Lytro Light Field Camera - hands on field test

[ortega]

A new type of camera, for new picture making



A small camera only 41mm (H) 41mm (W) 112mm (D)
and 214g Weight





1.52 inch (diagonal) back-lit LCD display
Glass touchscreen



Constant f/2 lens with 8X optical zoom


the shutter button and a slider to adjust the zoom

 

[ortega]

the power button and usb port

Shell: Ultra-light anodized aluminum structural skin
Grip: Silicone rubber
E-waste: RoHS certified
Included: Lytro Light Field Camera; Lens cap; Cleaner cloth; Wrist strap 
Micro-USB cable for data transfer and charging; 3.28 ft | 1m


full specs can be found at their website
https://www.lytro.com/camera

official product image

 

[ortega]

A new type of camer to create new types of pictures
click on the image to select where you want to focus

you can also click and drag to move around a little

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[ortega]

The ISO range is 80 (min) to 3200 (max)

so we can also do ISO tests

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[ortega]

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[ortega]

since the light field camera allows you to change the focus after you shoot, what you shoot and how you shoot changes as well

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you are also restricted to the popular square format, images are processed and uploaded on their website, you can then share them to the web, Facebook, Twitter, google plus and more

insanely great for images where it is difficult to focus, like small pets

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[ortega]

the downside to the camera is the low res touchscreen, it is very different from the LCDs on the back of my DSLR
difficult to see what is in focus and what is not



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i may be wrong but it seems that there is a minimal focusing distance

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in this test the camera was 10cm away from the first battery, the batteries were places 3cm apart from each other

as i mentioned i may be wrong about this as i have seen some really close up shots on their website

example


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i will investigate further, sorry about that

 

[Darren]

the downside to the camera is the low res touchscreen, it is very different from the LCDs on the back of my DSLR
difficult to see what is in focus and what is not

Hmmm since the Lytro allows you to re-focus *after* the shot is taken, the low-res LCD on the itself lends itself to just composition and placement of objects.

As mentioned earlier, the Lytro camera changes the way one shoots and composes and in this case, focusing is *not* the main .. errr .. focus of the Lytro.

 

[ortega]

I am right there is a creative mode that allows focusing to go really close, up to touching the lens, lets see what it can do

 

[shidenx]

seems like a fun camera. Just snap dont worry about the focus.

 

[Andy Ang]

Yup. But the resolution is not ideal yet. Hopefully LYTRO 2 can come soon.

 

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[ortega]

the ability to focus later makes shooting bugs easier, you just need to compose and do a rough focus then press the shutter