A multi-aperture computational camera.

Interesting tech. Clearly, increased computational capability is key to further innovation in camera tech. It's both amazing and kind of disappointing that the real big innovations are coming from non-traditional camera makers rather than the usual Canikon groups. I have no doubt whatsoever that this is just the beginning and things will continue to move at great speed. Unless the traditional camera manufacturers wake up, they risk becoming irrelevant and bypassed. Wrt. the particular camera above, again, there's no wide end - 35mm at the widest - but the issue of resolution is a not a concern for video folks with a low end of the resolution clocking in at 13 megapixels. There are obviously a lot of limitations, but again this is just the first edition. Much more is sure to follow. Exciting times!
 
OldCorpse said:
Interesting tech. Clearly, increased computational capability is key to further innovation in camera tech. It's both amazing and kind of disappointing that the real big innovations are coming from non-traditional camera makers rather than the usual Canikon groups. I have no doubt whatsoever that this is just the beginning and things will continue to move at great speed...
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There have been rumors for months that the next year's iPhone (7?) will have something similar but with only two front lenses. I suppose the performance won't be quite as versatile as with this unit but it should be very much a mass product. And then, naturally, iPhone8 will have four cameras and iPhone9 eight and so on.
 
So in the future lenses will look like bug eyes and you will just pick whether you want a sharp or blurry background and the focus and fstop won't matter
 
My favorite pert is the bizarre random-looking cluster of eyeballs all over the front of it!

People you point it at are gonna go: "whoa, what the heck is that weird monster you're pointing at me? Is this a 'Honey I Shrunk the Kids' diabolical device or what?!"
 
This came out a few months ago --

Taiwanese publication Business Weekly says a dual-camera rear camera isn’t expected in the iPhone 6s family this year, but future generations might get it. Apple has reportedly corrected technical problems resulting in blurred images taken with the new camera assembly with help of LinX Imaging, an Israeli company Apple purchased for $20 million in April. In other words, Apple might follow HTC’s lead; the company’s 2014 flagship One M8 featured a dual-lens camera.
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http://bgr.com/2015/06/25/iphone-7-specs-rumors-dual-lens-rear-camera/
 
Pretty soon we're going to have to pay extra for products for them NOT to be a camera.
And even then....they'll still be a camera.
 
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