Lytro Camera's Light Field Photography Lets You Focus After You Click

Last year, we covered the news about the #-Link-Snipped-# because it could change the focus point whenever we need after taking the photos. It was truly remarkable and gained instant attention. Now the the Lytro team has announced that they’ve started shipping the Lytro camera to their first customers. going by their tagline 'the only camera that captures life in living pictures', the Lytro camera creates new opportunities to innovate on camera lenses, controls and design. This product is going to be in the limelight of photographers, for sure!


Lytro Camera

One might wonder what is the 'Light Field' concept all about? Conventional cameras that we have never bear such a term. Well, it is an imaging science concept that defines how a scene appears. By definition it is the amount of light traveling in every direction through every point in space. To record this light field, different kind of sensors are used that capture the color, intensity and vector direction of the rays of light. By use of powerful software and sophisticated algorithms, this brainchild of the Lytro team is unleashing new ways to take pictures.

The Lytro Camera is available in three colors - Red Hot (16 GB), Graphite (8 GB) and Electric Blue (8 GB). You can grab them #-Link-Snipped-# Take a look at a hands-on video from Lytro -

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