Saturday, 20 February 2016

focal length - Phone camera (Samsung S4): is it possible to determine the distance to the object in focus on jpg picture?



I took a picture with Samsung S4 phone. Is it possible to determine the distance to the object on the picture?


The object is in focus. I looked at the JPG picture properties but could not find anything indicating to the distance. The focal length is fixed on this camera, it's 31mm in 35mm equivalent scale.




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