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0 pointscriddell3y ago0 comments

Are there any large sensor cameras that are working on computational photography? Seeing what Apple and Google get out of tiny sensors in a phone makes me wonder what would be possible on a big camera with a better sensor.

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biftek3y ago

There is computational photography happening on cameras but I think it's mostly opt in features.

Olympus and Panasonic can take 80–100MP shots by shifting the sensor a small amount and stitching multiple shots together. This can even be done handheld on the newer models. I imagine phones will get this eventually (maybe some do already).

Then there's all the subject detection auto focus available on basically every camera nowadays.

Mikeb853y ago

> Are there any large sensor cameras that are working on computational photography?

Not sure about the current state of the art but I do know Fuji has had some pretty fancy in-camera processing for years now.

When I was more into photography however it seemed the 'culture' was more into post-processing with computer software for reasons.

formerly_proven3y ago

The computational photography for those is done on a computer.

astrange3y ago

Where it has more power, but lacks info like how the OIS was moving as the pictures were taken, so isn’t necessarily as good.

And none of those products have nearly the sales of a smartphone to sustain R&D. Similar to how the headphone dongle of an iPhone is much cheaper and yet better quality than most audiophile equipment.

cthalupa3y ago

I would consider myself barely passable in skills compared to the average hobbyist photographer and have never seen in-phone computational work that I would take over what can be done manually in Lightroom, or if you want to go the automatic route, with Skylum's offerings.

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criddellOP3y ago

A phone can do on-camera stuff or capture RAW and let you mess with it on your computer. Are there any big sensor cameras that give you those same options? I’m not aware of any and it baffles me that the camera companies feel so little need to innovate. I kind of wish Apple would do a dedicated big-sensor camera.

Also, are you saying you could reproduce any of the on-phone stuff easily on your computer? I’m thinking about the astrophotography modes, portrait modes, live photos, and low light features.

emkoemko3y ago

innovate what? what pro needs in camera processing? when you can process on a computer that is way more powerful and better UX for processing a large number of images?

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