“Hey, Dan. I wanted to ask your help on buying a camera. I have a budget of around $300". It’s a question I get asked a lot, and one I struggle to answer. Not because I don’t know what I’m talking about, but because how can I recommend a dedicated camera for $300? For what you can get for that price, one has to ask themselves if the one in your pocket is all you need anyway?
Whether you like it or not, computational photography is changing the face of photography as we know it. As of right now, this breakthrough in technology and machine learning is really limited to smartphones simply because, without it, the results from the cameras in the phones wouldn't be that impressive.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is packed with four cameras (three on the back and one on the front), and it promises to be quite extraordinary. We all have our own feelings about mobile photography, but whether you like it or not, it's here to stay.