Why Smartphones Will Replace Dedicated Camera

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Phones have come a long way in a relatively short amount of time, from feature flip phones, to bricks that made phone calls to now the current “slate” that we call the smartphone. It’s exciting to think about where phones will go next! While it’s hard to envision that entire road map, I’m here to make the fairly common claim that smartphones will completely replace the need for cameras not just in the consumer market but also very likely the professional as well. I’m talking about movie directors being able to pull out their smartphone and film a feature length movie without a gimble or anything. Sure they still might need a crew to manage lighting and overall organization but when it comes to camera management, I’m more than confident saying that smartphones will replace the tried and true dedicated hardware of videographers. Here’s why.

Computational Photography

Google started the trend of computational photography and Apple and Samsung have only continued the trend over the last several years of smartphone iteration. Computational photography has become so capable and useful that it’s hard to actually tell what is real and what is fake these days. With dedicated modes like Night Sight, Portrait Mode and features like Magic Eraser and all sorts of other masking and filter based items, you no longer even need to be a…