Yep, sensor size is the issue, and because people want their phones to be of a certain size/weight/thickness, there are limitations to what sensor size a phone can have. And, not only that, but when you make the sensor larger, you have to optimize the lenses to cover that sensor too, usually they’ll have to be larger, thicker, maybe more groups of lenses in various shapes in order to produce a correct image.
Hence why companies like Sony originally had the idea of basically strapping what was basically a DSLR sensor to the back of a lens and give it electronics to communicate with a phone to make it be able to make your phone have a more “pro” camera, theDSC-QX100 which in my view was a good idea in concept, but really didn’t have much of a need to fill, and it was bulkier than what people were generally willing to carry around if they just wanted to have better photos taken with their phone. Didn’t sell very well.
I wonder though if someone were to explore the idea again if it couldn’t be done better now? Maybe make the whole thing more rectangular in shape and utilize a larger periscope-type lens system but be able to put a much larger sensor at the end of the periscope? So basically shaped like say, one of those thicker battery-bank cases, but just with the guts of a higher quality periscope lens camera in it?
Yep, sensor size is the issue, and because people want their phones to be of a certain size/weight/thickness, there are limitations to what sensor size a phone can have. And, not only that, but when you make the sensor larger, you have to optimize the lenses to cover that sensor too, usually they’ll have to be larger, thicker, maybe more groups of lenses in various shapes in order to produce a correct image.
Hence why companies like Sony originally had the idea of basically strapping what was basically a DSLR sensor to the back of a lens and give it electronics to communicate with a phone to make it be able to make your phone have a more “pro” camera, theDSC-QX100 which in my view was a good idea in concept, but really didn’t have much of a need to fill, and it was bulkier than what people were generally willing to carry around if they just wanted to have better photos taken with their phone. Didn’t sell very well.
I wonder though if someone were to explore the idea again if it couldn’t be done better now? Maybe make the whole thing more rectangular in shape and utilize a larger periscope-type lens system but be able to put a much larger sensor at the end of the periscope? So basically shaped like say, one of those thicker battery-bank cases, but just with the guts of a higher quality periscope lens camera in it?