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kschulze · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:30 pm

Clickable images with new sensor, new software -- a revolutionary camera?

Short article:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/230867/camera_startup_lytro_promises_to_revolutionize_photography.html

Gallery:
http://www.lytro.com/picture_gallery

Wonder if the major camera manufacturers are on top of this?

photawa · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:33 pm

I was just about to post this. Isn't that wild? Who would have thought that possible. Makes you wonder what's next.

willall · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:24 pm

Wow...although I have a feeling this will take a while to fully implement and be more convenient.

rinder99 · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:20 pm

IMHO a game changer.

kschulze · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:41 am

Another article about "shoot now, focus later," with short video and examples:

http://agentgenius.com/video/new-camera-changes-the-concept-of-digital-photography/

ziggysofi · Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 426

Just when you think they couldn't come up with something that new and revolutionary! It's magic! No OOF anymore!!;)

scruggelgreen · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:39 pm

Can you imagine the size of a RAW file from that camera? My RAW files are about 18 Mb from a 16 MP camera. Considering that this camera must record focus information for each pixel at each focus point, the size could be astronomical.

rinder99 · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:16 am

I wrote them a letter and asked How many MP it will have and what do the Images look Like at 100%. I doubt they will answer.

copidosoma · Joined: 17 Nov 2009 Posts: 3773 Location: Canada

The devil is always in the details. I'll believe this when I "see" it i.e. when it has been tested in the hands of someone who knows something about photography, not just a salesman.
My cynical side says that this is just a P&S camera with a built in photoshop "lens blur" and by clicking you are just adjusting the layers or something.

rinder99 · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:02 am

A very close friend of mine and former students husband who is without a doubt one of the worlds leading experts on Optics [Think Hubble] never even heard of this when we had dinner a few weeks ago, I tried to explain it as best I could But couldn't so I sent him to the site to look at the math. Haven't heard back yet.

camdoc3 · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:01 pm

Lytro's 'light field' camera
Here are some photos with that camera,(a fashion shoot)
http://oh-so-coco.tumblr.com/tagged/Lytro

Sure looks Revolutionary !!

aynia · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:08 am

Probably a gimmick which is a long way from being perfected.

Knowing technology and the marketeers behind it, they tend to release things long before they should... just so they can get ahead of the competition.

How do you get the whole picture sharp?

copidosoma · Joined: 17 Nov 2009 Posts: 3773 Location: Canada

kerryadams · Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Posts: 1

I guess we can't fully judge until we see it for ourselves, but it's certainly not just a gimmick. It's a product of the CEOs graduate research and dissertation from Stanford. Based on physics, and the concept of light-fields.

rinder99 · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:28 am

Bottom Line , even if it won't be good enough for our needs. It will be a massive success. 90% of camera sales worldwide are for the amateur consumer market.And once this technology gets into cellphone cameras It will be a game changer.