LYCRO anyone?

[DebSturm]

Hi, has anyone had any hands-on experience with the new Lytro cameras yet? https://www.lytro.com They look pretty amazing, but looks like it's quite an ordeal to switch the format to a printable type. On the cool side, the effect travels with the photo so when you send it to someone else, they can play with the focus too! Crazy wild stuff, but I'm gonna wait for a version that converts more easily to printable formats. Happy shooting! Deb

 

[o hey tyler]

I've heard of the Lytro, not the Lycro.

 

[o hey tyler]

Is Lycro a velcro that you can adjust after you apply it?

 

[KmH]

The Lytro seems to be a solution without a problem.

 

[emh]

The Lytro seems to be a solution without a problem.

It's a solution when the photographer is the problem.

 

[KmH]

You're right. Even auto focus isn't auto enough for some people.

The Lytro shutter can't go slower than 1/250, has just one aperture - f/2, no flash.

It's more like a novelty item, and an even less serious camera than most P&S cameras.

 

[pixmedic1]

And at a $300-$400 price tag, it seems you could get a lot better point and shoot for the same money. And actually get a decent camera.

 

[amolitor]

has just one aperture - f/2, no flash.

It's more like a novelty item, and an even less serious camera than most P&S cameras.

Aperture is irrelevant, and should be as big as possible for this so of device. It is a bit of a novelty item, but the tech is being used in more technical gear. It's a real thing, and genuinely useful. It simply pushes focus and DoF into post. That's where things move in the world of photography, and at step the old school dude's decry the uselessness of it all.

why do you need to make prints? You're never going to get the richness of tone we get in the daguerreotype! This negative process is a solution in search of a problem!

 

[KmH]

The Lytro has a whopping 1.52" rear LCD.

It weighs just 7.55 ounces, making one wonder if the optics might be plastic.

No metering controls, no flash, no exposure compensation, all for $400 or $500.

 

[pixmedic1]

The Lytro has a whopping 1.52" rear LCD.

It weighs just 7.55 ounces, making one wonder if the optics might be plastic.

No metering controls, no flash, no exposure compensation, all for $400 or $500.

Yea.. I will admit some SMALL interest in something like this when someone goes to sell theirs for $100. A novelty perhaps, but very limited capabilities for anyone that knows even photography basics.

 

[invisible]

The Lytro seems to be a solution without a problem.

I remember saying the same thing when the early mp3 players came out. I'm not even kidding.

 

[tedfoto]

I get the whole mp3/daguerrotype analogy, but I don't think this is the same. Fun...but novelty. I'd rather have a daguerrotype.

 

[Josh66]

I'd like to mess around with one, but I doubt I'd be buying one any time soon.

You can download the manual from their website.

It shows the internals of it - and I agree with KmH, there's no way all those lens elements are glass, lol.

Also, it doesn't have a flash because they haven't figured that out yet, lol - so they just omitted it. (It says that right in the manual.)


Does anybody know how many pixels a Megaray is? It says that the resolution is "11 Megarays: the number of light rays captured by the light field sensor".

 

[Designer]

The Lytro has a whopping 1.52" rear LCD.

It weighs just 7.55 ounces, making one wonder if the optics might be plastic.

No metering controls, no flash, no exposure compensation, all for $400 or $500.

Means a lot of profit in the software.

Also means the price will drop.

 

[djacobox372]

Anyone that isn't amazed by the lytro doesn't understand it, and anybody that wants one also doesn't understand it.

Its sort of like the first consumer digital cameras of the early 90s.