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Re:The Smartphone vs. the Camera Industry by intolerabletech on Friday November 01, 2019 @10:59PM (#21425616)
I'm so ignorant about cameras but have been curious... Smartphone manufacturers keep adding additional lens. Is that simply to compensate for not being a standalone camera? Am I complete idiot for looking at standalone mirrorless/DSLRs and wondering if Google's smart tech + Pixel 4's multiple lens are going to eventually eclipse standalone cameras? (My goal is to eventually carry a camera and non-smartphone).
Re:The Smartphone vs. the Camera Industry by CarVac on Friday November 01, 2019 @11:03PM (#21425628)
It's to compensate for not having interchangeable lenses.
Re:The Smartphone vs. the Camera Industry by ghemsley on Saturday November 02, 2019 @09:31AM (#21427599)
It is also to assist the computational photography features with the task of simulating the effects of a larger sensor. Generally speaking, information from multiple lenses/sensors is used to apply the selective defocus effect in portrait mode.