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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: kaelaria on June 22, 2011, 06:59:13 pm

Title: Light Field Photography
Post by: kaelaria on June 22, 2011, 06:59:13 pm

This needs flash to see the demo but looks pretty neat as a concept anyway!  http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20073206-264/start-up-lytro-tries-refocusing-camera-industry/?tag=topStories3

Title: Re: Light Field Photography
Post by: feppe on June 22, 2011, 08:27:56 pm

There have been tech demos of this for years, nice to see something commercial out of it!

Title: Re: Light Field Photography
Post by: bill t. on June 22, 2011, 10:24:05 pm

Quite a bit of mosaic visible in those images.  Which would probably limit a camera with that resolution to point & shooters.  Which begs the question, why not simply infinite depth of field?

Maybe people who shoot images for web use would benefit one from one of those...and wait a minute, isn't that about 90% of photography?  Shallow DOF does have some simplifying advantage for web imagery.

And at least it's a good discussion tool for teaching depth of field aesthetics.

Title: Re: Light Field Photography
Post by: kaelaria on June 23, 2011, 05:24:25 pm

I can see use for maybe product photography, like focus stacking but not needing multiple shots!

Title: Re: Light Field Photography
Post by: Michael West on June 23, 2011, 10:37:15 pm

http://www.itwriting.com/blog/3216-adobes-plenoptic-lens-enables-refocus-magic.html

this article sheds some interesting light....on this issue

product photography at 3 megapixels per image has already been done.  it was painful back in 1994 

Title: Re: Light Field Photography
Post by: Martin Kristiansen on June 24, 2011, 01:22:13 am

Quote from: Michael West on June 23, 2011, 10:37:15 pm

http://www.itwriting.com/blog/3216-adobes-plenoptic-lens-enables-refocus-magic.html

this article sheds some interesting light....on this issue

product photography at 3 megapixels per image has already been done.  it was painful back in 1994 

Indeed it was very painful. Anyone remember the Kodak DCS420? Anyway focussing is not a big issue for product photography.

Title: Re: Light Field Photography
Post by: kaelaria on June 24, 2011, 02:52:02 am

I guess you missed my word - CONCEPT lol