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I don't know if it was intentional, or necessitated by the internal mechanics, but I find the layout of lenses to be visually unpleasant. It looks like someone

by _Adam 11y ago

I don't know if it was intentional, or necessitated by the internal mechanics, but I find the layout of lenses to be visually unpleasant. It looks like someone took a camera and gave it chicken pox... Aside from that, this is a really cool idea! But I don't know how it's being positioned. Is it a point and shoot replacement? Or a mirrorless camera replacement? Or maybe it's just a technology demonstrator - this sort of system, suitably minimized, would make an excellent smartphone camera.

p1esk 11y ago
At the asking price ($1,700) it's better be a DSLR replacement. Perhaps it can find its way into a smartphone one day, who knows.
- sdrothrock 11y ago
  At 53 MP and three sets of useful primes, it seems like a dSLR replacement to me. I'm pretty excited, but I don't want to pay even the preorder price for first-generation technology like this without a long breaking-in period. The Verge's review does say that it compares well with the 5DIII in detail. It also says that the Light's photos "weren't as punchy" -- not sure what that means. Saturation or contrast? I'll wait on a good comparison review.
  - cynix 11y ago
    > I don't want to pay even the preorder price for first-generation technology like this without a long breaking-in period. It's not even a pre-order price. It's a crowdfunding contribution, for which the company is not obliged to give you anything in return.
    - sdrothrock 11y ago
      Hmm. I was going from the re/code article (http://recode.net/2015/10/07/photography-startup-light-takes-on-dslr-with-the-point-and-shoot-l16-camera/ http://recode.net/2015/10/07/photography-startup-light-takes...). > The company will take preorders, with a limited number of units available for $1,299, until Nov. 6. The reservation form on the actual site is the same way. Why do you call it crowdfunding?
      - cynix 11y ago
        Because they're collecting the funds using Tilt.com, a crowdfunding service. You can also read their terms and conditions when you click on the Reserve button, where you'll find that you're "contributing" funds to an "organiser".
        p1esk 11y ago
        From Tilt's Terms: "If you’re a Contributor, you make payments to an Organizer at your own risk. Unforeseen or other events may prevent an Organizer from providing goods, services or rewards exactly as promised. If things go awry, please be understanding and consider cutting the Organizer some slack. At the end of the day, though, it’s the Organizer’s responsibility, not Tilt’s."
  - foota 11y ago
    see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10351199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10351199 for definition of punchy
  - rasz_pl 11y ago
    53 MP that barely makes ok pictures at 2 MP after all the computation
XaspR8d 11y ago
I'm curious if the asymmetry has anything to do with the "computational" component, e.g. in solving a system of equations (like estimating distance across multiple sensors), it's best to have an independent basis. If the sensors were arranged in a perfect grid pattern, then comparing some sets of sensors (i.e. colinear ones) wouldn't give you as much data as others? ...or perhaps I'm letting my understanding of computer vision/geometry/linear algebra run away from me...
userbinator 11y ago
I agree with the unpleasantness, as the multiple irregular holes does stimulate my trypophobia slightly. (Note: do not Google "trypophobia" if things with multiple irregular holes makes you feel uneasy, as you will become very disturbed.)
- earlz 11y ago
  I wasn't aware I have some trypophobia, but now I do heh.
  - has2k1 11y ago
    The only people without trypophobia are those who do not know about it.
- mattlutze 11y ago
  The search results seems to be about skin disorders/infestations/infections or tattoos that simulate them... I wonder if that's more a healthy response to avoiding things that make your body fall apart? In any case, yeah don't google it.
damcedami 11y ago
For people with trypophobia like me surely will terrified by it.
riffraff 11y ago
I thought it was meant to give it a "natural" feeling, i.e. it feels like raindrops to me.

by _Adam 11y ago

p1esk 11y ago

At the asking price ($1,700) it's better be a DSLR replacement. Perhaps it can find its way into a smartphone one day, who knows.

sdrothrock 11y ago
At 53 MP and three sets of useful primes, it seems like a dSLR replacement to me. I'm pretty excited, but I don't want to pay even the preorder price for first-generation technology like this without a long breaking-in period. The Verge's review does say that it compares well with the 5DIII in detail. It also says that the Light's photos "weren't as punchy" -- not sure what that means. Saturation or contrast? I'll wait on a good comparison review.
- cynix 11y ago
  > I don't want to pay even the preorder price for first-generation technology like this without a long breaking-in period. It's not even a pre-order price. It's a crowdfunding contribution, for which the company is not obliged to give you anything in return.
  - sdrothrock 11y ago
    Hmm. I was going from the re/code article (http://recode.net/2015/10/07/photography-startup-light-takes-on-dslr-with-the-point-and-shoot-l16-camera/ http://recode.net/2015/10/07/photography-startup-light-takes...). > The company will take preorders, with a limited number of units available for $1,299, until Nov. 6. The reservation form on the actual site is the same way. Why do you call it crowdfunding?
    - cynix 11y ago
      Because they're collecting the funds using Tilt.com, a crowdfunding service. You can also read their terms and conditions when you click on the Reserve button, where you'll find that you're "contributing" funds to an "organiser".
      - p1esk 11y ago
        From Tilt's Terms: "If you’re a Contributor, you make payments to an Organizer at your own risk. Unforeseen or other events may prevent an Organizer from providing goods, services or rewards exactly as promised. If things go awry, please be understanding and consider cutting the Organizer some slack. At the end of the day, though, it’s the Organizer’s responsibility, not Tilt’s."
- foota 11y ago
  see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10351199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10351199 for definition of punchy
- rasz_pl 11y ago
  53 MP that barely makes ok pictures at 2 MP after all the computation

XaspR8d 11y ago

I'm curious if the asymmetry has anything to do with the "computational" component, e.g. in solving a system of equations (like estimating distance across multiple sensors), it's best to have an independent basis. If the sensors were arranged in a perfect grid pattern, then comparing some sets of sensors (i.e. colinear ones) wouldn't give you as much data as others? ...or perhaps I'm letting my understanding of computer vision/geometry/linear algebra run away from me...

userbinator 11y ago

I agree with the unpleasantness, as the multiple irregular holes does stimulate my trypophobia slightly. (Note: do not Google "trypophobia" if things with multiple irregular holes makes you feel uneasy, as you will become very disturbed.)

earlz 11y ago
I wasn't aware I have some trypophobia, but now I do heh.
- has2k1 11y ago
  The only people without trypophobia are those who do not know about it.
mattlutze 11y ago
The search results seems to be about skin disorders/infestations/infections or tattoos that simulate them... I wonder if that's more a healthy response to avoiding things that make your body fall apart? In any case, yeah don't google it.

damcedami 11y ago

For people with trypophobia like me surely will terrified by it.

riffraff 11y ago

I thought it was meant to give it a "natural" feeling, i.e. it feels like raindrops to me.