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computational photography is just a posh word for automatic settings on an iPhone being more agressive than before. people who are "into" photography don't tend to like it but the people buying the phones do.
That's not completely true is it? If you look at the computational photography that something like the OM-1 now does with focus bracketing for macro, you can achieve amazing results hand held that previously you'd of been faffing about with bellows to achieve. Same with simulated ND filter or pixel shift for HHHD images. Again Procapture and bird eye detection is a massive improvement for birds in flight compared to a decade or two ago.
A lot of these are niche features for specific forms of photography and if you just use your camera as a point and shoot for documenting life won't add anything over a phone but if they are your niche they can have a big improvement in your hit rate.
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greentricky
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the only recent innovation has been advanced mirrorless cameras. that was hardly revolutionary. these cameras are still clunky and have notable issues. heat management and poor viewfinder UX being the most common.
mirrorless tech has enabled some new features such as face-detect AF which can be helpful in certain conditions.
PF lenses are a great forward development that most people have slept on.
everything else cranks along very incrementally, of course. if you read about diffraction you will understand certain constraints on sensor/camera/lens design better.
computational photography is just a posh word for automatic settings on an iPhone being more agressive than before. people who are "into" photography don't tend to like it but the people buying the phones do.
the great innovation of the late 2000s was HD video in DSLRs, most notably in the 5D MkII, which by vastly lowering the price point of entry helped launch many young cinematographers' careers. this was far more revolutionary than anything we've seen recently.