Figure 5. Mobile phones differ from scientific cameras in selection of image capture and processing parameters.

A Common core hardware components underlie the capture process of both mobile phone cameras and scientific cameras. B The capture and processing parameters are set directly through the user interface of a scientific camera. C On mobile phones, an intermediate layer assesses the view of the camera in real-time and modifies image acquisition. This simplifies the user interface for traditional point-and-shoot photography but sacrifices the control desired by a scientific user.