Does the Camera Really Add Ten Pounds?

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  • Опубліковано 23 січ 2017
  • Your friend just tagged you in 17 photos on Facebook but you swear those photos lie about your weight. Is the camera playing tricks with your eyes?
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 348

  • @ishka8835
    @ishka8835 7 років тому +538

    "The camera adds ten pounds!" "How many cameras were *on* you exactly?"

    • @tralx5268
      @tralx5268 7 років тому +1

      ISHKA just 1 big camera

    • @HaseebHeaven
      @HaseebHeaven 7 років тому +37

      ISHKA haha chandler saying to monica

    • @ditoo2002
      @ditoo2002 7 років тому +6

      ISHKA oh friends

    • @littlehouseontheprepostero8457
      @littlehouseontheprepostero8457 7 років тому +20

      well, really it's: 'huh, so how many cameras are actually *on* you?'

    • @saga_db
      @saga_db 7 років тому +8

      ISHKA F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

  • @nesseihtgnay9419
    @nesseihtgnay9419 7 років тому +209

    no wonder, cameras always makes me look hella ugly compared to when i see myself in the mirriors.

    • @user_666_
      @user_666_ 7 років тому +27

      Cryptic 90 Are you sure it's the camera 🤔

    • @user_666_
      @user_666_ 7 років тому +8

      ***** Geez it was a joke

    • @johnjackson8166
      @johnjackson8166 7 років тому +5

      fox_in _xxs_clothes Woaahhhh there buddy

    • @Liiineet
      @Liiineet 7 років тому +2

      +• ѕleep lord • That reasoning doesn't make sense. Then you also need to perceive pictures of yourself as more attractive.

    • @SleepxLord
      @SleepxLord 7 років тому +1

      +Linet Durmusoglu Yeah, I've found out that that was wrong. Sorry.

  • @Ularg7070
    @Ularg7070 7 років тому +410

    "Yea, if you wanna get Metric about it" new tshirt design.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 7 років тому

      *+*

    • @silverstreaked1072
      @silverstreaked1072 7 років тому +1

      It needs to happen

    • @2ossy
      @2ossy 7 років тому +11

      "Lets get metric about it"

    • @fromscratchauntybindy9743
      @fromscratchauntybindy9743 7 років тому +1

      2ossy As an Aussie - I definitely agree! I'm sick of converting back to old school systems.

    • @TheGrandMasterPotato
      @TheGrandMasterPotato 7 років тому

      +Anna Vaughan
      Like... Do you mean physical distance? 'Cause I know what the perfect distance for that would be.
      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @JHA854
    @JHA854 7 років тому +155

    "The camera adds 10lbs"
    Then stop eating cameras.

  • @Censtudios
    @Censtudios 7 років тому +389

    How do we feel the difference between having to fart and having to poop? And why does it sometimes go "wrong"?

    • @T-P.
      @T-P. 7 років тому

      Censtudios 😂🤣😂

    • @Censtudios
      @Censtudios 7 років тому +14

      What xD Have you never heard of someone who accidentally pooped a little when they wanted to fart? :D Or just start farting super hard when they think they need to poop

    • @user10476
      @user10476 7 років тому +58

      Asking the real questions here.

    • @SupLuiKir
      @SupLuiKir 7 років тому +19

      Experience. I've shit my pants enough in my life to instinctively know the difference between shit and a mere fart. I was on these anti-depressant meds for about six months years back and during that time my ass was on a slow-leak of semi-diarrhea.

    • @paulsondumbbells150
      @paulsondumbbells150 7 років тому +4

      João Dowsley thanks for sharing.

  • @1acroyear1
    @1acroyear1 7 років тому +29

    You know what else adds ten pounds?
    A puffy vest.

  • @retak4110
    @retak4110 7 років тому +175

    Then why don't cameras just have two lenses

    • @SomethingRandomInc
      @SomethingRandomInc 7 років тому +76

      expensive, complicated and uneccesary

    • @donnychan1999
      @donnychan1999 7 років тому +53

      neonlent There are cameras with two lenses, they are called 3D camera or stereoscopic 3D camera.

    • @blanklein221
      @blanklein221 7 років тому +38

      It wouldn't make a difference on a 2D screen. You would need to see the picture in VR to see the effects of two lenses

    • @marsamet128
      @marsamet128 7 років тому +1

      Blan Klein it makes a difference on video at least.

    • @seanisawesome000
      @seanisawesome000 7 років тому +4

      Thats a 3d camera.

  • @JakkieTea
    @JakkieTea 7 років тому +33

    I wonder if theres anyway they can make a two lens camera that's more "true to life"

  • @VK-sj1mi
    @VK-sj1mi 7 років тому +60

    It does if you decide to eat a bunch of cameras

    • @God8-O
      @God8-O 7 років тому +1

      But I would bring you back. :-O

    • @ArgoIo
      @ArgoIo 7 років тому

      Tell that to Michel Lotito. That guy ate an airplane.

  • @TijaunaK
    @TijaunaK 4 роки тому +10

    I'm convinced that this is true. I've seen photos of very slender people irl look bloated on particular photos. I'm on the leaner side and I can look at photos of me when I was 18 and certain body parts (upper arms) look bulkier than the rest of me. It's usually crazy stuff on selfies now like bloated looking fingers or a wider nose. I believe cameras were meant to do this...
    On the flip side of things, there are people who look stunning in their pics, but not so great irl.

  • @kstormgeistgem461
    @kstormgeistgem461 7 років тому +17

    I just figured it was like the difference between a globe and a flat map... When you take an object that's rounded and try fitting it to a flattened surface, you're going to get some distortion of the object. It looks wider because you're squishing it out of it's normal shape.
    I know cameras aren't exactly "squishing" the image but like it's not showing it in a 3 dimensional image either. I mean a regular camera. I would guess the question doesn't really deal with VRs.

  • @coqui1550
    @coqui1550 7 років тому +15

    WHEW. WHAT A RELIEF. 😌 NOW I CAN DIE IN PEACE.

  • @__malte
    @__malte 7 років тому +127

    **insert comment about anus**
    **insert comment about science vs god**
    **insert comment about how the comment section used to be good but now is just crappy**
    Here, I hoped I helped you save 5 minutes of your time... (again)

    • @spindash64
      @spindash64 7 років тому +2

      Malte Koot
      Meh, I search for the first one anyways

    • @devlinG54
      @devlinG54 7 років тому

      did you know geico can help you save 15% or more on car insurance in just 15 minutes?

    • @sonicmeerkat
      @sonicmeerkat 7 років тому +7

      *comment about other comments thinking they help but are just adding to the spam*

    • @aaronsmith5864
      @aaronsmith5864 7 років тому +4

      Malte Koot insert the same exact comment for the 10th time and think it's not the same kind of spam

    • @oaphle6612
      @oaphle6612 7 років тому

      *insert comment about how cancer all of those things are*... exept the comments thing

  • @frankweienbach3651
    @frankweienbach3651 7 років тому +21

    I look the worst on group photos

  • @OberoonMarteel
    @OberoonMarteel 7 років тому +67

    If cameras really do add 10 pounds, then do African kids even exist?

    • @SirNeutral
      @SirNeutral 7 років тому +9

      Wah wahhhhhhh

    • @kuwuii5477
      @kuwuii5477 7 років тому

      Francis Lappin I'm fucking dead

  • @seanm5425
    @seanm5425 7 років тому +12

    Na fam I always look like shit in photos. I don't look that great without the camera on either, but a little better lol

  • @BlackJohnnyCage
    @BlackJohnnyCage 7 років тому +11

    That's why meeting People online sucks....

  • @NovelNovelist
    @NovelNovelist 7 років тому +2

    I've heard the thing about the focal length being to blame numerous times and I expected this video to just regurgitate that, but the part about the binocular disparity made a ton of sense and I've never heard that explanation before!

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 7 років тому +2

    This is amazing !

  • @artl6738
    @artl6738 7 років тому +9

    "It's not the dress that makes you look fat. It's the fat that makes you look fat."
    -Al Bundy

  • @kokbasE
    @kokbasE 7 років тому +8

    There is a mistake at 1:15
    Focal length is explained incorrectly. It is the distance from the LENS (where the light starts out parallel and starts to converge) to the point where the "light rays meet" as you put it. This spot necessarily must be ON the sensor. Conversely you can say that the sensor is the SAME distance from the lens as the focal length.
    What you describe, the distance between where the "the light rays meet" and the image sensor, should be zero.

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 7 років тому +4

    I love hearing about these illusions !

  • @phantasm1234
    @phantasm1234 7 років тому +2

    Could you please do an episode on cerebral aneurysms? I had one rupture when I was 19 and I would love for people to learn more about them!

  • @ErzengelDesLichtes
    @ErzengelDesLichtes 7 років тому +7

    I'd really like to see someone do a study with a 3d camera to see if the same subject appears 10 lbs heavier with a 3d image as opposed to a 2d one, just to see which of the many causes given actually have how much of an effect.

  • @dannyfz
    @dannyfz 7 років тому +5

    video needed a side by side comparison of pictures from all the different cameras you mentioned

  • @CJSwitz
    @CJSwitz 7 років тому +2

    I've also noticed that most people (that I've interacted with) tend to be much harsher critics of their own bodies than any stranger would be.

  • @davewalker9111
    @davewalker9111 7 років тому +4

    Its not my fault... there's at least seventeen cameras on me!

  • @mr0jacobanderson
    @mr0jacobanderson 7 років тому

    Thank god for the uploads 🍻

  • @TheOnceAndFutureDoug
    @TheOnceAndFutureDoug 7 років тому +3

    Added bonus fact: You can get a closer equivalent to what the eye sees with your camera if you take your pictures on a 50mm lens. It's one of the reasons street photographers consider it to be the best focal length for street photography.
    Technical note, crop factor plays into this a bit for those of you looking to try it out. It's 50mm on a full-frame camera but depending on sensor crop factor that number changes. That gets complicated so... Google that.

  • @taken_over3416
    @taken_over3416 7 років тому

    I got a crash course ad lol

  • @zonyae29047
    @zonyae29047 7 років тому +3

    So basically you just described why the statement "It/they look better in real life!" exists

    • @TiredFerret
      @TiredFerret 7 років тому +2

      Zonyae Ambrose Plus cameras don't capture color properly and have to be calibrated afterwards with imperfect results. Compound that with poor color reproduction and relatively low resolution in most monitors and pictures tend to look washed out!

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion 7 років тому +64

    If cameras make you look fat then why are models so skinny?

    • @TheJosephB333
      @TheJosephB333 7 років тому +1

      Master Therion pictures are taken from a distance

    • @hopestarr1008
      @hopestarr1008 7 років тому +79

      Master Therion Photoshop and anorexia.

    • @Master_Therion
      @Master_Therion 7 років тому

      Hope Starr I think you are right! LOL

    • @noname-wx8qq
      @noname-wx8qq 7 років тому +25

      because they are skinny. cameras don't make thin people look fat, they make fat people look fatter.

    • @milkandcookies4721
      @milkandcookies4721 7 років тому +33

      Photoshop.

  • @aprilmvy2604
    @aprilmvy2604 6 років тому +3

    The problem I have is that I am overweight, but whenever I look in the mirror I actually really like what I see, including my body. I am completely fine with it. But when I see a picture someone took of me at a family party or a group photo I look terrible. It's like my face and cheeks puffed up 10x bigger and so did my gut. I wanted to know which one is the real me, slightly slimmer mirror me, or extremely fat picture me?

  • @xWood4000
    @xWood4000 7 років тому +3

    Yes, if the camera weighs 10 pounds and you hold it.

  • @sizor3ds
    @sizor3ds 7 років тому +1

    the camera adds 10 pounds, but Photoshop removes 15!!!

  • @jimjimsauce
    @jimjimsauce 7 років тому

    I'm so fuckin baked rn and man those morphing faces tripped me out

  • @ZeldaWolf2000
    @ZeldaWolf2000 7 років тому

    I appreciate the most comment when talking about seeing through two eyes. I wonder if that means I see like a camera does? Maybe that's why I think people look younger in ID photos.

  • @rachelhahn4461
    @rachelhahn4461 7 років тому

    I love how he said "probably" fine. Like theres a slight chance my selfie turned out like crap but meh. Its "probably" fine 😂😂

  • @yaumelepire6310
    @yaumelepire6310 7 років тому

    Damn you Perspective!!!

  • @SlyPearTree
    @SlyPearTree 7 років тому +1

    No, it's the lifesaver vest.

  • @syaamilrosli5120
    @syaamilrosli5120 7 років тому

    Is it possible for the whole internet to be shut down? if so, are the data still there if we were to get it back online?

  • @KimLikesGum2
    @KimLikesGum2 7 років тому

    I see the world with 4 eyes.

  • @HalleyRai
    @HalleyRai 7 років тому +13

    thats it???? where is the solution to the problem????? which vision of us it the real one????how to we take a pic of our face where there is no distortion...what is the optimum solution???

  • @NighteeeeeY
    @NighteeeeeY 7 років тому

    1:33 Oh! My! God! I used this picture in my research paper about photography like 10 years ago :D internet truly doesnt forget. Geez.

  • @AssassinGrudge
    @AssassinGrudge 7 років тому

    you could resumed this whole 2 minute video into one word : Distortion

  • @flibbernodgets7018
    @flibbernodgets7018 7 років тому

    "They say the camera adds 10 pounds... looks like you've eaten five cameras."
    My local radio station would play this clip sometimes. I don't know what it's from, but its hilarious

  • @elithebicycle760
    @elithebicycle760 7 років тому

    Just got a CrashCourse ad. :D

  • @harleyhastings1064
    @harleyhastings1064 7 років тому

    What causes an "itch" and why does it begin to hurt/ tingle if you don't scratch it?

  • @RadBadTad
    @RadBadTad 7 років тому

    It isn't the focal length of a lens that affects how the scene looks, it's the distance between the camera and the subject. A 20mm lens and a 200mm lens will show the same distortion if you don't move the camera back.

  • @RudolfWolph
    @RudolfWolph 5 років тому +1

    Focal length does not have any effect on distorting features. Distance to subject does.
    All focal length does is make an image bigger or smaller in the frame at any given distance-- wide angle lenses appear to stretch out your nose if and only if you're very close to them. Close enough that a longer focal length would not capture enough of your face to actually see the effect that close distance would have on perspective-- unless the image circle projected is large enough to use a larger sensor or film.
    Stand far away from a mirror. The perspective distortion from standing too close is now gone, and you've "added 10 pounds" the same way a long-focus lens would have. That's what you look like to the rest of the world. ("Telephoto" just means the lens is designed to be physically shorter than the focal length.)

  • @KayleeWhite1
    @KayleeWhite1 7 років тому +7

    What are stretch marks and do those creams/lotions really work?

  • @happysedits
    @happysedits 7 років тому +2

    The Pyrocynical Question

  • @katlinbellaw9806
    @katlinbellaw9806 7 років тому

    If a camera doesn't add 10 lbs then sitting here eating an entire bag of chips should do it.

  • @sebbys_mama
    @sebbys_mama 7 років тому

    why does the sun make me sneeze?

  • @junezhang2128
    @junezhang2128 7 років тому +2

    How do scars form? Do they appear only in the skin?

  • @glumpot
    @glumpot 7 років тому

    Guuuyyyssss, my mom says I'm not fat, I'm just big boned!

  • @sarahebert6802
    @sarahebert6802 7 років тому

    When I read the title my first thought was who has a camera that weighs ten pounds?

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 7 років тому +4

    Heck I hadn't even realised cameras made people look fatter XD

  • @APprojection
    @APprojection 7 років тому

    Its time for two-eyed cameras

  • @DeaconTaylor
    @DeaconTaylor 7 років тому +1

    if different species have different ways of seeing things such as access to different parts of the spectrum, how do we know what things "really" look like? or is that a little too philosophical? just something ive been wondering.

  • @annbet3684
    @annbet3684 Рік тому

    Yes it does!

  • @777TheUniverse
    @777TheUniverse 7 років тому

    why is he always wearing a vest isn't this shot in CA?

  • @Music-mi5gg
    @Music-mi5gg 7 років тому

    Ok when I see my self in a mirror I look a certain way. When I take a picture using the front camera of my phone I look a certain way but different than when I look in the mirror. But when I take a picture of my self with the back camera of my phone (not a mirror selfie or anything) I look like how I see myself when I just look in the mirror. Anyone know why that is?

  • @parkerhahaha
    @parkerhahaha 7 років тому +1

    the camera doesnt add 10 pounds but college sure does

  • @Cluisanna
    @Cluisanna 7 років тому

    Well, Michael's 90'S vests certainly add 10 pounds ;)

  • @yogirs3079
    @yogirs3079 7 років тому

    Finally, mystery is solved. I AM NOT FAT, it was always my shitty camera or UR EYES. lol

  • @SteelCurious
    @SteelCurious 7 років тому +2

    Why when I scream it doesn't hurt my ears? But it hurts other people's ears

    • @somerandomguy4968
      @somerandomguy4968 7 років тому

      the sound waves don't go around to the back of your head it bounces back to you from the wall and loses some energy making it sound more quiet than it actually is

  • @speedy4life796
    @speedy4life796 7 років тому +1

    Idk if its just me but selfies have made my face look really sharp but when I look in the mirror my face looks almost fat in most mirror at my house, so if the camera doesn't add ten pounds does a mirror in other words add weight to your face/body?

    • @ericv4701
      @ericv4701 Рік тому

      phone camera lens is typically wide angle or ultra wide angle lens, this guy refers to professional camera with not wide angle lens.

  • @raythegardener
    @raythegardener 7 років тому

    My camera used to add ten pounds but then I started weighing myself carrying a lighter camera.

  • @shouryashrivastava2154
    @shouryashrivastava2154 7 років тому

    ya so how many camera are on you?

  • @lillypieisme
    @lillypieisme 7 років тому

    What happens to balloons when you let them go in the sky? Video Request. Please and Thank You.

  • @crankysmurf
    @crankysmurf 7 років тому +1

    The camera adds ten pounds... to your face!

  • @againstcliche
    @againstcliche 7 років тому

    Please turn up the heat for the guys.

  • @JFHomehr
    @JFHomehr 7 років тому

    The lens does not affect the perspective, only the distance from the subject does that. Take a picture of a subject from the same distance with different lens and the perspective will be the same.

  • @shadyflames4158
    @shadyflames4158 7 років тому

    It would be cool if cameras had two eyes.

  • @herpsenderpsen
    @herpsenderpsen 7 років тому

    this doesn't make sense to me. I always see my face as longer, and narrower in photos

  • @PaperDragons
    @PaperDragons 7 років тому

    ohhhh okay... 1:43 the camera "seems" to add ten pounds. This whole time I thought it actually added 10lbs. Thanks!

  • @IaconDawnshire
    @IaconDawnshire 7 років тому

    not me! I have cyclops vision D:

  • @NizarElZarif
    @NizarElZarif 7 років тому

    The only time a camera add 10 pounds, is the when the camera weight 10 pounds and you are holding it while standing on a scale

  • @PGHLFan399
    @PGHLFan399 3 роки тому +1

    I once saw a guy eating dominos pizza
    He said his camera makes him look fatter
    I saw his other videos he does look skinny so he definitely is right

  • @loura246
    @loura246 7 років тому

    QUESTION: how the heck do Biore strips work?

  • @SimranSingh-bw5zh
    @SimranSingh-bw5zh 7 років тому

    focal length is equal to half of radius

  • @qasimmhaidat4521
    @qasimmhaidat4521 7 років тому

    where is the old guy??

  • @akrybion
    @akrybion 7 років тому +5

    And how exactly does it add the ugly smile I always seem to have?
    also blubluhbluh anus joke, hahaha, give me likes, curtain.

  • @stepyourgameupplaya9360
    @stepyourgameupplaya9360 7 років тому

    I never want to get metric about anything

  • @Tom-wl7sm
    @Tom-wl7sm 3 роки тому

    I look like norbit in videos and pictures

  • @844pm2
    @844pm2 7 років тому

    no wonder im so ugly in picture

  • @beastlyform6307
    @beastlyform6307 7 років тому

    So those models are thinner than we see them, damn

  • @marsamet128
    @marsamet128 7 років тому

    It substracts them for me xD

    • @marsamet128
      @marsamet128 7 років тому

      aliencoin dats not my face hun

  • @GBart
    @GBart 7 років тому

    What if I don't eat the whole thing?

  • @jasonbourney3869
    @jasonbourney3869 7 років тому

    why is lpb refered as pound

  • @michaelstaggers8481
    @michaelstaggers8481 6 років тому

    I swear to god I knew there is no way in this world that my face would be so fat in real life.

  • @robertomedina9824
    @robertomedina9824 Рік тому

    Guy says, The camera probably adds ten pounds. But that selfie probably came out fine. How's it fine if you're 10+ lbs more?

  • @annebassman7591
    @annebassman7591 7 років тому

    I've never heard of this saying

  • @Nocturnal194
    @Nocturnal194 7 років тому +1

    Just answering the question before watching the video. I agree with this, my sister is skinny to everyone and anytime I see pictures of her I tell her she looks "fatter" in pictures.

  • @honeymonster135
    @honeymonster135 7 років тому

    So to fix this... Why not have two lenses?

  • @xxhalfemptyxx7713
    @xxhalfemptyxx7713 7 років тому

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  • @ProfessorSyndicateFranklai
    @ProfessorSyndicateFranklai 7 років тому

    Yes, but the department store mirror is definitely losing me 10 pounds. Therefore, a photo taken with a camera into a mirror into the department store will be an accurate image.

  • @Truebizcuit
    @Truebizcuit 7 років тому

    But then the iPhone 7 plus has two lenses! ;)

  • @endlesummer_
    @endlesummer_ 7 років тому

    cameras have depth of field tho bc of f stop so like ? huh