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  • Reason phone cameras are heavily invested in A.I.

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 28 22:24:19 2022
    Because they're reached a peak of their meagre imaging capabilities.
    Until flat "nano" lenses appear, they are stuck with their current capabilities.
    Even then, better sensors are a myth. There may be serviceable zoom modules on the horizon which will obviously help, but the only way to "improve" image quality is to fake it with A.I.

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  • From David Taylor@21:1/5 to RichA on Thu Dec 29 08:52:36 2022
    On 29/12/2022 06:24, RichA wrote:
    Because they're reached a peak of their meagre imaging capabilities.
    Until flat "nano" lenses appear, they are stuck with their current capabilities.
    Even then, better sensors are a myth. There may be serviceable zoom modules on the horizon which will obviously help, but the only way to "improve" image quality is to fake it with A.I.

    So is post-processing the camera any different from post-processing by a human?
    When is "image quality" good enough rather than being ultimately perfect?

    Personally I have no objection to a camera which can - by itself - align and stack low-light images, or to one which can - by itself - produce near-perfect panoramas. It not only saves me precious time, but expands my photo opportunities.

    Suits me, may not suit you.
    --
    Cheers,
    David
    Web: https://www.satsignal.eu

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  • From Alfred Molon@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 29 20:32:50 2022
    Am 29.12.2022 um 09:24 schrieb RichA:
    Because they're reached a peak of their meagre imaging capabilities.
    Until flat "nano" lenses appear, they are stuck with their current capabilities.
    Even then, better sensors are a myth. There may be serviceable zoom modules on the horizon which will obviously help, but the only way to "improve" image quality is to fake it with A.I.

    It's not AI, it's advanced image processing techniques, to overcome the limitations of small sensors. HDR to increase the dynamic range or
    advanced noise reduction or sharpening techniques.

    Another thing, some smartphones are quite good at processing JPEGs.
    Somehow they are able to optimise the RAW conversion process.
    --
    Alfred Molon

    Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at https://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

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