Which is more accurate an camera or mirror?

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How do people see you in the camera or mirror? I Just want to know which is more accurate.

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Of course it would be the mirror, A camera has to process an image, basically picking and choosing what it can and what it cannot see, then recreate that image either digitally or chemically. The mirror needs no processing, the produced image is instantaneous.