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There are things you cannot do on your DSLR and computer setup. For instance, the phone can take the same picture simultaneously at three different focuses. Tha

by HWR_14 5y ago

There are things you cannot do on your DSLR and computer setup. For instance, the phone can take the same picture simultaneously at three different focuses. That's just data you don't have, whether you blend it together by hand or not.

nixpulvis 5y ago
Excuse me? Focus is a property of the lens, no? I understand rapid e-shutter for dynamic range (kinda like bracketing then mixing in post), but how exactly is a single camera taking three focuses? Or do you mean the two+ distinct cameras being fused together? Because I don't think they do that (yet), but I could be wrong. Personally, I like the control a more manual camera offers, but appreciate the quality of my phone's camera at times too. Generally, I agree, technology that tries to outsmart us feels out of place. Technology that tries to empower us feels just right.
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- shaklee3 5y ago
  yes, they do fuse different lenses together on pixels
  - nixpulvis 5y ago
    How does it know my finger is over one? I just tested this on my iPhone 13 Mini, and the two photos, one without a finger over a lens and one with a finger over a lens, both look identical. Given that the focal length of the lenses is different, it would be hard to "fuse" the images together, though I suppose it wouldn't be impossible. All this to accomplish what? A higher effective aperture? Or are you imagining some strange blending of foreground and background in focus, with middle-ground out of focus?
    - shaklee3 5y ago
      I should have capitalized Pixel, since I meant the phone. iphone doesn't do this as far as I know. if I remember correctly it's to blur the background.
ruined 5y ago
generally, people use a DSLR with a bit more intention, and it makes sense to optimize the sensor and lens to capture a single image as envisioned by the photographer. however, there are lenses available that combine multiple focuses, focal lengths, and framings by projecting multiple images onto the sensor, to be captured with a single actuation of the shutter. modern cameras also include features for automatically integrating multiple captures to expand details such as depth of field, dynamic range, resolution, and so on. your phone camera does this too, it is just concealed and non-obvious.

by HWR_14 5y ago

nixpulvis 5y ago

Excuse me? Focus is a property of the lens, no? I understand rapid e-shutter for dynamic range (kinda like bracketing then mixing in post), but how exactly is a single camera taking three focuses? Or do you mean the two+ distinct cameras being fused together? Because I don't think they do that (yet), but I could be wrong. Personally, I like the control a more manual camera offers, but appreciate the quality of my phone's camera at times too. Generally, I agree, technology that tries to outsmart us feels out of place. Technology that tries to empower us feels just right.

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shaklee3 5y ago
yes, they do fuse different lenses together on pixels
- nixpulvis 5y ago
  How does it know my finger is over one? I just tested this on my iPhone 13 Mini, and the two photos, one without a finger over a lens and one with a finger over a lens, both look identical. Given that the focal length of the lenses is different, it would be hard to "fuse" the images together, though I suppose it wouldn't be impossible. All this to accomplish what? A higher effective aperture? Or are you imagining some strange blending of foreground and background in focus, with middle-ground out of focus?
  - shaklee3 5y ago
    I should have capitalized Pixel, since I meant the phone. iphone doesn't do this as far as I know. if I remember correctly it's to blur the background.

ruined 5y ago

generally, people use a DSLR with a bit more intention, and it makes sense to optimize the sensor and lens to capture a single image as envisioned by the photographer. however, there are lenses available that combine multiple focuses, focal lengths, and framings by projecting multiple images onto the sensor, to be captured with a single actuation of the shutter. modern cameras also include features for automatically integrating multiple captures to expand details such as depth of field, dynamic range, resolution, and so on. your phone camera does this too, it is just concealed and non-obvious.