Seems like a fun technology for the artist who wants to share a digital interactive experience with the viewer.
Useful for the digital artist who wants total control over the final product and is displaying the work on a monitor; greatly expanded possibilities for the artist.
Not so useful for the professional landscape photographer who wants total control over the final product and needs to print large high quality prints.
Not sure about the actual file size, final resolution or quality; too small for any serious large, clean print applications. I’m sure this will improve with time.
Seems useful for the spots photographer; never need to worry about perfect focus on the wide receiver as he snatches the ball from the air. Simply focus on whatever the editor wants and the small file size if just fine for news print or computer display.
Exciting technology for today’s digital world where most view photos on the computer/internet.
Posted by David Bostedo on April 28, 2014 at 9:31 PM
The actual JPEG produced is, I believe, about 5 megapixels. Perfectly servicable, but not up to current standards.
The biggest disappointment to me about the technology though, is that you can't play with the DOF too much. You can change the focus point, and I think the software will let you essentially use ALL the focus points, and make everything in focus. But I don't think you can change the focus gradient/DOF in small steps.
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1 repliesIt looks like Lytro has a new gizmo and may be onto something useful.
Maybe one day focus stacking will be a thing of the past.
new version
I wonder if the big boys are looking.
Disruptive technology?
Seems like a fun technology for the artist who wants to share a digital interactive experience with the viewer.
Useful for the digital artist who wants total control over the final product and is displaying the work on a monitor; greatly expanded possibilities for the artist.
Not so useful for the professional landscape photographer who wants total control over the final product and needs to print large high quality prints.
Not sure about the actual file size, final resolution or quality; too small for any serious large, clean print applications. I’m sure this will improve with time.
Seems useful for the spots photographer; never need to worry about perfect focus on the wide receiver as he snatches the ball from the air. Simply focus on whatever the editor wants and the small file size if just fine for news print or computer display.
Exciting technology for today’s digital world where most view photos on the computer/internet.
The biggest disappointment to me about the technology though, is that you can't play with the DOF too much. You can change the focus point, and I think the software will let you essentially use ALL the focus points, and make everything in focus. But I don't think you can change the focus gradient/DOF in small steps.