09-14-2017, 08:48 AM
I have not used the iphone 7/8 Plus or the iPhone X (obviously), but have seen the bokeh effect the camera can create and to be honest: I'm quite impressed (given these are images coming from a tiny sensor smart phone).
After seeing the keynote, I was less impressed by the artificial lighting effects, though. To me, it looked just like that: artificial.
Now, to answer the question why it just can't be entered into common P&S cameras: it requires two cameras to create a depth map (sort of a "Lytro light"). You could of course do that in a P&S camera, too, but given most of them use fairly big lenses and sensors (compared to smartphone camera modules), the result would probably be quite bulky.
Regarding the watch, I am actually considering getting one, too, for the exactly same reason. Since the inital Apple watch was introduced, I did not really see any use case for one (for myself), but can imagine now that this one application (monitor activity and fitness) might justify getting one.
After seeing the keynote, I was less impressed by the artificial lighting effects, though. To me, it looked just like that: artificial.
Now, to answer the question why it just can't be entered into common P&S cameras: it requires two cameras to create a depth map (sort of a "Lytro light"). You could of course do that in a P&S camera, too, but given most of them use fairly big lenses and sensors (compared to smartphone camera modules), the result would probably be quite bulky.
Regarding the watch, I am actually considering getting one, too, for the exactly same reason. Since the inital Apple watch was introduced, I did not really see any use case for one (for myself), but can imagine now that this one application (monitor activity and fitness) might justify getting one.
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