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Don't leave your phone in the sun. Aside from the devastating heat, it'll also burn your camera out just like it will your eyes.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But is that enough energy to cause damage? Its clearly not a huge problem otherwise cases with camera covers would probably be common.

I don't think its worth most users worrying about it. But definitely don't point your camera at the sun on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'll meet you half way on this because now I'm invested. No luck finding anything other than "It's bad" from non-scientific studies, but I found a paper quantifying sensor damage from lasers. If you can find something comparing constant solar exposure and short-term laser exposures, maybe we can figure this thing out ourselves.

https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/optical-engineering/volume-56/issue-03/034108/Laser-induced-damage-threshold-of-camera-sensors-and-micro-optoelectromechanical/10.1117/1.OE.56.3.034108.full?SSO=1

[–] over_clox 2 points 1 year ago

Basically, my point is don't leave your electronics out in the sun, like leaving it out on a bench park table or such in direct sunlight.

I'm pretty sure it'll be fine with a little brief exposure to the sun, just don't leave it out there ya know..