Camera can snap now, focus later

[DigitalBuddha]

Camera can "snap now, focus later."

For all us slackers too laid back to even focus a camera................

Check out - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15383516



http://www.lytro.com/

[cckeiser]

a truly dudely invention!

[DigitalBuddha]

a truly dudely invention!

The kind of gadget a dude could easily use while burning a J.  

[Hominid]

As a photographer, I understand the technology. There's a bit of smoke and mirrors happening with the languaging, making it sound like something it isn't. The camera basically captures a number of exposures of the same scene, similar to exposure bracketing where 3 pics are taken. One over-exposed, one under-exposed, and one in the middle. Out of the three, one of them will be closest to a good exposure. Now, relate the same concept to focus. Pointing your camera at a scene, imagine multiple exposures with a range of focus-points, allowing you to later choose what part of the subject(s) you want in focus. A no-brainer really. It's a lazy-man's "I don't want to focus right now" technology.

[meekon5]

Checking some of the other websites, and other versions of this type of device the sensor takes thousands of little pictures then the software manipulates them later.

I spent a few hours on their website (http://www.lytro.com/) last week just playing with the images they have posted there.

[DigitalBuddha]

It's a lazy-man's "I don't want to focus right now" technology. 

Fucking eh, very dude like. 

[DigitalBuddha]

I spent a few hours on their website (http://www.lytro.com/) last week just playing with the images they have posted there.

Same here, pretty cool concept.