Comment on Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grainComments−Invictus04yThe image is of a lens, not a complete camera system. I imagine the system is still a fair bit larger. Moreover, the image you're seeing here has also been deconvolved: it is not the "real" image from the camera.−tommiegannert4yThey keep saying "cameras" in the PR article, which is sad, as usual. The research indeed seems to be around only the lens.The introduction [1] suggests that lenses have been lagging sensors in miniaturization.While sensors with submicron pixels do exist, further miniaturization has been prohibited by the fundamental limitations of conventional optics.[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26443-0−chrisco2554yI'm also suspecting the range on it is fairly limited under normal conditions.
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The image is of a lens, not a complete camera system. I imagine the system is still a fair bit larger. Moreover, the image you're seeing here has also been deconvolved: it is not the "real" image from the camera.
They keep saying "cameras" in the PR article, which is sad, as usual. The research indeed seems to be around only the lens.
The introduction [1] suggests that lenses have been lagging sensors in miniaturization.
[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26443-0
I'm also suspecting the range on it is fairly limited under normal conditions.