Lytro Digital Light Field Camera
Read about this amaxing device today.
This video shows the camera in action and there is also an interview with the inventor Ren Ng.
More detailed information can be seen on the Lytro website
It is a new way to look at photography. The camera picks up all the light from the scene you are photographing and through a lens array the light is passed onto the sensor. Information recorded at the sensor is not just the light level but also the direction this light travelled in.
Rather than focusing before taking the image, focus can be selected at various points in the image after it is taken.
The camera is simple to use with only two buttons, shutter release and power. There is also a 8x optical zoom with a constant f2 aperture. The large aperture makes this camera ideal for low light picture taking.
Example image
Example image from the Lytro website shows what can be done with the images.
Click on the image to change the point of focus. This can be done time and again.
There are more in the Lytro gallery page.
Review of device
dpreview do a great review of the camera.
Digital Light Field Photography
For a full technical understanding of Digital Light Field Photography Ren Ng's thesis on the subject can be seen in pdf form here .
This video shows the camera in action and there is also an interview with the inventor Ren Ng.
It is a new way to look at photography. The camera picks up all the light from the scene you are photographing and through a lens array the light is passed onto the sensor. Information recorded at the sensor is not just the light level but also the direction this light travelled in.
Rather than focusing before taking the image, focus can be selected at various points in the image after it is taken.
The camera is simple to use with only two buttons, shutter release and power. There is also a 8x optical zoom with a constant f2 aperture. The large aperture makes this camera ideal for low light picture taking.
Example image
Example image from the Lytro website shows what can be done with the images.
Click on the image to change the point of focus. This can be done time and again.
There are more in the Lytro gallery page.
Review of device
dpreview do a great review of the camera.
Digital Light Field Photography
For a full technical understanding of Digital Light Field Photography Ren Ng's thesis on the subject can be seen in pdf form here .
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