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The .5 (pronounced point 5) selfie’s rise to stardom is marked by spaghetti-like arms, huge foreheads, and long necks—and that’s the appeal. Unlike a traditional selfie, the .5 version isn’t about giving the camera your best smize, it’s about capturing a moment and distorting your body beyond recognition. Sound like fun? If you want to learn more about this Gen Z trend and start taking more memorable photos, keep on reading! It’s time to get silly.
Things You Should Know
- The .5 selfie is taken with the ultrawide lens on the back camera of a phone.
- The ultrawide angle distorts selfies and gives bodies weird proportions.
- Take a .5 by holding your phone at arm’s length and taking a picture with the volume button.
Steps
How to Take a .5 Selfie
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Open your phone’s back camera. Using a .5 camera harkens back to the true olden days of selfies, taken with digital cameras without a front monitor where you could check your image.[3] It's almost like film, each photograph is a surprise—you just have to wait until you turn the camera back around.- The back camera of your phone is also much better quality than the front. If you’re looking to take a regular good selfie, use the back camera.
Change your camera’s lens to “.5”. To take the .5 selfie, you need a .5 camera. Open your camera app and either press “.5” or pinch the screen to open the zoom options and change to .5.[4]- Sadly, not every phone has this capability. iPhone 11 and onwards has the lens, as well as some flagship Samsungs and Google Pixels.
Turn on the flash. This isn’t entirely necessary, but to make your picture more intense and fully get the Gen Z vibe, brighten things up with the flash.
Hold the camera at arm’s length. The .5 lens captures a really wide range (thus the wide angle lens), so get it as far away from you as you can to get the most background and full effect.[5] If you’re looking for a more distorted photo, tilt the camera to be parallel to the ground.
Take the picture with the volume button or use a timer. Trying to press the capture button on screen is a little hard when your arm is stretched to its limit and your phone is turned around. Luckily, you can snap a pic by pressing the volume button or setting a countdown timer.[6] Strike a pose and you’ll be ready to go!
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References
- ↑ https://mashable.com/article/05-selfie-trend-iphone-12
- ↑ https://mashable.com/article/05-selfie-trend-iphone-12
- ↑ https://www.purewow.com/tech/how-to-take-a-selfie
- ↑ https://www.purewow.com/tech/how-to-take-a-selfie
- ↑ https://pageone.ph/photo-trend-what-is-0-5-selfie-that-is-taking-over-instagram/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/mE6tY5A56QA?t=94
- ↑ https://pageone.ph/photo-trend-what-is-0-5-selfie-that-is-taking-over-instagram/
- ↑ https://mashable.com/article/05-selfie-trend-iphone-12
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