Marques Brownlee Took the Same Photo on Every Generation of Samsung Galaxy and Google Smartphone

Smartphone photography has come a long way.

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Halide vs ProCamera, Project Indigo

Halide and ProCamera try to turn the iPhone into something closer to a β€œreal camera.” They overlap a lot, but their design philosophy is very different.

Think of Halide as the photographer’s minimalist camera, while ProCamera is the Swiss-army-knife camera app.

https://neurodoctor.com/2026/03/15/halide-vs-procamera/

#Halide #ProCamera #ProjectIndigo #Indigo #iPhone #photography #computationalphotography #Nikon #canon #Sony

Creative applications of computational photography are severely obstructed by the absence of APIs in commercial cameras that would allow custom programs to fully exploit the features of camera hardware.
#cameras #computationalphotography #photography #photographers #camerahardware #camerafirmware #proprietarysoftware
Open source camera firmware should be able to run on cameras in the same way that open source operating systems are able to run on personal computers. With the rise of computational photography, camera firmware will be an all-important part of the photography experience.
#cameras #photography #computationalphotography #camerafirmware #opensource #programmablecameras
Digital cameras should become programmable like smartphones. Waiting for the day when mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras have an API like Android that allows users to program cameras.
#cameras #photography #camerafirmware #programmablecameras #opensource #programming #cameraapi #api #mirrorlesscameras #digitalcameras #computationalphotography

I always struggled w the #iPhone's default camera app due to its #ComputationalPhotography pipeline, which optimizes image quality but often produces flat and sometimes inconsistent results. Finally, I found a solution: the #NoFusion app. The app disables #Apple's multi-frame processing, yielding single-frame outputs with natural contrast and film-like characteristics closer to dedicated cameras. Here’s my personal review:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-23-ios_no_fusion_app/

#WeekendStories #Photography #iOS #35mm

500 shots, two flagships, one takeaway: camera AI is now a statement of values as much as specs. OnePlus and Samsung make distinct choices about noise, skin tones, low light, and β€œtruth” vs enhancement. For devs and imaging folks, this is a live case study in transparent, accountable computational photography. How should we evaluate β€œhonest” images? #AI #ComputationalPhotography #TechEthics
How One Professor Revolutionized Smartphone Photography

Millions of people everyday use this invention.

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iPhone 17 Photographers Can Now Shoot on Adobe's Project Indigo App

But not on all the iPhone cameras… yet.

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