rear camera

Behind-you vehicle eye

A rear camera is a camera mounted on the back of a device.

On smartphones, the rear camera faces away from the user and is typically higher quality than the front-facing selfie camera: The rear camera has better resolution for landscape shots.

On vehicles, a rear camera (or backup camera) shows what's behind when reversing, now standard equipment in most cars.

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flash · autofocus · zoom · selfie · viewfinder · shutter · parking · license plate · reverse · bumper · surveillance · CCTV · recording · video · portrait · wide-angle · night vision · HDR

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camera position/direction on vehicle

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Display-facing phone lens

dashcam · selfie camera · 360 camera

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