The Lytro

[Red Robin]

Just saw a USA Today Internet piece on this Lytro. Nice . .. ... but . This thing remind me of an instant dinner we got after Katrina. Everything one needed to keep going was in the box, heck, they even heated themselves. Glad to hav'em danm right! But home cooking' it ain't. This is a camera that finally eliminates the both the possibility of error AND art. The ultimate in P&S. I make lot.s of errors as I s l o w l y learn to take my pictures, not much art that I can claim . It's just that my skills have improved since I went manual and gave up the Auto settings. Right or wrong the images are mine. That thing (the Lytro) makes me feel down-hearted. I'm sure it will sell like hot cakes, I'm sure there is a place for it I j

 

[NickTrop]

Here is an interactive simulation of how you adjust focus. I find this concept completely intriguing. It is simple to use. I will buy this camera if it meets expectation. This is much more meaningful than a "retro-style" camera. The possibilities of this technology would appear to be endless. The "art" comes in how to apply it.

http://www.lytro.com/picture_gallery

 

[Contarama]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltren...trothecamerathatcouldchangephotographyforever

 

[hteasley]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltren...trothecamerathatcouldchangephotographyforever

I hope there's some serious Flash artifacting going on there, but the quality of the DoF changes aren't awesome in the example on that page. Overall sharpness at the point of focus is pretty meh.

Looking in the Lytro gallery, one hopes that one can produce a much better single image than they are able to produce interactive Flash images.

Interesting, but not yet making me regret my M gear.

 

[Red Robin]

Changes will come

Changes will come

Here is an interactive simulation of how you adjust focus. I find this concept completely intriguing. It is simple to use. I will buy this camera if it meets expectation. This is much more meaningful than a "retro-style" camera. The possibilities of this technology would appear to be endless. The "art" comes in how to apply it.

http://www.lytro.com/picture_gallery

Of course your right and talented folks will buy it and turn out some wondrous work with out a doubt. I suppose I'm just happy with my film. I hope it'll hold out while I'm still clicking shutters. I do enjoy the film, and the old cameras that are mostly my age (or a little younger). Hell, lots of them are holding up better than I am !

 

[gavinlg]

Meh....
10char

 

[Gregowitz]

If you look at the mechanics of the plenoptic camera arrangement that this is based on, you'll see that resolution is limited -in part- by the resolution of the microlens array that they can produce. No doubt manufacturing techniques will improve, but at the moment it seems they're limited to a 5MP offering. I think this will be aimed at the kind of people that take pictures with their mobile phones (in fact, i saw an article a while back that said this was going to be rolled out in mobile phones before too long). The engineer in me is intrigued, but the photographer doesn't really care.