2024-11-21T15:24:39-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/144056375/the-camera-of-the-future-may-be-lensless Nicholas Korody 2015-12-23T14:23:00-05:00 >2015-12-28T22:36:40-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9j/9j2xy67hf19blg7z.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The optics of the camera obscura ha&shy;ve faithfully served photographers for ages. The recipe has been simple: a lens, aperture, dark box and something to record the light. But the camera as we know it is changing. A revolution in digital imaging research could surpass the camera obscura in almost every technical way... It&rsquo;s called computational photography, and it stems from the idea that if you can capture visual data instead of a true image, then the picture can be reconstructed with software.</p></em><br /><br /><p><strong>Related:</strong></p><ul><li><a title="Architecture in the age of photoshop" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/142823587/architecture-in-the-age-of-photoshop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecture in the age of photoshop</a></li><li><a title="Wim Wenders discusses the role of architecture and landscape in his films" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/138492312/wim-wenders-discusses-the-role-of-architecture-and-landscape-in-his-films" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wim Wenders discusses the role of architecture and landscape in his films</a></li><li><a title="Between Two and Three Dimensions: Panelists Discuss the Relationship Between Architecture and Photographic Representation at the LA Photo Fair 2014 " href="http://archinect.com/news/article/118813755/between-two-and-three-dimensions-panelists-discuss-the-relationship-between-architecture-and-photographic-representation-at-the-la-photo-fair-2014" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Between Two and Three Dimensions: Panelists Discuss the Relationship Between Architecture and Photographic Representation at the LA Photo Fair 2014</a></li></ul>