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New 16 lens camera gunning for a chunk of the DSLR market.
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 498790" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>And that's where I think you're missing the difference of this camera. To use a car analogy, it's a Corolla with a Formula 1 engine in it. Phones and tablets have on image and editing software. What I'm seeing here is that this has multiple images created in concert and in your editing you're no longer limited to what you've captured in a single frame but instead you can utilize all the other information at your disposal to manipulate the parameters under which the photo was taken. Increased depth of field is no longer faked as much as it is manipulated with real image data captured at the same time. </p><p></p><p>There are 16 lenses across the front of that thing, but did you notice what they were?</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six 150mm f2.4 lenses</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five 70mm f2.4 lenses</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five 35mm f2.4 lenses</li> </ul><p></p><p>I'm guessing that these are arranged in a way that allows them to capture both varied depths of field as well be arranged in such a way that the varied angles to subject allow for a more 3-dimensional look. There's a lot of processing power going into these, with "zooming" likely being an interleaving of a crop from the smaller lens with a partial of the larger (you'll get stronger details in the center of the image, which is what you want 99% of the time - each lens is 2X the focal length of the previous). </p><p></p><p>If they get the software right (which is probably why this is 10 months away) the results are potentially nothing close to "very similar", which is precisely why you'd carry this along with your iPhone. </p><p></p><p>Look, these folks are not going after the people who are already happy using their phone for vacation and casual photography, they're going after the serious photographer who has spent time walking around with a bulky DSLR on occasions when they really wish they had a better alternative. Small mirrorless cameras are currently that alternative, and I love my a6000. But as soon as I move away from the 16-50mm kit lens I now have a small camera with a lens about as long as my 85mm on my Nikon, so it's not fitting in my jacket pocket. If the IQ is what they say it is, this could replace my Sony - or at least serve as a second when I go out with the D750.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 498790, member: 9240"] And that's where I think you're missing the difference of this camera. To use a car analogy, it's a Corolla with a Formula 1 engine in it. Phones and tablets have on image and editing software. What I'm seeing here is that this has multiple images created in concert and in your editing you're no longer limited to what you've captured in a single frame but instead you can utilize all the other information at your disposal to manipulate the parameters under which the photo was taken. Increased depth of field is no longer faked as much as it is manipulated with real image data captured at the same time. There are 16 lenses across the front of that thing, but did you notice what they were? [LIST] [*]Six 150mm f2.4 lenses [*]Five 70mm f2.4 lenses [*]Five 35mm f2.4 lenses [/LIST] I'm guessing that these are arranged in a way that allows them to capture both varied depths of field as well be arranged in such a way that the varied angles to subject allow for a more 3-dimensional look. There's a lot of processing power going into these, with "zooming" likely being an interleaving of a crop from the smaller lens with a partial of the larger (you'll get stronger details in the center of the image, which is what you want 99% of the time - each lens is 2X the focal length of the previous). If they get the software right (which is probably why this is 10 months away) the results are potentially nothing close to "very similar", which is precisely why you'd carry this along with your iPhone. Look, these folks are not going after the people who are already happy using their phone for vacation and casual photography, they're going after the serious photographer who has spent time walking around with a bulky DSLR on occasions when they really wish they had a better alternative. Small mirrorless cameras are currently that alternative, and I love my a6000. But as soon as I move away from the 16-50mm kit lens I now have a small camera with a lens about as long as my 85mm on my Nikon, so it's not fitting in my jacket pocket. If the IQ is what they say it is, this could replace my Sony - or at least serve as a second when I go out with the D750. [/QUOTE]
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