Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Lytro Light Field Camera - specifications, good and bad


Lytro camera had been a hot topic in the news, and now available in the market (online order). There are three options: Red Hot (16GB) for $499, Graphite (8GB) $399, Electric Blue (8GB) $399.

Specifications:

Lens-8x optical zoom; Constant f/2 lens.
Controls Power button: Shutter button; Zoom slider; Touchscreen
Display-1.52 in | 38.55mm back-lit LCD display with glass touchscreen.
Light Field Resolution:-11 Megarays: the number of light rays captured by the light field sensor.
Dimensions-1.61 in x 1.61 in x 4.41 in | 41 mm x 41 mm x 112 mm
Image Resolution: 1080x1080-pixel; JPEG

Good:
Easy to use/operate
No need to worry about focus, which can be set to any point in the picture with the bundled software.
Easy to use, only tap to take, slide on the top to zoom.
Turns on instantly.
Fast shutter response.
Little delay between taking photos.
Small and light.
Free Web storage and viewing service.

Bad:
Limited resolution.
Not really "portable", hard to fit into pocket.
Grainy and noisy in low light environment.
A little too expansive for a fancy toy/gadget.
Lytro photos can be posted online ONLY(!!!) via the company's site; currently the camera works only with Macs with OS X (too bad to Windows users!!!)
Lytro photos cannot be edited in any way except focus
Large file size; 5 tt 10 times larger when compared to JPG format of typical qualities, with about times more numbers of pixels (12MP)!

References:

Lytro review-You've never seen a camera like this before
Lytro Light Field Camera

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