I bought a Lytro Illum to play with 3D pictures, which id did quite well on smaller scale objects. I have beautiful roses to show for it on my 3d Samsung TV. U

I bought a Lytro Illum to play with 3D pictures, which id did quite well on smaller scale objects. I have beautiful roses to show for it on my 3d Samsung TV. Unexpectedly to me, it turned out to be very useful for a different purpose. With a regular camera you have plenty of megapixels, so in post-production you can crop left and right. This allows you to learn how to frame your shots well via rapid iteration. Had you not had the megapixel surplus, you would have to make new shots to iterate on your framing technique, and that would take a lot longer. While Lytro is lacking in megapixels, it can serve the same purpose with respect to depth of field. You can take hundreds of photos with a regular camera honing your DOF skills, or you can just play with it in post-production and very quickly see how it changes the overall picture. Had they shipped their third-generation camera, it would allow to do both, making it an indispensable photography training tool. It's sad that they had to wrap it up, but I wish them the best of luck with that VR thing.