On two different occasions I heard Kurt Akeley describe the Lytro camera which uses lightfields in photography. Here is an example of a picture he took of me, at different points of focus, and then the original, live, on his web site.
I love this.
The live version is at
https://pictures.lytro.com/kurtakeley/pictures/333415
Here are two stills derived from the "live" version. Yes, this is me in my "George Smiley" mode. The other redhead is my friend Scott Elofson.
Studio / Technical Lytro ?
I asked Kurt if he / Lytro were planning to do a studio version of this camera. He said that he wasn't sure if there was a business model for such a thing. I said, I was quite sure whether there was a business model for such a thing, the answer is no, absolutely not. Not a chance.
But actually, I had the terms wrong. I meant a "technical camera", and the answer would still be no.
A technical camera is one that a professional photographer would use in his/her studio to do product photography among other things and would be capable of significant tilt & shift both front and back.
A few pictures of studio / technical cameras:
Here is a link to a description of a technical camera by Phillip Agee, see
http://philipgee.com/TSC-01.html
So we won't expect a Technical Studio Lytro anytime soon. But hopefully this first Lytro will be the first in a series of successful and innovative Lytro cameras. I am dying to get my hands on one.
Lytro themselves can be found at
http://www.lytro.com
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