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Equipment & Techniques => Digital Cameras & Shooting Techniques => Topic started by: jjj on November 05, 2015, 04:55:31 pm

Title: Has Lytro have raised the game in photography again?
Post by: jjj on November 05, 2015, 04:55:31 pm
Lytro have announced a new camera (https://lytro.com/immerge) that makes their previous attempts look like primitive, if the hype is to believed.
Watch this video for the claims regarding the unique camera


 (https://vimeo.com/144034085)


and this one to explain the 6 degrees of freedom concept.


 (https://vimeo.com/144720702)
Title: Re: Has Lytro have raised the game in photography again?
Post by: MarkL on November 05, 2015, 07:34:45 pm
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While Lytro thinks about the sensor in terms of millions of rays – and a comparison to megapixels isn't ideal – this would equate to roughly 5 megapixels if the "living pictures" were flattened for printing or 2D display.

Hmm
Title: Re: Has Lytro have raised the game in photography again?
Post by: jjj on November 05, 2015, 07:38:44 pm
What size files does a 40 Megaray sensor produce?
Ones that need a server and not a memory card to capture them it would appear.
Title: Re: Has Lytro have raised the game in photography again?
Post by: Alan Smallbone on November 06, 2015, 10:46:20 am
In the dpreview article they were asked about price and they said 'multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars'. So no it will only be used by high end VR people if then.

Alan
Title: Re: Has Lytro have raised the game in photography again?
Post by: jjj on November 06, 2015, 11:32:52 am
DVD players, not recorders just players in computer used to cost well in excess of a thousand British pounds. Now ones that can read [and also write] way faster cost about a tenner.
New advanced tech is always pricey.
Title: Re: Has Lytro have raised the game in photography again?
Post by: razrblck on November 10, 2015, 11:45:39 am
I wish them luck, but as far as their cameras are concerned they seem to not have interest in professional photographers. There's no support at all in Italy besides aggressive marketing. Their big camera is nifty for about five minutes, after that you just switch to a much better tool. Again, wish them luck, this new direction seems better suited for their technology.