Lytro Camera... focus after you take your picture?? Crazy

[dspring]

Lytro camera lets you focus on different parts of a photo AFTER you take the picture... neat...

Lytro Camera Lets You Focus Photos After You Take Them | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

here is a gallery of photos: Picture Gallery | Lytro

[squeegeethree]

Yeah I read about this in the NY TImes a couple days ago. What sounds great is dropping all the lag a camera has as it focuses or you focus it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/te...ref=technology

[weaponsofmassdesign]

Anyone else find it curious that they still aren't showing off the actual camera anywhere?

[squeegeethree]

The camera that went into testing were just boxes I read. I don't think it's actually in production yet.

[GadgetGal]

Interesting premise! Although, most of the pictures I've taken - in small rooms anyway - seem to have everything in focus enough to see what's going on in the background. Almost like a 2D thing, I guess.

[MrBlonde7]

Weird that "GadgetGal" is frequenting the gadget-y posts on a gigposters site.

That said, one of my coworkers interviewed the guys behind this camera. A consumer model won't be in production for a little while. The NYT/WSJ debut was mostly for press coverage and momentum. We'll see something big drop product-wise later.

[MrBlonde7]

Baha, didn't even notice that Dan Springer linked to our (quick, crappy) article on this.

Here's something lengthier:

Ren Ng Shares His Photographic Vision: Shoot Now, Focus Later | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

[weaponsofmassdesign]

I guess it is real.
Lytro Camera First Look: It's Small, Deep and Cheap