Just ran across this article...
-George
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The Lytro Light Field Camera employs a new type of image sensor, one that
captures the color, density and, unlike current cameras, the amount of light
traveling in every direction through every point in a scene.
It then uses algorithms that permit you to view the image and select, in
real time, which elements you want to be the center of focus.
On its demonstration page — tinyurl.com/pcguylytro — you click on any
object in the image, and watch as the surrounding elements blur and the
targeted object comes into focus. It’s quite amazing.
Lytro will be available early next year. It’s pricey: An 8 gigabyte model
that captures 350 images is $399.
It will feature an impressive f2 8x zoom lens, which permits a great degree
of focus contrast in an image and is highly desirable. There’s no
removable battery, however, and no memory slots to store more images.
Lytro developers are exploring 3D applications that will allow us to view
scenes from multiple perspectives and tap on any object for perfect focus.
We’ve come a long way since the Polaroid Swinger.
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