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Smartphones rely on stacking multiple exposures in very quick succession. They can do that because a smartphone sensor can scans extremely quickly. In a smartph
by Derbasti 5y ago
Smartphones rely on stacking multiple exposures in very quick succession. They can do that because a smartphone sensor can scans extremely quickly. In a smartphone, it doesn't make a difference whether you take one long exposure, or several short ones and add them up.
But the bigger the sensor, the slower it scans. Scan & stack is not yet feasible for bigger sensors.
Besides, smartphone sensors need to do this to overcome their limited dynamic range. Bigger sensors are not typically limited by dynamic range, and hence don't need this.
- Griffinsauce 5y agoYou're talking about the technical implementation. I'm talking about the experience of "point at thing, click button" There is a massive gulf between smartphones and standalone cameras there in the outcome. My point is that there is literally a product segment called "point and click" that is terrible (relatively speaking) at doing that thing. All the replies here are focusing on how cameras can produce better results. The difference is my phone will in my unskilled hands.