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Sony only make the sensor, it looks like a bunch of companies manufacture the lenses (sharp, lg infotech, and another company I forgot from my googling 10 secon
by olliej 5y ago
Sony only make the sensor, it looks like a bunch of companies manufacture the lenses (sharp, lg infotech, and another company I forgot from my googling 10 seconds ago).
But as the linked thread says, apple designed the lens itself (as it has a patent on it, which is apparently common?)
I am curious what the Samsung lens system looks like given it has real optical zoom
- Miraste 5y agoSamsung doesn’t have real optical zoom. Their system works by using a separate 1x, 3x, and 10x zoom camera and software interpolation for in-between levels. The 10x zoom camera has the most interesting optics because its lens stack is too long to fit in the phone, so instead it’s a “periscope” camera in which the lenses are sideways and light hits them through a prism, then goes through another prism to hit the sensor. Here’s a diagram of Apple’s (shorter focal length and hitherto unimplemented) version: https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/8346943838/iPhone_patent_2.jpeg https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/8346943838/iPhone_...
- perryizgr8 5y agoThe periscope lens has variable optical zoom, doesn't it?
- Miraste 5y agoNo, it's all digital.