Camera manufacturers are struggling with teaching image processors to cope with how we see ourselves
As smartphone cameras continue to mature and improve in their ability to capture and process more cinematic images, they continue to face one very important challenge: How to capture the different skin tones that make up the varied communities of our world.
Companies like Google have made a commitment to be more inclusive in their imaging technology, but it turns out that it may not be as easy as doing a few tweaks of the camera’s algorithm.
The topic has been an ever-evolving discussion for a few years now, but, in reality, the problem with accurately capturing these different skin tones is very much a scientific one. To effectively approach a solution to the problem, we must look at a bit of photographic history.
Author: James DeRuvo
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
