Have iPhone cameras become too smart?
Controversial take: DSLRs and mirrorless cameras have largely made themselves irrelevant by ignoring computational photography advancements (computational photography is seen as "cheating").<p>I own several "real" cameras: FF, M43, and over a dozen lenses. Multiple camera companies. On paper many have very impressive specs. The problem is that camera companies focus primarily on raw specs with software being a secondary concern. To give one concrete example, I can press one button on a cellphone (almost any) and it will capture more dynamic range than my $2K DSLR.<p>How can a tiny sense in a cellphone capture more dynamic range can a massive sensor? Software. It is stacking multiple rapid exposures using an eShutter and computationally merging them. You can do that with a DSLR, but it is time-consuming, outside of camera, and produces worse results (e.g. motion in the frame will ruin your stack).<p>It is super aggravating, but it isn't actually surprising if you look at the amounts of money spent on photographic software alone compared to almost the entire camera industry. I've given up for most things, a cellphone can beat all but the absolute top end dedicated cameras and even then only for niches.