As most of you know I am an avid photographer. You can see some of my photgraphy here. Because of my passion for photography I am always looking for new advancements in technology. Today I found one that had me laughing out loud with exclamations of amazement. This oversized lipstick tube is the most amazing thing that has happened to photography since the Digital Camera.
Everything about this camera screams, "Photo Revolution" including its design.
The company is called Lytro and the technology is an infinite way to focus a taken picture. Yes, that is what I said, “Focus a taken picture.” Because they capture the light and the angle at which the light enters the sensor it allows the picture to be focused after it is shot. The best way to describe this is to show you and then direct you to the website.
Notice how in this first version the focus is on the Mammut Rope
Same Lytro Picture of Rock Climbing but Focus is on the Climber
This is clearly a picture of rain on a window
It is also a picture of the Empire State Building. Try this one on the site. WOW!
Without further ado the website is www.lytro.com
Make sure to check out the Lytro Gallery to get a really good understanding of how the technology works. My favorite examples are the butterfly, guitar, seals, spider, bubbles Tesla wall, and weightlessness.
This is what other people are saying about it.
“Lytro is developing a new type of camera that dramatically changes photography for the first time since the 1800s.”
“For a photographer, whether amateur or professional, the Lytro technology means that the headaches of focusing a shot go away.”
– Steve Lohr, The New York Times
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“This extra information [the light field] opens up a world of possibilities, including the ability to focus on any depth of field within a taken photo.”
“You then get a digital photo that is adjustable in an almost infinite number of ways.”