It is interesting that 3D images were on sale in Roman times, known as "lattice boxes" (I do not know much Latin), they were made by carpenters and consisted of a shallow box containing multiple (painted) images each behind a pin hole made by a lattice if wooden laths. I suppose this camera uses similar technology to create an image. To make a 3D image the captured rays of light must be reassembled into multiple images to project through a lenticular array. This is described by Plato and Lucrecious and mentioned by Jesus in his parable of "the lattice". Jesus probably made and sold them as part of his carpentry business. It is quite complicated to transform the captured multiple images into projectable multiple images as each image has to be inverted about its geometric centre then placed in its original position behind the lens array. I do not know the geometric optics of the new camera. Do you have a URL with this information? Chris -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peeter Vissak Sent: 21 October 2011 07:37 To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Re: the Next Big Thing What's the closest focusing distance? Wolud it be useful for close-ups? Peeter On 10/21/11 8:30 AM, "Christopher Strevens" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >HMMM looks like you can use the files it makes to generate 3D images. > >Chris > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Herschel Mair >Sent: 20 October 2011 17:27 >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students >Subject: Re: the Next Big Thing > >Amazing. Imagine carrying a couple of these matchbox sized things to a >location shoot. Wow...now I can buy a smaller car! >And shoot everything at f:2 with unlimited DOF! >I think I'll order three and put my medium format digital gear and >lighting on Ebay >but what I can't find out from the website: Does it have a tripod >socket? (In case I want to shoot myself) A self timer??? Can you crop >the images? and can you make 11x14 prints? > >OH NO>>> ONLY works on OSX 10.6... Intel Mac... I'll have to finally >buy a new computer... Sob... My trusty and reliable G5 will have to be >compacted with a bag full of aluminum soda cans... (The only thing worth >anything on the open market is the value of the solid aluminum >casing....) Oh well. At least I won't need external hard drives cos I >can store all my images on the Lytro website (Is that free???) > >This is like George Eastman launching the brownie... You press the >button Lytro does the rest. > >Herschel > >On 10/20/11 9:49 AM, YGelmanPhoto wrote: >> Amazing. Look at http://www.lytro.com/living-pictures >> >> By placing the cursor onto an object in the photograph, and clicking, >> the object pops into focus while the foreground and background go out >> of focus appropriately. >> >> Not that I'd trade my dslr (yet). >> >> -yoram >> >> >> >> On Oct 20, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Karl Shah-Jenner wrote: >> >>> >>> time to lob those old style digicams in the bin, the manufacturers >>> have a new lineup now ;) >>> >>> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/lytro-camera/ >>> >>> must day hough, this looks kinda neat! >>> >>> k >> >> >
