Shoot now, focus later.

EpyonXero · 10-20-2011, 11:21 AM

https://www.lytro.com/

Pretty interesting technology but I wonde what the max resolution is, there arent any large picture on their site.

AquaPython · 10-20-2011, 11:23 AM

give me an R

Archren · 10-20-2011, 11:35 AM

I heard about this from my large format photography professor. Intriguing, yes.. but I'm not going to throw my lot in with it until I see more from it. It certainly gives more aesthetic latitude with a given image, but since it's a fixed f/2 aperture, it might limit you in terms of depth of field (that is, in landscape photography and getting everything in focus). At least that's the impression I'm getting from the examples they show on the website.

Me, I actually enjoy having to make decisions on how to compose a shot before I snap the shutter. There are some applications where that may not be as practical - sports, combat, etc. - in which a Lytro could certainly have its uses.

Kaneman · 10-20-2011, 12:12 PM

Wedding photographers everywhere are shitting their pants...

AquaPython · 10-20-2011, 12:22 PM

it seems to me that there are only 4-5 focus levels in all of there sample pictures. Its not like a manual focus ring, for example, where you could have every possible level of focus. It may have some applications, but, at this stage, it is not doing everything it claims it can do, or it should do. Plus, no interchangeable lenses.

Tmall · 10-20-2011, 12:45 PM

350 pictures to 8gb? Isn't that 22mb a picture?

marko138 · 10-20-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by aquapython

give me an r

rrrrrrr.

Smittie61984 · 10-20-2011, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

Wedding photographers everywhere are shitting their pants...

They should have shit their pants years ago. Some broke college art major could do it for half easily. Especially with DSLR cameras becoming so cheap.

Kaneman · 10-20-2011, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Smittie61984

They should have shit their pants years ago. Some broke college art major could do it for half easily. Especially with DSLR cameras becoming so cheap.

I still get paid pretty good for weddings based on my portfolio, but I agree with you wholeheartedly. Hell, most of the expensive equipment I use like my remote flashes, flash bracket, battery extender, etc. etc. are mostly for show just so I can look more prepared than the other 8 people who showed up with the same DSLR camera body as me!

Particle Man · 10-20-2011, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by AquaPython

give me an R

Shit, is it national talk like a pirate day already?

10-20-2011, 11:21 AM	#1
EpyonXero AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Redneck Riviera, FL Moto: 2003 VFR800f6 Posts: 2,531	Shoot now, focus later. https://www.lytro.com/ Pretty interesting technology but I wonde what the max resolution is, there arent any large picture on their site. __________________

10-20-2011, 11:35 AM	#3
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	I heard about this from my large format photography professor. Intriguing, yes.. but I'm not going to throw my lot in with it until I see more from it. It certainly gives more aesthetic latitude with a given image, but since it's a fixed f/2 aperture, it might limit you in terms of depth of field (that is, in landscape photography and getting everything in focus). At least that's the impression I'm getting from the examples they show on the website. Me, I actually enjoy having to make decisions on how to compose a shot before I snap the shutter. There are some applications where that may not be as practical - sports, combat, etc. - in which a Lytro could certainly have its uses. __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

10-20-2011, 12:12 PM	#4
Kaneman AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Odessa, TX Moto: 2000 Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird Posts: 4,931	Wedding photographers everywhere are shitting their pants... __________________ 1982 Honda XR80 - blown motor, 1993 Kawasaki ZX6D - sold, 2001 Suzuki Bandit 1200S - sold, 1984 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200R - blown motor, 2007 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom - totalled, 2003 Yamaha FZ1 - sold, 1994 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Honda CBR600F4i - sold, 1998 Suzuki DR350 - stolen, 1989 Honda Super Magna - sold, 2007 Yamaha Stratoliner, 2000 Honda CBR 1100XX Blackbird

10-20-2011, 12:45 PM	#6
Tmall Aspiring Rapper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, NS Moto: '12 CB1000R Posts: 3,569	350 pictures to 8gb? Isn't that 22mb a picture?