Your Smartphone Camera Should Suck. Here’s Why It Doesn’t

[iamzip]

Thought this was a moderately interesting article.

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/smartphone-camera-sensors/

 

[Ko.Fe.]

The iPhone 5c I have for now has capable prime lens on it. The sensor, I wish they make it bigger. But would it require larger lens.. I don't know.

 

[tyrone.s]

We've certainly reached the ultimate equality of access with phone cameras. It's fascinating really when you think that not much more than a century ago, camera production was such a priority in the USSR for ideological reasons - I.e, so that the proletarian worker could document the dignity of the proletarian life, or the Western equivalent of the Kodak Moment, and now a staggering percentage of the world's population can document and often freely publish, every aspect of their lives 24/7. All be it with very small sensors.

 

[mcfingon]

Does anyone know of an app that lets you turn off noise reduction on the iPhone 6S plus? I think that's the biggest barrier to better quality. To my fussy eye, the NR is overly intrusive even at base ISO.

 

[David Hughes]

We've certainly reached the ultimate equality of access with phone cameras. It's fascinating really when you think that not much more than a century ago, camera production was such a priority in the USSR for ideological reasons - I.e, so that the proletarian worker could document the dignity of the proletarian life, or the Western equivalent of the Kodak Moment, and now a staggering percentage of the world's population can document and often freely publish, every aspect of their lives 24/7. All be it with very small sensors.

Hi,

But the USSR didn't exist a century ago. In 1916 it was imperial Russia, with a Tsar, and a lot of other European countries...

Regards, David

 

[tyrone.s]

Hi,

But the USSR didn't exist a century ago. In 1916 it was imperial Russia, with a Tsar, and a lot of other European countries...

Regards, David

Your right! It didn't. Hence *not much more than a century ago*. USSR was from 1922-1991.