Answers to your iPhone 4 questions: Cameras, video, photos

25.06.2010
We've taken a and . But some readers still have some questions about the image-capture capabilities of the latest iPhone.

Jake is curious about the iPhone 4's new front-facing camera:

Is that camera just limited to the face to face video technology or can you also shoot HD video with the front facing camera as well?

Yes, you can shoot video with the front-facing camera just as you would with the rear-facing camera. However, the resolution of the front camera is much lower than that of the other camera--640 by 480 pixels versus 1280 by 720--so you won't get HD quality.

Philip's question touches on HD, too:

It seems when you e-mail a video it compresses it, and the receiver does not get a HD video. Am I missing something?