04-18-2015, 01:30 AM
As it happens, there is some competition
Rather than hewing to this one-to-one ratio, Light aims to put a bunch of small lenses, each paired with its own image sensor, into smartphones and other gadgets. They’ll fire simultaneously when you take a photo, and software will automatically combine the images. This way, Light believes, it can fit the quality and zoom of a bulky, expensive DSLR camera into much smaller, cheaper packages—even phones.
The Plan to Squeeze a High-End Camera into Your Smartphone | MIT Technology Review