Full frame Apple iPhone camera?

8 years 11 months ago #439405 by Tim Chiang
I was reading on blog that Apple was coming out with a full frame iPhone camera?  I don't see how this is even possible.  Can someone explain how do they plan to do this?


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8 years 11 months ago #439425 by Baydream
Sounds a bit odd given the size of the iPhone and the high cost of full-frame sensors. 

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8 years 11 months ago #439444 by Joves
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Sounds like somebody has been spending too much time at the Colorado potshops to me. Just thinking about the size of it, and then putting on fixed lens would make it plain stupid easy to ruin. Maybe when they say FF, they are meaning for the iClone, or in the iClone world. Which could mean a 4/3s sized sensor. The people at Crapple have their own little Mac speak which has nothing to do with the real world.


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8 years 11 months ago #439469 by Tim Chiang

Baydream wrote: Sounds a bit odd given the size of the iPhone and the high cost of full-frame sensors. 



That's what I was thinking!  Well the size factor at least.  I didn't even think about the cost. 


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8 years 11 months ago #439471 by Tim Chiang

Joves wrote: :rofl:
Sounds like somebody has been spending too much time at the Colorado potshops to me. Just thinking about the size of it, and then putting on fixed lens would make it plain stupid easy to ruin. Maybe when they say FF, they are meaning for the iClone, or in the iClone world. Which could mean a 4/3s sized sensor. The people at Crapple have their own little Mac speak which has nothing to do with the real world.



:rofl:


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8 years 11 months ago #439476 by Stealthy Ninja
Depends on how apple markets it. Before you know it people will think Apple invented cameras (I mean the apple smart watch was the first one in the world right?!) :P
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8 years 11 months ago #439482 by garyrhook
I did see an article go by recently discussing Apple's attitude that 8MP was enough, and there were other techniques for getting more resolution. My guess is they have some sort of scheme to provide full-frame equivalence.

As if mobile phones are anywhere near the quality of a decently sized sensor. Meh.


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8 years 11 months ago #439490 by Jacko
:blink:   I don't  know about this, I don't see it any time soon


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8 years 11 months ago #439560 by JaneK
Well if they did have, I would be all over that! 


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8 years 11 months ago #439785 by Ian Stone
 Good one! :rofl:


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8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #439790 by Stealthy Ninja

garyrhook wrote: ...other techniques for getting more resolution...


Photoshop.

garyrhook wrote: My guess is they have some sort of scheme to provide full-frame equivalence.


Marketing and bribing the dictionary companies. 
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8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #439791 by Stealthy Ninja
The reality is, if they wanted a true "full frame" (36x24mm) sensor put on the back of the camera, they'd need a lens big enough to cover that size. That would look quite strange on the back of an iphone.

So it'll be some tricky marketing if it happens at all.

Here's a pic I made showing the equivalent sizes and how big the lens would have to be.  Don't forget you need depth too, it wouldn't be very flat.



So while POSSIBLE, it's not very likely. Remember that "lens size" is the size of the opening, the lens could (in theory) lay pretty flat I suppose... but it would still need some depth and being that size would be weird
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8 years 11 months ago #439837 by Luca
OMG, can you image what that would do to traditional camera sales?  Yikes!


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8 years 11 months ago #440067 by ThatNikonGuy
Well, we will need to see about this coming out first.  You will never see complete market saturation IMO


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