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Started Nov 9, 2021 | Discussions thread
OP RLight Senior Member • Posts: 4,426
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marksee wrote:

I don't mean to be a smartass, but I wonder what you would have said about smartphone capabilities 20 years ago. My guess your words would have been verbatim. To think there are limitations is shortsighted. Technology defies limitations and will continue to amaze us in the future.

No; 20 years ago I thought cellphones were limitless in potential. More like 15 years though. Cellphone cameras weren’t a thing till around then.

I think there’s been a lot of focus on smartphones since the iPhone. But like the iPhone, basic limits do exist where even though the iPhone has evolved, it’s slowed recently in advances.

Diffractive optics, not already in use by telescopic lenses is one element for improvement. Monochrome sensors for dedicated low light deep learning integration is another.

There’s still some room left, but again, both of those have limits. Telescopic lenses in smartphones is new, so it’ll take time to shakedown production and shock resistance of such implementations. Monochrome augmentation requires software development.

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