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As computational power and sensor read-out increases, this shows what will soon be automatically performed by our cell phones.


Here are the major 3 points I foresee for the future of mainstream photography:

• Sensor size will become mostly irrelevant (1).
• Both DR (2) and DOF (3) will likely become irrelevant as well because of computational power and the advancement in algorithms:
• The hardware will have the ability to take dozens or hundreds of shots and average them to decrease noise and increase DR, all of it in real-time and automatically.
• The software will feature post-processing algorithms that will let users decide what aperture to use after the shot. It already exists and doesn't look great. It's just a matter of time until it's good enough that 95% of the population won't be able to distinguish a shot taken with a phone + simulated DOF and one taken at f1.4 with a FF sensor. The application will probably let you choose the character of the lens, bokeh, etc. rendering special lenses obsolete.

I sadly think that's what the future holds for us. We still have time to enjoy our real cameras, but the clock is ticking...


What do you guys think?

Sensor size is already starting to become irrelevant already, larger sensors still have the edge, but if you forget pixel count, it's easy for small sensors to outperform larger one, world's best high ISO sensor is actually a full frame sensor not medium format, it doesn't have a high pixel count though(it's a canon sensor not used in SLRs but in specialty video camera)