Lytro is a brand new camera with a technology that lets you take a picture first, and adjust focus later. It is a start-up that uses light field technology that allows a photographer to take a photograph, save it and then adjust its focus, long after the photo was taken.

Light field is a concept that captures a scene fully, i.e.: it gathers light travelling in every direction through every point in space in an image. "The light field sensor captures the color, intensity and vector direction of the rays of light." describes the website.

Ren Ng, founder and CEO of Lytro believes that this camera will bring a whole new revolution in the photography world. Check out the images below see for yourself:







































Both the images above are the same, the only difference is shift of focus from a single click.

"Light field camera offer astonishing capabilities. They allow both the picture taker and the viewer to focus pictures after they're snapped, shift their perspective of the scene, and even switch seamlessly between 2D and 3D views. With these amazing capabilities, pictures become immersive, interactive visual stories that were never before possible - they become living pictures."

This revolutionizing camera will be available in the market by end of this year. In the meanwhile, you can visit their website and try this technology from there photostream.


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