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why do they arrange the lens irregularly, what's the reason behind this arrangement?

• anigbrowl 11y ago
  Unique geometrical offsets for each lens means more reliable deconvolution.
• mey 11y ago
  My guess is to create better sub pixel information when stitching the image together. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-pixel_resolution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-pixel_resolution If all the sensor pixel data was aligned it could create bias between the edge of the pixel and the center. Edit: another thought is triangulation for determining depth
• onion2k 11y ago
  They're not irregularly arranged. If you look at the image of the front of the camera at the bottom of the http://light.co/camera http://light.co/camera page, they're arranged in concentric circles around a point that's just off to the right hand side of the case. As there are 15 lens and a laser rangefinder, presumably they're directed at various points in space from that center along a straight line in front of the camera. Which 10 lens used for a picture, and consequently how far along that line your subject is, will depend on the rangefinder for an optimal image.
• YZF 11y ago
  Each camera has a different lens folded under the hood so they just tried to make them all fit as best they could. That's my bet. I don't think the exact location matters that much.
• amyth 11y ago
  I think, rather than arranging it in specific pattern they tried to fit 16 camera modules as close as possible so as to reduce overall size. As the modules are of different sizes, resulting placement looks irregular. Please refer video 'The Story of light' on page https://light.co/camera https://light.co/camera @1:25 , wireframe of all modules is displayed.