out all the way. This will fix the problem. Hope this helped.
2006-06-09 06:27:31 · answer #3 · answered by answerman63 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha! Either your particular camra has a fun house lens or your subjects actually HAVE put on weight. There is no difference in digital vs. film.
2006-06-09 00:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋