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Show HN: iPhone app takes simultaneous images from 2 lenses, fuses into 1 photo

https://photosynthesis.camera
33•sajomes•2d ago

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eigenspace•2d ago
Very cool stuff, I've long thought there must be some fancy ways to get extra information for better image resolution by taking advantage of the other cameras.

That said, I must also say that most of the side-by-side comparison photos shown here are somewhat impressive, and in some cases, the photosynthesis one just looks worse to my untrained eye.

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I'll choose to take this as evidence of the fact that you're tacking a very difficult problem, and you're also being honest in your comparisons and not cherry-picking too aggressively.

dole•45m ago
Some of the photosynthesis zoom-ins have overlays take a bit longer to load at higher resolution.
hnthrowawayacct•38m ago
very cool app, a few questions: why does the color "temp" of the image change between traditional iphone photography vs your app? it appears to both warm and cool the images. Also why is the contrast decreased, specifically in the library/book store example?
trashcan2137•38m ago
subscription camera app seems like peak comedy to me
furyofantares•28m ago
Definitely not peak, my kid asked for a Rubik's Cube solver app which turned out to be subscription based, then wanted to tune her Ukelele with an app which turned out to be subscription based.
PaulHoule•19m ago
There is Halide which I find completely uninteresting because I have a Sony A7iv. (Funny my latest piece of “gear” I am learning to use is a selfie stick because I can do stuff like https://mastodon.social/@UP8/tagged/selfie and I don’t see third party apps really improve on the official camera)
swah•36m ago
If it works, Apple copies it soon enough...
iamcoder18•32m ago
Anything like this for Android or Pixels?
bigwheels•30m ago
That demo looks like Minority Report level enhancement. Amazing if it really works, but I'll be damned if I'm paying for a SaaS camera app.
anigbrowl•28m ago
Neat work, but the free tier lets you export 3 images a month and the alternative is a subscription? No thanks.
PaulHoule•22m ago
Left side and the right side look the same to me except some subtle differences in the color of shadows…. And another waitlist? Nein Danke.
alansaber•22m ago
Isn't quite a lot of modern smartphone photography post-processing? Yes camera SAAS is extremely funny but I can kinda see it maybe
gepeake•21m ago
This was actually a purported feature of the Pixel 3 camera. Google said it would be constantly taking photos and the different information captured as your hand moved slightly could be used to create higher information density photos. It didn't work very well at that point but the idea was cool!
ipsum2•16m ago
That's not what's being described here. It's just combining the telephoto and wide angle photos.
EGreg•20m ago
Not just the app idea … but the WEBSITE — is VERY WELL DONE.

I immediately signed up. (And offered to help bring users to this thing.)

lattalayta•13m ago
Similar idea to the discontinued Light L16 camera https://petapixel.com/2017/12/08/review-light-l16-brilliant-...
megraf•6m ago
Pretty cool -- I built see ya' an app which allows you to connect N number of phones locally, and use one phone as the view finder + shutter, and the other(s) as the dedicated camera. I'm just using Apples native API, so it'll connect over bluetooth, wifi, direct, whatever pretty seamlessly. I don't collect any data, and it's 100% free.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/see-ya/id6792367530

boaztheostrich•3m ago
What API are you using if you don’t mind me asking?

That seems super cool! You could almost strap an iPhone to the back of your phone and see yourself for recordings.

forsalebypwner•1m ago
That's super handy, thanks! I've been using one of those selfie monitoring screens and opening the camera to record video + turning on the flash, this app seems like a better way of accomplishing this
joe-dakroub•5m ago
I like the idea of this app and the website is well done. Subscription isn't for me, but for folks who take a lot of photos and need this sort of thing, I can see it. Free tier could offer a few more photos per month.

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