{"id":1249,"date":"2019-08-10T10:26:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T08:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2020-10-28T10:55:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T09:55:51","slug":"the-sky-is-not-the-limit-smartphones-and-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tristanromain.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/10\/the-sky-is-not-the-limit-smartphones-and-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"The sky is not the limit: smartphones and photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The smartphone industry has disrupted photography for most\nconsumers. And over the last couple of years, it has also started to really\nfocus at images quality at an impressive pace and with dramatic results. A\ncombination of hardware and software improvements \u2013 through several cameras\nwith different lenses and computational photography, respectively, are making\nsmartphones really great tools. The classic camera manufacturers are completely\nstruggling, without surprises whilst making few progresses when it comes to the\nintegration of the devices with the social features and cloud technology so\neasily available with smartphones or laptops or any device, even\nfridges are better connected sometimes than DLSR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, whereas the sales are likely to drop further as the\nshift is not over, I can already see several limits of the smartphones. Yes,\nthey are killing the point-and-shoot business, for good reasons but photography\nis much more than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the ergonomics, stupid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, it is important to remember many people like to take\nphotography as an end in itself. They go out or organize a photoshoot to take\npictures. So, they don\u2019t care if the device is a little bit too heavy or too bulky.\nWhat they need is the right device to take images like they want or like they\nneed. To that respect, smartphones are hardly a match as their primary function\nis not to take images. Touchscreen so far can\u2019t beat devices built on purpose\nfor photographers with instant access to whatever customization or parameter is\nneeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The limits of physics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, you can\u2019t match the sensor\u2019s size and\ninterchangeable lenses for dedicated purposes. No need to go in further\ndetails. To those who claim computational photography is going to disrupt much\nmore, I think it is important to differentiate \u201cintegration of the camera with\nthe smartphone\u201d from post-processing, whatever it may be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computational photography can work with more than\nsmartphones\u2019 cameras<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, there is no reason not to implement the technology\nto DSLR or mirrorless bodies when it comes to computational photography.\nBasically, there are different steps and the question is more how to integrate\nthem altogether:<\/p>\n\n\n\n