Why can phone cameras be so bad at capturing colors accurately?

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I find my iPhone 11 is really bad at capturing some blues, purples, and neutral tones in some situations. Purples sometimes almost look gray, especially if I’m capturing them up close. These are under LED overhead lights.

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Because phone camera are just bad. They’re these tiny little sensors with tiny lenses just trying it’s best to collect enough light. There’s a reason why professional lenses alone are bigger than your entire phone.

So to overcome the shitty hardware, phones use software processing to get actually decent photos. But the processing won’t be perfect. Maybe it just messes up and gets the colors a bit wonky. Maybe it’s not exactly accurate on purpose, to get more “vibrant” photos. Maybe it’s tuned in a way that you just personally don’t really like.

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