See this latest report at the DPR:-
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1101/11011915curvilinearcamera.asp
Wow, what a R&D result! :-o No patent has been filed yet, though.
Maybe years later, with a fixed focal lens the camera can zoom (either with the sensor or the lens). With a fixed lens and sensor (for their positions), the camera can focus (like the human eye). With a lens with pronounced curved image projection (e.g., the DA15), the (error in the) field curvature can be compensated!
Btw, what is meant by "studio image quality" by a cameraphone? ;->
Anyway, tomorrow is always full of excitements! :-D
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