Mobile photography vs. ILC (Interchangeable Lens cameras)

During the past decade we were witnessed a tremendous change in image production technology. Mobile photography is naturally exploding nowadays. Most of the photography experts are creating guides, reviews, and educational videos about mobile photography.

Computational photography – revolutionary technology leap performed by Google and Apple within recent years, produced a big bang in the industry and killed the whole class of point and shoot cameras.

iPhone camera become better and better with each new model. Apple created a new industry of mobile photography and re-invented the way of people take, handle, share, and organize their photos. It’s proven fact that the software can fix multiple discrepancies of toy graded lenses and small size sensors from the phones, but not make it perfect.

ICL cameras are still beat mobile devices with quality of images in many aspects. If you are thinking about a high quality image, then you’d better postpone your smartphone and take a real camera in the hands. I’m pretty sure that, big, long focus lenses are remaining unbeatable bastion of ILC cameras and expecting they will stay with us till the end of the century at least.

At the same time, needless to say about another fundamental change, which is just around the corner. A dismal rainstorm is hanging over traditional camera manufacturers – a high resolution sensor is already announced for upcoming iPhone 14 release. This will be another battle for technological leadership and it’s hard to say how it will change today’s image production and postproduction. The first reports we will see soon, however, I think Apple will need one more iPhone release to polish all features of high resolution sensor.

P.S. I’m still in hope that one or few camera’s manufacturers will strike back with the obvious move – just build in Android based module into ILC camera and start benefiting from both worlds: Quality perfection of big lenses optic and computational photography.

I foresee Apple and Google will be very unhappy about it.