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It's physics defying. Optical resolution is directly correlated with the lens diameter, there's no way around this. Images are formed by interference of plane
by icapybara 4y ago
It's physics defying. Optical resolution is directly correlated with the lens diameter, there's no way around this.
Images are formed by interference of plane waves propagating at different angles. To resolve finer details, your optical system needs to collect waves that were propagating away from the source (the moon) at larger angles. This means you can either get closer to the moon or increase the lens diameter. It doesn't matter how the lens works, you could use any photonics magic trick you want, you're still limited by the (aperture) size of the optical system.
Samsung's lens is purportedly too small to resolve the level of detail produced in the moon images.