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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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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Because the lenses on a smartphone are fixed, versus swappable on a DSLR/Mirrorless/etc camera.

In my camera bag, I could have a portrait lens and a fisheye lens, and I can swap between them by attaching/detaching them to the camera body.

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