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Re: [OM] Lytro Illum

Subject: Re: [OM] Lytro Illum
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 22:19:43 -0800
On 12/1/2015 4:25 AM, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Trying again.

Moose wrote that he had played with an Lytro Illum
camera.

Having looked at their intriguing website, I wonder what Moose
has to say about this camera?

I heard you the first time, Brian. I'm juggling several projects, not answering/commenting on posts in chronological order and not finished with my first round with the Illum. In particular, there are some problems with the software, and a new version is due on 12/8, so some things I might report as problems may go away, or not, in a week.

Quickie summary:

The tech works, allowing amazing adjustment to focal plane and DoF, even beyond what that simple statement suggests. Once all is said and done, and aside from novelty web images where one may play with those factors interactively, output to a 2D file is four MB, so not world beating resolution. ;-) I find the tech spectacular, but how useful it will turn out to be, for how many things, I don't know. (The new focus bracketing function on Oly E-M1, E-M5 II and TG-4 will allow some similar things for those interested in playing in post.)

The camera/lens is largish by my standards. Everything on it seems solid and to function as per the manual (which is available on line, to peruse) and as reported in reviews. It appears to capture the "light field" properly.

The imaginatively named software, "Desktop 4" is not entirely intuitive. That is in part unavoidable, as some of the functions are new with this new kind of image file. OTOH, to move the image around on the screen, which is done simply by holding down the mouse button in hundreds of apps, one must also hold down the shift key, so a few things are simply obscure, and there are no real help file or manual. The tutorials on line are helpful, but not comprehensive or indexed.

There are other ways in which Desktop 4 isn't quite ready for prime time, but I'm waiting for a week to see what changes come with v. 5. I'm rather hoping that it is faster, too. Some functions are slow on my far from slow PC.

Field of Light Moose

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