Portrait Mode Lighting

Hello. This has been a small issue since Portrait Mode was released. I am making this thread to hopefully either bring this issue to light or have someone address it.

When you use Portrait Mode, the lighting will change as if you have rolled the camera with the "Roll Angle" function 90 degrees. This can completely ruin the lights in a character's eyes or, in some cases, dull the lighting effects used in the picture (EDIT: It only happens when you use "Manual brightness adjustment"), since it seems the system used to create Portrait Mode only auto-rolls the camera instead of turning the image clockwise.

As someone who loves using Portrait Mode and Group Pose in general, this can be demotivating because it ruins the mood of a shot I've worked hard to make look a specific way. If there is a way to potentially fix this, it would be appreciated. If there was already a thread posted regarding this, I apologize.

Image example:
(Absolutely no editing was used on these images. Only text added.)

https://i.imgur.com/LG5j19O.png

https://i.imgur.com/O83q1sq.png

https://i.imgur.com/0k5oLM1.png

Gif example:

https://i.imgur.com/U7gfgNQ.gif

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1a. (Optionally) Pose your character how you like.
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