Rear Camera not 'straight' - is this normal?

[CreativeLemming]

Hi,

I've never noticed before as I haven't really tried taking photo's with my SP2, but I've just found that when trying to take a photo of something from above using the rear facing camera (was taking pictures of something to sell on eBay), the image is at a weird angle and all off-centre.

This is particularly pronounced when taking a picture in portrait mode. Rather than position the subject directly under the camera, I have to tilt the surface to a 45 degree angle.

I'm just wondering if this is normal/by design. I can imagine that if you're using the kickstand then this might be to compensate for the angle, but it's just a bit weird when using the device to take normal pictures.

Anybody tried this, are yours the same?

 

[DragonGamer]

Yes, that's even advertised like that on MS's site.
You guessed right, the idea is so it can take "straight" pictures when you use the kickstand...
The cams are made for video-chatting anyways, not for taking pictures!

 

[CreativeLemming]

You're quite right, thanks - just found the reference you mentioned.