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7. It's called computational photography.

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:04 PM

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I posted about it. By you doing nothing, the phone camera is blazing away. I'll find the post later.

FOUND IT.

Computational photography.
Too complex to describe (by me) so here is what DPR says.

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/9828658229/computational-photography-part-i-what-is-computational-photography
Computational photography part I: What is computational photography?

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/9828658229/computational-photography-part-i-what-is-computational-photography/2
Stacking: 90% of success of mobile cameras

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/0681063194/computational-photography-part-ii-computational-sensors-and-optics

Computational photography part II: Computational sensors and optics

I took some close-up photos of Mariposa Lilies at the fixed f/1.8 iphone setting and lo, I got depth of field that should NOT accrue to an f/1.8 lens. And with older model phones.

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The camera you have [View all] mnhtnbb Yesterday OP

Beautiful photo, my dear mnhtnbb! CaliforniaPeggy Yesterday #1

The camera in hand is always 100% better than the one in the bag or on the shelf Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #2

I once met a man who had a camera the size of a cigarette box Zackzzzz Yesterday #5

That is gorgeous. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #3

Cell phone cameras do intense software image manipulation. usonian Yesterday #4

I did nothing other than crop this shot. mnhtnbb Yesterday #6

It's called computational photography. usonian 22 hrs ago #7

Very Nice mnhtnbb! Quick thinking! Thanks! George McGovern 18 hrs ago #8