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No, focal length and its effects on imaging is a fundamental aspect of how lenses work. You could reproduce this with any camera. More here: https://en.wikipedi

• jolux 5y ago
  This case actually seems even simpler though. There was a leaf in the foreground obscuring the face from the camera's perspective. Distortion doesn't quite enter into it.
  • masklinn 5y ago
    They're not talking about the obscuring itself, but the focal compression effect which makes it look a lot like the leaf is where the head should be, rather than clearly being in front of said head. Though the aggressive denoising and small lens probably doesn't help.
    • jolux 5y ago
      > Though the aggressive denoising and small lens probably doesn't help. I think it's mostly this. The photograph is incredibly noisy, very difficult to tell what's going on.
• OJFord 5y ago
  Oh I didn't realise that was called 'compression', makes sense though, I was just thinking too software-y! Don't modern iPhones have multiple cameras for depth of field though, it could (or intends to) do something clever to make it clearer couldn't (resp. ) it?
  • jolux 5y ago
    The photo is already heavily denoised per the sibling comment — possible they could do more but it's difficult when the sensor and lens are so small.