JanaMay 9
Another baffling thing I saw recently was this shop selling phone cameras basically by the kilo. I would love to know how many modules are in the first photo
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialMay 9
@janamarie imagine how big an FPGA you'd need to ingest video from a whole bag worth at once
Show threadhalcy​ May 9
@gsuberland @janamarie i desire the biblically correct phone camera wart
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialMay 9
@halcy @janamarie BE NOT AFRAID
Show threadInter-Integrated Catgirl
@gsuberland @halcy @janamarie yeah we do a little bit of lightfield capture 'round here
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Show threadsimonbpMay 10
@G_glop @gsuberland @halcy @janamarie SO (an optical engineer) got a new-old-stock Light L16 cheap. Day 1 she was saying "this is so cool why don't they sell this anymore?" By day 3 it was closer to, "why would anyone ever buy this?".
Show threadJonasMay 22
@simonbp
What the issue with the L16? (Genuine question, I heard about them like a decade or so ago and never after, so it my mind they flopped but I never knew why or how)
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Show threadsimonbpMay 22
@magnetic_tape @G_glop @gsuberland @halcy @janamarie It's very slow to to mechanically converge on a nominal focal point (literally gimballing all the cameras) and the sensors on the cameras are somehow both low resolution and poor at dynamic range. So it's great mainly for bright, static scenes. I.e. the kind of situation where it's easy to focus a normal camera.
Show threadJonasMay 22
@simonbp
I see. But regarding the focus, wasn't the point of these cameras was to be able to focus after the picture *after* it was taken?
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Show threadsimonbpMay 22
@magnetic_tape @G_glop @gsuberland @halcy @janamarie The effective focal point, yes. But they all need to be at the same nominal focal point to start, so that you can do a uniform correction.
Show threadPxl PhileMay 10
@G_glop @gsuberland @halcy @janamarie TBH I would love to build an art installation with 4K cameras each boiling down to a single pixel which then would be reassembled into a live 4k image