The world's first plenoptic camera aimed at consumer use is only months away from availability in the US market, according to a press release issued by its manufacturer, Lytro Inc. Plenoptic cameras--sometimes known as light-field cameras--have a couple of main advantages over their traditional digital camera brethren. As well as capturing information on color and brightness of incoming light, the proprietary sensor of Lytro's plenoptic cameras also record the direction of incoming light rays. The end result is a recording of the subject light field, rather than a static image,...(read more)
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