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Lytro Light Field Camera - unreal

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Bud, Mar 15, 2012.

  1. Mar 15, 2012 #1
    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/14/...-aquarium/



    I heard about this camera a few months back.  Now you can get one.  This is absolutely amazing.  This camera doesn't take a picture really, it records the entire "light field", and then the digital information it records can be manipulated after the fact, allowing the user to refocus to any point in the field.  What this means is that you can just snap away and create the picture afterwards.
    I heard about it and it sounded really interesting, but like they say...a picture is worth a thousand words.  And the images produced by this camera are nothing short of stunning, and these are just the first few.  This camera is going to fundamentally change photograph and will likely generate an entire new genre of art, marketing, you name it.
    Oh yeah, and I really want one.
     
  2. Mar 15, 2012 #2
    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    https://www.lytro.com/camera#

    $399. It will be mine. Now I need a Mac to download the pictures. Dang it! I wonder if an iPad2 will do...hmmmm....
     
  3. Mar 15, 2012 #3
    kyro

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    that is actually really cool
     
  4. Mar 16, 2012 #4
    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    Oh my God you have to look at this. I didn't realize it when I was on their website, but with all the sample pics they have up, after they load you can click anywhere on the image and re-focus it to that point.

    http://www.lytro.com/living-pictures

    I just dropped a load in my pants and now I want this camera more than ever. For the first time in my life, I wish I had a Mac just so I could justify buying this right now.
     
  5. Mar 16, 2012 #5
    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    Holy @#$# I just realized you could do that on the reefbuilders page too
     
  6. Mar 16, 2012 #6
    Nemesis

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    Ok that is so super cool. I was about to say what crap until you said you can click anywhere on the pictures. That is really amazing . I have 2 macs believe me they are far superior to a pc.
     
  7. Mar 16, 2012 #7
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    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    That link is in the first post...
     
  9. Mar 16, 2012 #9
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    oooops.....missed that when you updated the post about being able to do it on their site as well.
    The camera is definitely cool and hopefully they get it working with windows soon even though I feel Macs are superior when dealing with editing images/video.
     
  10. Mar 16, 2012 #10
    kyro

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    It worked on my windows computer. It says it can work with both html5 and flash
     
  11. Mar 16, 2012 #11
    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    No you need a mac to download and process the images from the camera. They are making the windows software package right now.
     
  12. Mar 16, 2012 #12
    Tholton33

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    woah. thats insane!
     
  13. Mar 18, 2012 #13
    B-Rad

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    Bud it says they will have a PC app soon!!!
    This is awesome! thanks for the post!
     
  14. Mar 18, 2012 #14
    Reeferforlyfe

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    LOL. aside from you dropping a load, that is pretty freakin awesome!
     
  15. Mar 18, 2012 #15
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    I've followed this tech for a little bit, and what they are doing (reducing the initial 'idea' which involved an entire room full of sensors) to a small camera box is pretty amazing. I'm torn between buying one to have one, and support the developer to make a better version (mainly, higher res sensor) or to just wait in hope others buy enough for a gen-2 to come out. I think reef-photography is a perfect niche for them, and I would be interested in a submersible case for scuba.
     

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