Watch This Live Demonstration Of The Lytro Camera That Lets You Refocus Your Bigfoot Images Later
What if you had a camera whose images could be re-focused minutes, days or years after the shot, or viewed in 3D? That's what a company called Lytro promises you'll get in these tiny little boxes for just $399.
Why should you care? Well, if you're a serious Bigfoot researcher like Todd Standing, Victor Oropeza, or Randy Brisson and people are always complaining about your blurry photos of Bigfoot, then you may want to pre-order one right now because this camera's going to be out in just another month.
In nerd-speak, this little device is known as the Lytro light field camera:
And its anodized aluminum and silicone skin hides an engineering feat -- a proprietary sensor that the firm claims can capture 11 million rays of light instantly. That's paired to an 8x zoom lens with an f/2 aperture and eleven elements, plus a glass touchscreen around back, which allows you to touch any portion of the image to refocus on that part of the scene.
Watch the demonstration video below from The Verge:
In the video below, Paul Miller from The Verge sits down with Eric Cheng, Lyto's director of photography for a frank conversation about the future of imaging. If Cheng has his way, every image you shoot will be focusable, three-dimensional, and rich with parallax.
nice camera
ReplyDeleteVery cool, but I swear, I watched the video twice and I still have no freaking idea what he's talking about. Haha. I wish there was a better way to put it across.
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool. Team Squatchie needs one of these! Also I don't think anyone claims Standings videos are out of focus I think they are just to unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteThe idea is cool,I just can't passed the look of it.
ReplyDeleteI prefer to do the work with the camera rather than playing on the computer adjusting the photos.
I noticed that an 8G takes only 350 pictures.Mine takes 1500 with an 8G card.
I realize it's an apples to oranges comparison,I'm just saying.
It's a very innovative product though.I really appreciate outside of the box thinking.
I bet Timbergiant orders 2 !
ReplyDeleteEven though it looks like magic, it's not. The explanation didn't give away much though. So, I don't know how they do it, but I can think of how they might do it. They could use a fast readout sensor combined with an auto-focus motor that sweeps through focus range, taking maybe five to ten images in possibly 1/30 of a sec. The rest is on the software side. Here's a link to a review: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20125910-1/lytro-camera-5-things-to-know-before-you-buy/
ReplyDelete-J Anon