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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The problem is not the camera, it’s the lenses. You can’t fit a zoom mechanism into a smartphone or have user replaceable lenses, so to accomplish different levels of zoom you instead have several cameras with different focal length lenses.

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