I was thinking along the same lines. Another specific example would be single-shot HDR or true post-shot-adjustable exposure. E.g. if the optimum exposure for a

I was thinking along the same lines. Another specific example would be single-shot HDR or true post-shot-adjustable exposure. E.g. if the optimum exposure for a conventional camera is 1/60th of a second, then instead capture 10-20 exposures whose total time adds up to 1/60th of a second, and sum various numbers of the exposures in software. Right now that's not practical because DSLRs don't have the hardware capacity to pull that much data off of the sensor and store it quickly enough. Seems like the additional data would also be very useful for removing motion blur, automatically removing moving objects from e.g. architectural/landscape shots, etc.