Light Field Camera

paranomia

First consumer models - interesting...

https://www.lytro.com/living-pictures/1693

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RichardM

Been watching these with interest. Before I'd heard about this technology, I was wondering if digital cameras had reached their peak....but as always, technology comes up with solutions to problems you hadn't really thought about

Koffee_Kosmo

Thanks for the link Its the first time I have heard of this technology So no megapixels at all I assume ? I might buy one if I am convinced that the picture quality is equal to a professional D SLR KK

Kelsey

It's not, and that's the main problem with this camera. I'm not taking away from its absolutely extraordinary achievement, because it is that, but there's a reason why all the demo shots have multiple subjects set far apart in the depth of field - because this is this camera's one trick pony. It takes fairly mediocre shots of any other type and is reportedly quite fiddly and unwieldy to use. HOWEVER: this is a camera that will get better over time as lytro release firmware that will bring serious upgrades to the camera. It's also 1st gen - it will get incrementally better with each new hardware revision. But it's not a serious challenger for high end DSLRs just yet.

Koffee_Kosmo

Thanks Kelsey I also like to have video in my camera for that god shot  It is something that will get better with time KK

Brett H

I'm still waiting on the D400!! I may need a D800 but only time and a play will tell.  I am seriously not interested in the LFC project.  Does that make me a dinosaur??

UNM

It was kinda hard to work out whether this was pseudo science marketing fluff, or real, given it is from the vendors of said camera. I couldn't get a handle on how  you would capture additional information, as the light falling on the  sensor is distinct from the light on the object and affected by the lense, so I went digging for info on light fields and cameras. This helped explain it a bit more. http://www.cfar.umd.edu/~aagrawal/sig08/BuildingLightFieldCamera.html Interesting stuff indeed.