tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358972472162851766.post2730671541179900698..comments2024-01-03T04:42:43.476-08:00Comments on RapidGroove: Lytro Brings New FocusDeke Kassabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890758554797428710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358972472162851766.post-35765751997158899782011-07-22T10:56:55.032-07:002011-07-22T10:56:55.032-07:00Thanks Mark! Glad to have input from those who kn...Thanks Mark! Glad to have input from those who know cameras and photography. I'm looking from the outside in.Deke Kassabianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06890758554797428710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358972472162851766.post-34121018297823454312011-07-22T10:44:21.534-07:002011-07-22T10:44:21.534-07:00You've got the photography details right, thou...You've got the photography details right, though I'd clarify one piece. You write, "Even auto focus takes time" -- in fact, autofocus takes the majority of the time between pressing the little button and the start of the capture. If you pre-focus your camera, you'll find it's actually very responsive. Most can be pre-focused by pressing halfway on the button and holding it there.<br /><br />Modern compact cameras have gotten a LOT better about this over the last several years, but there are tradeoffs. In this case, responsiveness is traded off against lens quality, low-light performance, focus accuracy, battery life, size, and weight. Light-field cameras change the equation to a different set of tradeoffs -- it's not yet clear whether it's *better*but I think the potential is there for a completely new direction in photography.Mark Sirotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188241044846678455noreply@blogger.com