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This is interesting, but silly. It's hard to imagine a practical use for this other than perhaps wanting to flip between two versions of a photo with one wide o

This is interesting, but silly. It's hard to imagine a practical use for this other than perhaps wanting to flip between two versions of a photo with one wide open and one sharp across the frame. But you'll have different shutters anyway to keep the same exposure. Seems like this was spawned from a moment of inquiry where someone was so preoccupied with whether they could that no one stopped to think about whether they should.

apendleton 11y ago
I don't think the point is to let you switch between different versions of an image (though the after-the-fact adjustments of depth of field are really slick). I think it's more that with a bunch of sensors and lenses you can simulate a much larger sensor and lens, so you get the low noise and choice of lens profiles of a DSLR without having to actually lug one around, or a bag of lenses to go with it. Some of those pictures in their gallery are pretty awesome, particularly in terms of noise. I'd never have guessed that they were taken with something so portable.
rawnlq 11y ago
I posted this link in the other duplicate thread: https://pictures.lytro.com/ https://pictures.lytro.com/. Not worrying about focus until post processing is pretty awesome.
sdrothrock 11y ago
It doesn't just let you change focus on the fly; it also gives you a honking giant image -- 52 MP according to the Verge. The lenses themselves range from 35 to 150 mm, which gives you a fair amount of play in terms of zoom, too. So, good low-light capability in a box about the size of a smartphone plus high-quality high-resolution images.
alkonaut 11y ago
I think it's interesting as a concept, not as a product. If the iPhone 8 comes with four lenses on its back, each with a small sensor, and that means it can use all four to take high-iso pics in near darkness, or fire an individual sensor+lens to take tele or closeups in good lighting etc., then that would certainly be interesting as a product.

apendleton 11y ago

I don't think the point is to let you switch between different versions of an image (though the after-the-fact adjustments of depth of field are really slick). I think it's more that with a bunch of sensors and lenses you can simulate a much larger sensor and lens, so you get the low noise and choice of lens profiles of a DSLR without having to actually lug one around, or a bag of lenses to go with it. Some of those pictures in their gallery are pretty awesome, particularly in terms of noise. I'd never have guessed that they were taken with something so portable.

rawnlq 11y ago

I posted this link in the other duplicate thread: https://pictures.lytro.com/ https://pictures.lytro.com/. Not worrying about focus until post processing is pretty awesome.

sdrothrock 11y ago

It doesn't just let you change focus on the fly; it also gives you a honking giant image -- 52 MP according to the Verge. The lenses themselves range from 35 to 150 mm, which gives you a fair amount of play in terms of zoom, too. So, good low-light capability in a box about the size of a smartphone plus high-quality high-resolution images.

alkonaut 11y ago

I think it's interesting as a concept, not as a product. If the iPhone 8 comes with four lenses on its back, each with a small sensor, and that means it can use all four to take high-iso pics in near darkness, or fire an individual sensor+lens to take tele or closeups in good lighting etc., then that would certainly be interesting as a product.