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Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by blitzar on Friday December 02, 2022 @08:37AM (#33830251)
Google computational photography > DSLR non computed photo.

But that is hardly a shocker ... when will we get better desktop tools to recomupte photos?

Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by constantcrying on Friday December 02, 2022 @08:41AM (#33830286)
>Google computational photography > DSLR non computed photo.

As I said. This is by design.

>when will we get better desktop tools to recomupte photos?

Lightroom has already various AI features. What can lightroom not control manually what Google does automatically.

Darktable is the FOSS alternative, although not as advanced.

Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by blitzar on Friday December 02, 2022 @08:48AM (#33830348)
By design and necessity - I suspect people would not be happy if they saw what actually came off the sensor (or had to carry around a better sized sensor).

https://skylum.com/luminar-ai is probably the closest I have seen

Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by constantcrying on Friday December 02, 2022 @08:57AM (#33830448)
For some cameras "beauty filters" are even a selling point. For a professional photoprapher that would be a nightmare. But most people aren't photographers and only care about getting a good looking image after pointing and shooting. And there is nothing wrong with that, but it makes for bad comparisons.
Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by GuB-42 on Friday December 02, 2022 @09:38AM (#33830950)
> What can lightroom not control manually what Google does automatically.

The camera itself. Smartphones shoot several frames with different settings at different times, they may have a time of flight sensor to estimate distance, plenoptic features, etc... These can be fed into algorithms specifically trained on that camera and that can take advantage of all these extra data.

DSLRs can do things like bracketing, but external software doesn't have nearly as much control.

Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by FeistySkink on Friday December 02, 2022 @08:49AM (#33830359)
Everything by Topaz seems to fit the bill.
Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market by blitzar on Monday December 05, 2022 @05:53AM (#33863932)
Gee their suite of software is almost as expensive as a new phone!