Hi guys!
I ran into a really cool article today and I thought I'd share it with you all. A startup company in Silicon Valley named Lytro has created an entirely new type of image sensor- one that allows you to focus the image AFTER you take the photo! Thats right, you can focus your image on the computer! Basically the image sensor not only records the brightness and color of light, but the vector direction of the light as well. This allows the camera to create depth, and focus the image later. I don't understand the nitty gritty details but it sounds cool. Looking at the samples online the image quality isn't there yet, but if it was...
It also brings up some ethical issues for photography as well, like is it art if you get it wrong in the field and just fix it on the camera? I guess we'll see! Here is the site for Lytro, check out the sample images:
http://www.lytro.com/science_inside
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2 repliesI ran into a really cool article today and I thought I'd share it with you all. A startup company in Silicon Valley named Lytro has created an entirely new type of image sensor- one that allows you to focus the image AFTER you take the photo!
It also brings up some ethical issues for photography as well, like is it art if you get it wrong in the field and just fix it on the camera? I guess we'll see! Here is the site for Lytro, check out the sample images:
http://www.lytro.com/science_inside
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