Why do smartphones have triple-quadruple cameras when “dedicated” cameras have just one? What makes it better and why do we not see the 3-camera setup on actual cameras then?
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Each lens, in their miniature size, comes with different specializations/limitations. For example, you have one lens for Macro photography – stuff that you go very close up to, like an insect or a flower or drop of water. Then, one for photography, with high amount of pixels, specialized on taking still photos. Another one for videos, in full HD or 4k even, specialized in giving good quality with moving images and capturing them really fast (high framerate so the videos don’t stutter/flicker). And then one very tiny on the front, for selfies.
That’s a normal, lower-to middle-level smartphone setup. Some better smartphones come with more lenses, for more different occasions. Maybe multiple ones for photography, like, wide-angle for panorama, one for better sight at low lighting, etc.
There are even some with really ridiculous amounts of lenses, like 10 or even more. I’ve seen one today with 16 lenses, even named after it (L16). Maybe for 3D, stereoscopic, whatever. At some point they may even be able to look into the past or give you an MRT while brewing your coffee while you’re diving.
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