Is there a lens that is as good as the human eye?

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Vision is more than a lens and a retina.

I'm a few years late on this. But it's true. I notice that when I'm watching an orchid flower with my eyes fairly close up (near) to the flower - it generally appears (visually) to me that the width of the main lobe (of the lip) of the flower is wider than what is captured in the camera image.

I'm thinking it's because I have two eyes, spaced apart by some distance, so both eyes combined can see around the lip more than what a single camera lense can see - up close that is.

So I notice in some orchid photos that the lip of an orchid doesn't look as grand or wide as I actually saw the flower with own eyes.

Maybe stereo cameras or 3D cameras can get a better view around the flower, like our two eyes do - to get a better 'look' at the flower - better than what a single lense photograph can capture.