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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Phones have multiple smaller cameras to overcome the limitations of using tiny, thin camera

A real camera is going to use a full size lens, sensor, apparatus for adjusting zoom, etc and so it doesn’t NEED extra, smaller cameras

A few tiny lenses is better than ONE tiny lens, but one large lens is still better.