Are cameras based on the human eye?

On a camera, it's done with the aperture control built into your lens, whilst in your eye, it's done by having a larger or smaller iris. .... read more

Cameras are based in the principle of camera obscura, but with some added differences, like a diaphragm and a shutter courtain. There are some resemblance to the human eye, the sensor/film would be the retine, the lens would be the cristaline, and the diaphragm would be the iris. read more

Most current digital cameras have 5-20 megapixels, which is often cited as falling far short of our own visual system. This is based on the fact that at 20/20 vision, the human eye is able to resolve the equivalent of a 52 megapixel camera (assuming a 60° angle of view). However, such calculations are misleading. read more

Whereas a 17mm lens on a full-frame camera would have a field-of-view of about 93 degrees, the average human eye has a field of view of about 180 degrees when facing forward. Using a simple angle of view calculator, the actual angle of view would equal that of a 1mm lens. read more