RealMe Interchangeable Lens Concept for Smartphones Introduced – A Real Threat to Mirrorless Cameras?

This yr’s pattern in MWC (Cell World Congress) clearly confirmed that just a few smartphone producers are very desperate to considerably improve the usability of their smartphones by equipping them with an actual lens to get sharper photos subsequent to natural bokeh. RealMe, the Chinese language shopper digital producer, based mostly in Shenzhen, was a type of corporations that shared their idea of how an interchangeable lens on a smartphone might operate. Let’s take a better look.

It appears the time has lastly come – cell phone producers are discovering a “new area of interest”. What has appeared apparent to us for some time is lastly changing into a actuality: enhanced capabilities for taking images and, hopefully, movies as effectively. Just a few years again, cell phone pictures successfully killed the compact digital camera phase. Now, with the potential for exterior lens attachments for smartphones, we is perhaps on the verge of Revolution 2.0 the place smartphones “on steroids” will badly cannibalize among the mirrorless digital camera market. In any case, “the place there’s a will, there may be cash” and I can’t consider a single devoted digital camera producer able to matching the massive R&D budgets of main smartphone corporations.

Just a few days in the past we posted about Xiaomi’s solution for attaching a lens to their Extremely 15 telephone, and now RealMe is displaying a distinct, attention-grabbing idea the place the telephone package will embrace a devoted adapter (for connecting to the telephone itself), after which a lens that may be hooked up to it. Within the video under, it’s unclear what lens mount the adapter may have, however think about if this resolution might be provided with completely different mount choices for optimum flexibility. In any case, in contrast to the Xiaomi resolution, which has an M4/3 sensor hooked up to the again of the devoted exterior lens and wirelessly transfers the photographs (and hopefully video) to the telephone itself, the RealMe resolution is extra simple. With out going into the topic of “which resolution is best”, the path is evident. Cell phone producers at the moment are searching for a brand new stream of income by introducing progressive options and including “correct lenses” to their cell phones, which might be dangerous information for conventional digital camera producers.

Transferring ahead, if this idea turns into a actuality (and it’ll!), the following logical step for cell phone producers is perhaps exploring the potential for including a bigger than 1-inch sensor as the principle digital camera to their telephones. As a facet be aware, Canon just lately launched their new PowerShot V1 camera with a 1.4 inch sensor, shut in measurement to Micro 4 Thirds. So, if incorporating sensors of this measurement doesn’t result in extreme warmth technology within the telephones, it might turn out to be a doable improve.

I’m additionally questioning the place Apple is with their iPhone on this mini revolution. Historically, the corporate endorses computational picture processing, which permits for the creation of a shallow depth of area (for instance). Nonetheless, I ponder if the emergence of smartphones able to attaching actual lenses – or extra importantly, clients’ acceptance of this strategy – will encourage Apple to create their very own devoted “digital camera with telephone”.

Regardless of the consequence shall be, I’m certain you guys will agree with me that attention-grabbing instances are forward of us.

What do you concentrate on these interchangeable lens options for cell phones? Is it one thing you’ve been ready for? Please share your ideas within the remark part under.