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Re: \"light field camera\" - A new era in photography?
Old 11-22-2005, 12:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Ng's camera pits about 90,000 micro lenses between the main lens
> and sensor. The mini lenses measure all the rays of incoming light and
> their directions of origin. The software later adds up the rays,
> according to how the picture is being refocused.

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On one hand, I can't imagine the processing power this must require on the software end. Running "smart sharpen" is almost enough to send me for a nap as things are now.

On the other hand, now many potentially great shots have been messed up because the focus plane is a bit off? How cool would it be to be able to adjust that later.
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