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Did you ever try to take a selfie with a regular camera? I just did. That is HARD! I needed an image of myself in a good enough resolution, better than the iPhone (4S) can do. So the regular camera was a must. Fortunately my regular camera (Canon Powershot G15) is quite good at judging the distance and to take reasonably sharp pictures all by itself. But to get an acceptable picture is not all that easy.
First you have to find a good spot in daylight with as few distracting things in the background as possible. Then you need to find the angle that works best on the limited distance of the length of your arm. Then hold the camera in the direction of yourself with the left hand (I am righthanded) because the shoot button is where it is on the camera. Look into the camera and try not to look all ridiculous. Find the angle of your chin and where to look… Most pictures you look lika a zombie with no facial expression. To smile to the camera when you have no idea how you look is just chancing that it will look OK. Most of the time it looks really forced and unnatural. And you also have to look like you are NOT holding out one of your arms…
After some 50 or so images I got something acceptable at last. Deleted immediately about 20 of them. 3 or 4 actually came out OK. I wish my regular camera could do what the iPhone can: take a selfie where you can see what you are taking a picture of when shooting by changing the shooting direction with a button in the camera.app.
