Yes - the interactive gallery gives some idea. But it's early days. If the
technology takes hold, think where it'll be in ten years time! An SLR with a
big sensor, based on this principal, would be very interesting. This seems to
have an 11mp equivalent sensor to produce a small image so by the time we can
produce a cheapish 50mp sensor, an SLR should be possible. Or at least a high
resolution premium compact.
Everything depends on whether it reaches the tipping point.
Andrew Fildes
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On 31/10/2011, at 2:41 AM, Scott Gomez wrote:
>> From what I read, it seems to me that it's designed to that purpose
> (display on-line) and not at all towards printed copies. And what would a
> printed copy provide? Simply a slice, focused to a specific point, out of
> the on-line image.
>
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> Scott Gomez
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 08:22, Chuck Norcutt
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> But it only produces small images. Suitable for the web but not much else.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 10/30/2011 7:40 AM, ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>>
>>> Just ran across this article...
>>> -George
>>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>> The Lytro Light Field Camera employs a new type of image sensor, one that
>>> captures the color, density and, unlike current cameras, the amount of
>> light
>>> traveling in every direction through every point in a scene.
>>> It then uses algorithms that permit you to view the image and select, in
>>> real time, which elements you want to be the center of focus.
>>> On its demonstration page — tinyurl.com/pcguylytro — you click on any
>>> object in the image, and watch as the surrounding elements blur and the
>>> targeted object comes into focus. It’s quite amazing.
>>> Lytro will be available early next year. It’s pricey: An 8 gigabyte model
>>> that captures 350 images is $399.
>>> It will feature an impressive f2 8x zoom lens, which permits a great
>> degree
>>> of focus contrast in an image and is highly desirable. There’s no
>>> removable battery, however, and no memory slots to store more images.
>>> Lytro developers are exploring 3D applications that will allow us to view
>>> scenes from multiple perspectives and tap on any object for perfect
>> focus.
>>> We’ve come a long way since the Polaroid Swinger.
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