Re:The Smartphone vs. the Camera Industry
by CarVac on Friday November 01, 2019 @11:03PM
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It's to compensate for not having interchangeable lenses.
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Re:The Smartphone vs. the Camera Industry
by ghemsley on Saturday November 02, 2019 @09:31AM
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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.