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I wonder how long it will be until a smartphone manufacturer introduces multiple sensors connected by an interferometer. If you take one of the 6-inchish smart
by antimagic 12y ago
I wonder how long it will be until a smartphone manufacturer introduces multiple sensors connected by an interferometer. If you take one of the 6-inchish smartphones on the market, that would give you a massive virtual aperture size, allowing fantastic resolution.
- alkonaut 12y agoDoes that really work when the subject distance isn't much greater than the sensor array length (unlike in astronomy)? Wouldn't it take a lot to merge the images when they are completely different, like a stereo image?
- antimagic 12y agoWell yes, but this is more about improving performance precisely fr that use case - zoom is the one thing that really lacks in a modern smartphone camera. If you can now resolve detail at a much greater distance, then you effectively have your zoom.
- alkonaut 12y agoThat's more a crop that gives you more "reach" than a true telephoto though. Of course most people just want more reach and don't really care for perspective when they say "zoom", so sensor array could definitely work for that. Also since a phone is just the right size to record stereo for vr as well, which is also bound to be the next big thing. Two sensors isn't far fetched given several applications for them, and low cost