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1" sensor possible from a smart phone?


5 years 7 months ago #600898 by Giovani Rice
Morning.  I don't suppose any of you follow cell phone technology and can comment on this.  So we read that DJI just put a 1" sensor in that small camera that's on the Pro version of the Mavic 2.  When you look at the physical size of that, you can help wonder why we don't have 1" sensors in our iPhones yet?  
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5 years 7 months ago #600943 by effron
Price and physics probably. If there's a demand, it will happen, maybe just not tomorrow.....
Why so serious?
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5 years 7 months ago #600970 by Stacy Craig
That would be impressive.  Especially if they can keep the phones thin
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5 years 7 months ago #601007 by Joe Peterson
I'm sure that day will come.  It's only a matter of time before Apple or Samsung figure that one out.  
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5 years 7 months ago #601044 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day Giovani

On the basis that "anything's possible if you throw heaps of monay at it" - it may happen at sometime in the future. As to fitting it into a slimline phone case think of the issues ...

Draw yourself a triangle to show the exit light from the lens onto the sensor ~ you've got around 1/4" / 6mm of body thickness ie: vertical height of the triangle - to spread an image to 3/4" / 18mm of sensor ..... yes anything's possible but what about distortions and corner sharpness?

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5 years 7 months ago #601149 by Amanda Davis
Yes but that would be how light moves around in traditional DSLR's right?  Isn't light in these mirrorless cameras for example hitting a sensor that doesn't need to reflect or bounce that light?  
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5 years 7 months ago #601176 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day Amanda

Yes you're right about 'light' - I am pointing out the physics of it all - can a lens be made that receives a narrow beam of light from the front of the camera and then transmits is out to an arc of perhaps 120deg, while still maintaining full sharpness and without loss of light towards the corners. It's a very different set of optical issues than an everyday dSLR faces. Anything's possible (look at what NASA have done over the past 50 yrs) but can a phone company do the same? ... that is the issue here

Hope this helps
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5 years 7 months ago #601258 by Raymond Z
I'd bet we will have ability within 5-7 years to take photos with iPhone and it be similar size to 1" of today.  Apple knows how big this market is, so they will continue to dump massive $$ into their phones to keep retention and expanding their market share.  
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5 years 7 months ago #601383 by Chris Briggs
Possible, can you image what that would do to the photography industry??
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5 years 7 months ago #601610 by Uplander
I wouldn't be surprised myself.  My vote is 6 years.
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5 years 7 months ago #601787 by Rawley Photos
1" sensor tech would be crazy cool in a phone!  I have no idea when that will happen, but till then, I'll just speculate just like the rest of you.  
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