Billy34

They really need to just start using low res sensors and upscaling the results using AI when the images are viewed. Just don’t tell the public.

Apple does a good job with color accuracy.

A typical mirrorless ILC is basically the same as a typical DSLR for all PRACTICAL purposes. The fact that the main sensor is used for focusing, metering, and composition is a minor point thanks to...

They’re reaching the physical limits of individual small aperture lenses.

Next step is massive-multi-sensor-fusion to artificially widen the aperture without increasing real focal length...

@gfrensen
Not necessarily that hard if done at scale and the lithography doesn’t have to be really accurate.

“Also it will be hard to make a lens with a larger aperture for this type of camera.”

I would think the opposite. This could be built as an array of low resolution sensors covering an arbitrarily...

Do you think Nikon just has teams of experts who can work on this kind of technology without any guarantee of success? Or do those people end up at places like Google and Apple which can pay them...

@AstroStan

Sorry I didn’t mean for my post come come across that way but see how it does.

“ with a degree of reasoning”

Reasoning itself is a statistical process. It’s just the result of trillions of neurons that have been networked based on prior stimulus. That stimulus doesn’t...

“ Or impossible, depending on the definition of "understand". AI (or ML) is basically a powerful statistical association engine that requires massive amounts of data.”

What do you think a human...

Well the cars thing is a totally different algorithm first of all. That one produces a model from a single photo. This one produces a model from multiple photos. It’s quite obvious to me that the...

I’m this case it seems that “past knowledge” is coming from other pictures taken of the scene.

Yes it’s producing “fake” detail but it’s drawing that from real photos with real detail of the...

If actual results are a tenth as good as this handpicked example, this is impressive as hell!

What do you mean the user chooses? I hate manually adjusting windows, I usually maximize them. I suspect most people do too.

Then you’re either looking at the wrong specs (the right ones may not be abailable) or are talking about subjective aspects.

It’s apple. A fabric band for a watch is like $50.

I have no idea why they’re obsessed with dpi rather than angular resolution.

People need “retina” resolution on phones because they screen is 12” away. That resolution is wasted on a larger...

FWIW no display can show the “true pixels” produced by a digital camera, since the rgb subpixels in a display aren’t arranged the same way as they are in a digital camera sensor.

It’s Apple so I know a large proportion of the cost goes towards form, and that’s what buyers expect, but I just can’t see this selling all that well.

If they wanted to add screen real estate...

Yep. Can’t fight technologicsl progress, but at least this stuff is generally open-source and not limited to corrupt nation states.

If the general public knows about what can be done for faking...