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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I know everyone keeps saying it’s because the lens needs space to zoom, and while that’s logical, there are quiete a few phones that use an optical zoom, so that’s not entirely still valid.
The deeper reason is that lenses come in two variants, prime (doesn’t adjust focal length) and zoom (does adjust). There is also of course cost differences, consumers don’t necessarily want to pay for a lens that zooms.
Prime lenses are **always** shaprer than a zoom lens, and privde better color/optics. So putting a wide angle, “normal view (35/50mm equiv), and a lens for zooming are overall better quality than 1 that “kinda” does it all. Speculation says prime lenses handle the day-to-day abuse a phone sees better, as well!
Random, but I use a recent Samsung phone and the difference in low light quality and over color between the 0.5 and 1x lens are astounding.
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