A subtle observation is that the hardware contributes to the "user experience" as much as the software. While this may not be as relevant to the class, I looked into a GoPro, which has seemingly solved the problem of decent quality pictures in every environment. Looking at the teardown of the hero6 gives great insight into how robust GoPro needs to make its hardware such that image processing algorithms can be used. https://gethypoxic.com/blogs/technical/gopro-hero6-teardown-preliminary