> while large cameras have powerful special-purpose image processing engines, they have relatively weak programmable processors. At the same time, they have more pixels to process than cell phones, because their sensors are larger. These two factors made innovation difficult.
> while large cameras have powerful special-purpose image processing engines, they have relatively weak programmable processors. At the same time, they have more pixels to process than cell phones, because their sensors are larger. These two factors made innovation difficult.
from https://graphics.stanford.edu/~levoy/
Also I think HDR+ and other similar stuff uses only around 12 pictures.