Originally posted by ThorSanchez This isn't about a pixel-peeping battle between a smartphone and a K-1.
It's a discussion about how computational advances will allow cameras of all types to achieve images that just aren't possible right now.
So idle speculation on a topic of what might be? Carry one then, Excuse me for being practical.
OK, here's the issue, I don't believe computational computing will ever do what a good photographer does. So, the premise is flawed IMHO.
If the question is "will computational computing ever match real photgrapahy, my answer would be "no".
Also on a similar vein, do I think there will ever be a camera that let's poor photographer take good images. which seems to be where this is heading, also no.
I foresee no technological advances coming that will reduce the effectiveness of good technical knowledge when compared to snapshots taken on cell phones. We've already had a good photographer take a magazine cover on a cell phone. But it took an experienced photographer. So in some wats cell phones have already arrived. Computational photgraphy, not so much, at least in terms of the images I've seen. And there is no reason to believe it ever will.
The fact that software engineers futz around with stuff in no way assumes success at the end of the rainbow. Will computational photography built into phones ever exceed computational photography built into Photoshop? Definitely not.