Your phone’s camera isn’t as good as you think - Rachel Yang
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When the Visualphone VP210 hit the market in 1999, it advertised a never-before-seen feature: a camera. With only .11 megapixels, the Visualphone is a relic compared to modern devices. But while this technology has improved dramatically, engineers are rapidly approaching a hard limit on phone camera quality. So, what's limiting them? Rachel Yang shares a snapshot of how digital cameras work.
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Additional Resources for you to Explore
Want to know more about the physical parts of a digital camera? Read on here. If you'd like to read more about and see pictures of the first cellphone with video and picture capability, this article may interest you. Relatedly, explore this link for the evolution of cell phone design over the years. Curious about the first picture ever taken and shared with a cellphone? This blog post found just that picture!
For a more detailed explanation of pixel size and camera resolution, dynamic range, or photographic noise check out these links. If you're interested in computational photography, read on here. Because computational photography depends more on processing than physical camera capabilities, the field has almost limitless potential, as detailed here.
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- Rachel Yang
- Director
- Hernando Bahamon, Vicente Numpaque, Globizco Studios
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- Pen-Pen Chen
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