In my opinion the matter is the lighting in both cases, while distortion is present in cameras but is normally practically absent in a well-made mirror. Pick a small mirror and carry it with yourself. Look at yourself in the mirror in different lights; natural light will make you look different from artificial light. And a warmer artificial light is different from a neon light, which, for the record, is the worst, in my opinion. Bad lighting actually leads to any flaw being underlined. I know this problem well because I have acne scars. But in some photos they show up, in other they don't. In mirrors they are always there, regardless of the lighting. So I guess mirrors are more accurate, even if they distort color a little bit.
bad camera, or bad mirror?
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In my opinion the matter is the lighting in both cases, while distortion is present in cameras but is normally practically absent in a well-made mirror. Pick a small mirror and carry it with yourself. Look at yourself in the mirror in different lights; natural light will make you look different from artificial light. And a warmer artificial light is different from a neon light, which, for the record, is the worst, in my opinion. Bad lighting actually leads to any flaw being underlined. I know this problem well because I have acne scars. But in some photos they show up, in other they don't. In mirrors they are always there, regardless of the lighting. So I guess mirrors are more accurate, even if they distort color a little bit.