New concept camera able to focus on more than one point

[Cawchy87]

link

Take a look at the pictures on the right hand side.

 

[Mrvile]

I'm guessing it bracket focuses in the lens?

 

[PHiuR]

interesting...

 

[her209]

Sometimes you want that blurry background effect.

 

[imported_LoKe]

I'm gonna have to call a big R on this. Even though it says JAN 2006, I've seen that set of three pictures back in 2005.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: her209
Sometimes you want that blurry background effect.

I would say that, very frequently, you want a blurred background. It helps the eye understand what its supposed to be looking at.

 

[mobobuff]

I'm irritated at the articles stupid use of the ambiguous and nonsensical phrase "after the fact." WTF do they mean? If the user can specify what should be in focus after the image data has been recorded, it doesn't say how...

 

[DVK916]

How are our eyes able to focus at infiniti many distance at once. We should make a camera like our eyes.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: her209
Sometimes you want that blurry background effect.

I would say that, very frequently, you want a blurred background. It helps the eye understand what its supposed to be looking at.

I assume you'll have a choice between the two.

 

[Cawchy87]

Originally posted by: LoKe
I'm gonna have to call a big R on this. Even though it says JAN 2006, I've seen that set of three pictures back in 2005.

Just saw it in the issue that came a few days ago. Mabye the magazine picked up the story a little late.

 

[OdiN]

The front statue isn't in good focus in any of the shots.

 

[cirthix]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
I'm irritated at the articles stupid use of the ambiguous and nonsensical phrase "after the fact." WTF do they mean? If the user can specify what should be in focus after the image data has been recorded, it doesn't say how...

it seems that they are taking a compilation of multiple pictures taken at different focal lengths.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: DVK916
How are our eyes able to focus at infiniti many distance at once. We should make a camera like our eyes.

our eyes cant its not possible.

put a coffee mug in front of you and something further away, try to focus on both, its not possible.

 

[OdiN]

I could also duplicate that shot with a standard camera, just using 3 images and combining them in photoshop. It's not hard.

 

[OulOat]

Where is the art then? Although, I can see the gov benefiting big from this.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: DVK916
How are our eyes able to focus at infiniti many distance at once. We should make a camera like our eyes.

You can't. But you can switch what you're focusing on very quickly. While you're focused on one thing you can't tell that everything else is out of focus because it's in your peripheral vision.

 

[Triumph]

So why don't I just take 3 pictures and decide later which one I want. And why can't my camera recreate that last photo? Pretty much every point & shoot out there could take that picture.

 

[Shawn]

Our eyes can't even do that. Seems unnatural.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Shawn
Our eyes can't even do that. Seems unnatural.

yea, our eyes can get general focus, as can cameras, but not focus like this that is supposedly perfect.

 

[vi edit]

Can't you do something similar by jacking up the f stop?

The higher the f stop the less the bokeh and more the entire image is in focus?

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Can't you do something similar by jacking up the f stop?

The higher the f stop the less the bokeh and more the entire image is in focus?

Indeed. But what they're saying is that this technology could be used in compact digital cameras, whereas now you'd need a DSLR to have such a broad aperture spectrum.

 

[Mday]

it uses multiple "small" lenses to create the picture. imagine a large sensor, covered with a layer of these lenses. each lens is allowed to focus independently.

and, yeah, big R. this is old news.

 

[PHiuR]

shameless plug on my latest photo

photography is cool.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

our eyes cant its not possible.

put a coffee mug in front of you and something further away, try to focus on both, its not possible.

Mine can. Been discussed to death.

Originally posted by: PHiuR
shameless plug on my latest photo

photography is cool.

Is that for the bedroom?

Kinky! :laugh:

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: PHiuR
shameless plug on my latest photo

photography is cool.

Is that for the bedroom?

Kinky! :laugh:

how did you know?