Wow. Photographic software and technology is getting outrageously awesome.
It’s a bit scary, actually. The lines between a true professional and an amateur who can afford some hardware with the right software is getting slimmer by the day:
Invented by Adobe, Plenoptic consists on a very smart combination of special lens for your camera and software for your PC or Mac.
First, the lens’ optics atomize the picture in thousands of tiny versions of the scene, all different from each other, at different angles and positions. When you add these lenses to your DSLR camera, the sensor would capture a huge grid of images made of all these little images. The effect is similar to the eyes of a fly.
Then, the software can take this grid and combine the versions into a single one. Using a simple slider, you can change the focus of the image in any way you want, picking any plane you desire to be in perfect, crystal-clear focus.
Makes you really think about our professions as a whole, right?
Thoughts?
[HT: Gizmodo]
Stephen Bateman says
That is *amazing* I wonder if that kind of thing could be used to create a fake 3D feel.
PhillipGibb says
wow, that is awesome. Although the girl looked a bit like a card figure.
but the software will improve and may even go to video :O
Brian says
Jaw-dropping. It’s amazing how much of the labor related to photography and videography is moving to post-production these days. I guess it’s always good to stay sharp on the creative side of your field–something computers can’t do.
Andy Darnell says
This is pretty cool
Andy Darnell says
Let me restate my silly comment. “pretty cool” is an understatement obviously. I want to see the pricetag and camera models it will fit. Will it become the cheap way for the rest of us to take good pics, or will it be for the elite.
I am currently shopping for a new DSLR for my wife by the way. Anyone have a 40D or 50D that they want to get rid of?