The camera that puts Leica out of business?

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Light Field camera | Lytro

 

If this works as advertised, photography will never be the same.

[luigi bertolotti]

no completely clear explanations... I suspect is a not so serious "revolution": if I understand well, the principle is to record both fucused and unfocused parts of a image (probably with some way to have anyway a decent focus in the whole field, which isn't impossible with very small sensors and, for instance, multiple exposures) , then have the capability to process a bitmap of great "depth" so that you can evidence some or some other areas as correctly focused, which, as they say, isn't impossible via a well done Software.

[stunsworth]

Interesting answer on their FAQ to the question of how many megapixels the camera will have...

 

"How many megapixels are there?

 

The amount of megapixels, or resolution, is fundamentally about how big of a 2D photograph one can print. So, when viewed on even big screen monitors, the 14 megapixel camera ends up throwing away over 90% of the pixels. In fact, the lens on most point-and-shoots have a fraction of the resolution of their sensors. With light field technology, we make use of the pixels you would traditionally throw away. We use those pixels to retain the depth information of the scene. Light field resolution provides better than HD quality today."

 

The inference being that the usable resolution will be approximately what you see on a computer screen - so in the case of the example they quote around 1.4 megapixels.

 

So no, I don't think it will put Leica - or anyone else - out of business.

[adan]

You're way behind the curve....http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/digital-forum/188022-photography-changing-will-never-same-again.html