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Lytro has created a new way to take and experience pictures. Earlier this year, Lytro introduced the world’s first consumer camera that captures the entire light field. Unlike conventional cameras that capture only two dimensions, Lytro records life’s multi-dimensional nature, capturing the color, intensity, and direction of light to offer photographic capabilities never before possible. The first major capability of the Lytro camera is the ability to focus pictures AFTER they are taken. And, with no need to auto-focus to slow things down, the Lytro’s instant shutter ensures that the photographer never misses a moment. The picture taker can then share their living pictures with friends and family via Twitter, Facebook, email or blogs so that others can explore and interact with them on nearly any device.
The Lytro light field camera, which offers a powerful 8x optical zoom and f/2 lens in an iconic design, brings new creative possibilities to photography and represents the most significant shift in photography since the transition from 35mm to digital. The Lytro comes in 8GB and 16GB models and has an extra-long battery life. The Lytro takes up to 400 pictures between charges and comes in three vibrant colors – Red Hot, Electric Blue and Graphite.
Web Site: https://www.lytro.com/
Gallery: https://www.lytro.com/living-pictures/1690
Price: $399 for Electric Blue and Graphite (8GB); $499 for Red Hot (16GB)
JUDGE’S REMARKS
When you’re taking pictures, sometimes it’s tough to get the focus point just right. The Lytro Light Field Camera is the first of its kind, and promises to eliminate the conundrum of choosing your focus point at the time you’re snapping the picture. This is no ordinary point and shoot digicam, and its unique rectangular shape belies that point. The way it works is by capturing the details of light and other metrics, so you can pick your focus point after the fact. The camera has an 8X optical zoom and an f/2 lens. It sadly has just 8GB and 16GB versions, with no expansion card slot, so that means you need to offload your images at the same time you recharge each time (the battery lasts for up to 400 shots).
Melissa Perenson
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It is no out yet except in few show rooms around the country and I haven’t got the chance to touch it with my hands yet but, for what I have seen and read around, it is absolutely amazing.
Mind blowing!!
I have seen live demos of this camera, and it is out of this world! Incredibly simple for being so advanced. The shudder speed is fantastic and avoids that annoying delay one experiences with most point and shoot digital cameras.
i’m with you guys… wish i could play with one.
Super cool!
I think this will do for photography what the slicer did for bread! We will never look at photos the same way again. I’m pre-ordered and counting the days!!!
awesome!! I want one!
From the videos n reveiws, it looks awesome.
All the best!
This is a game changer. I’m so excited by this camera. Can’t wait to get one. And I am so looking forward to how this technology will impact the industry.
I don’t know what the implications for professional still photography and video might be, but for a consumer-level camera, you get zoom (the only control device, other than the button to push to take a photo) and a fast f2 lens, and no shutter delay. Focusing the image afterward might be play for some, nuisance for others–it’s not a cellphone camera, but in use, it won’t flummox users. I want a waterproof housing.
This camera is AMAZING and will change the game in point and shoots technology!
I believe this technology will fundamentally change photography. The era of blurry pictures will become known only in history books. Since the camera doesn’t need the vast number of lenses required in traditional cameras, the camera can be made lighter, smaller, faster and much more inexpensively. What’s not to love? I have one on order and am anxiously awaiting its arrival.
This is an amazing step forward in photography. I suspect this is just the first of many surprises from Lytro.
Well done! I cannot wait to get mine next year!
Definitely a game changer for photography for the general consumer. Professionals will want larger versions, I believe.
Can’t wait to get one. Amazing shutter speed, ability to choose focus points afterwards: it’s a revolution in photography. AND it’s about time!
If you think about it, it’s the first fundamental development in 2D photography since the camera obscura.
I will receive my per-ordered camera in February and can hardly wait. However, I plan to make it a belated present for my wife. It is perfect for the type of photography she does — our pet squirrels, feeder birds, blossoming cacti, grand kids and friends. The focusing delays of most cameras are so frustrating and cause a lot of misses. She will love this camera.
I am very much looking forward to a more sophisticated, professional version sometime in the future. But, as it is, this is an extraordinary breakthrough in photographic technology!
Love the potential! I ordered one and can’t wait when it shows at my door! This is what I call a ground-braking technology!
I’m not usually an early adopter,,,,,HOWEVER, I have changed my stripes. I have one on order – please hurry!
When my husband said he heard about a camera you didn’t have to worry about focusing I researched all I could and ended up getting a pre-order for one even though I will still have to wait for the windows software.(no Mac) I broke the cardinal rule of not buying the “first model” of something because it’s the camera I’ve always needed-shoot first-focus later! I don’t plan on missing any more precious moments that won’t come again. Huge leap of faith but I hope well worth it!
Lytro is a seminal achievement in photography’s progression. I’m looking forward to capturing the moment… unfettered by the limitations of a more traditional camera’s hardware. I wonder what other innovations the Lytro will inspire.
The future is now. I can’t wait to receive my pre-order and eventually a DSLR.
This camera will change the camera industry. That’s for sure. Although the current version is limited by its FOV or other things, that’ll surely be overcome very easily because it is not really technical barrier. The only obstacle to the truly mainstream gadget is the number of pixels of the sensor. But considering the fast speed of semiconductor improvement, I don’t see any reason to believe that this product will fail to change the camera industry. (Oops… video might be a little long way to go considering the ridiculously large size of the image.)
This will revolutionize photography.
Amazing innovation. It’s incredible to realize that people can think so wide in such old industries.
Can’t wait to get mine. This is a truly revolutionary technology!
already waiting for mine …
Curious to see how they handle sports photography. Can’t wait to actually see reviews from people who use them. I’m interested…
Game Changer !
This is actually fundamentally New Technology.
If it doesn’t win over new applications of old technology, there’s something wrong with this contest
This camera is the most innovative camera since digital cameras were invented!
I bought both the camera (due in my hands in April) and a Mac — because the software runs only on a Mac. I have a model who has already claimed the right to be my first artistic nude photographed with the Lytro. This is a leap forward that photography has been waiting for. Industry and art will collide in graphic brilliance.
Definitely a game-changing technology. It is a little crude at the moment, but so was the first jet engine. This camera will be a collectors item in years to come. I wonder how much low-end consumers will appreciate it though – generally a picture where everything is sharp would be prefered to a narrow allbeit selectable depth of field.
Wow….I can’t wait to check it out. Sounds great and very cutting edge.
CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!
It’s quite an achievement.
Still requires good optics and sensor. The better the optics and sensor the greater the potential resolution and consequently to do away with telephoto lenses through post process software.
It doesn’t look ergonomic friendly to minimize camera shake when hand-held. Involve a good design engineer for user friendly format rather than marketing.
Having tried this camera twice now, I am very eager to use this camera even more — it is easy to use and to share photos. The instant shutter and the ability to get extremely close to an object are just two of the awesome features of this camera. What Lytro will be able to create in the future is very exciting!
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