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Apple May Introduce 'Biggest Camera Jump Ever' in Next-Generation iPhone
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Fanboys like to drag Samsung into everything. It's part of the mental complex of diehard Apple fanboys.
4K is a stupid marketing gimmick right now. You probably don't even have a monitor or TV that can show it in its full resolution anyways.
street.cory, I understand the humor, but I'm just wondering if you understood what this following quote means:
I'm not trying to hate, I'm just trying to point out that there is hope. If you don't know how cameras work let me explain some basics. A lens zooms in and out by moving the lens forward and back (the rest is magic so don't worry about that right now; unless you really want to know, that is what the internet is for). So, why does the iPhone 6 camera stick out? Because it has to have enough space to move in and out in order to zoom. Now, I am reading into to things and I can't say I'm right, but I'm guessing that if there is going to be a two lens system on the 6s then one of the possible goals is to do what the corephotonics people are doing. If the one lens is short sighted and the second lens is long sighted, then they don't need to move in and out so much in order to zoom (if at all), meaning that they can get rid of the protruding lens. Now that would be something to love.
The lens inside the phone move forward and back to focus.. Not Zoom. Otherwise we would have optical zoom, not digital.
Ah, yes. You're right, sorry. In a normal camera with optical zoom it moves, the phone does not. Thank you for clearing that up. But anyway, the same can be applied to the focus. So instead of zoom read focus in my last post.
The result is the same, though. A thinner camera.
Sensor size would have to quadruple in size... and there is not room for that.
Here's my idea for how to add a supercamera to iPhone:
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The 'iZoom Photo Chamber' features an optical zoom lens with at least 10x power.
Anyone can use this idea if they pay me $1.00 for every phone sold.
The 'iZoom Photo Chamber' features an optical zoom lens with at least 10x power.
Anyone can use this idea if they pay me $1.00 for every phone sold.
Here's my idea for how to add a supercamera to iPhone:
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The 'iZoom Photo Chamber' features an optical zoom lens with at least 10x power.
Anyone can use this idea if they pay me $1.00 for every phone sold.
Apply for the patent.
(I'm serious, though it would add to the dimension of any phone and likely reduce battery / circuitry size)
Pfft. As much as I think that I am clever, I'm sure I can't be the first to have thought of it; this has been thought of and through by people far smarter than me. An idea this obvious would have been done already if it could be done.
Besides, I'm Canadian. We don't do patents.
Pfft. As much as I think that I am clever, I'm sure I can't be the first to have thought of it; this has been thought of and through by people far smarter than me. An idea this obvious would have been done already if it could be done.
Besides, I'm Canadian. We don't do patents.
I'm Canuck and I brought up the patent idea
no one said we can't also have a little greed in us!
I have thought of ti before, but I don't know the practicality behind such. however, given how we're constantly trying to make things thinner, you'd still run into an issue with a sideway sensor needing a device thick enough for the sensor size. at 6mm thin, I don't think the current crop of devices would be able to handle this
I'm Canuck and I brought up the patent idea
no one said we can't also have a little greed in us!
I have thought of ti before, but I don't know the practicality behind such. however, given how we're constantly trying to make things thinner, you'd still run into an issue with a sideway sensor needing a device thick enough for the sensor size. at 6mm thin, I don't think the current crop of devices would be able to handle this
Well, okay then. You're officially a partner. I'd be happy to sell this to Apple for a modest sum, and we can go splitsies.
I personally would love to see a camera that shoots 12+ MP with better image quality. My only complaint is, when the camera is fully zoomed, it's very blurred, but with no zoom, it takes stunning photos.