NYTimes.com: A Start-Up's Camera Lets You Take Shots First and Focus Later

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This page was sent to you by:  bfr...@mac.com TECHNOLOGY   | June 22, 2011 A Start-Up's Camera Lets You Take Shots First and Focus Later By STEVE LOHR The company's technology allows a picture's focus to be adjusted after it is taken. Copyright 2011  The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy

[Georges Pelpel]

Thanks Barbara.

Quite amazing technology!

[Barbara Fredericks]

Can you imagine! I'd love to see it in action.

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[Georges Pelpel]

I liked playing with the flower picture, changing focus from the foreground single flower to the middle ground bunch and then to the background seashore.

It can be a neat creative tool, not sure it will sell millions though. I hope there's an option to select multiple in-focus zones (wider dof). 

[Barbara Fredericks]

I don't think it will appeal much to serious photographers. I do think it will be a great boon to the millions of people who complain about their vacation photos always being out of focus. 

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[Robert E. Wehrmeister]

I played with the flower and thought the technology works pretty well.  This should add another few hundred dollars to our next generation of cameras.

 

Bob

 

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[Georges Pelpel]

Another article with a video with more samples:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/06/22/auto.focus.camera/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[eBlanco]

very neat; it’s only the beginning

 

down the road, I see it as

- dial-a-focus,

- dial-a-light-angle,

- dial-a-mood,

- dial-a-composition,

- dial-a-click,

etc

[Jane Postiglione]

Hi Barb & all

 

Wow....pretty amazing technology, but I agree with Barbara. Serious photographers wouldn't have to have as much skill and may not like it, but I think it would be great for amateur vacation photographers.

 

Jane

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[war...@gmail.com]

That's cool!

If anyone can reduce the size and weight of the camera and lens, and keep the same imaging quality, that will be the best. 

Raymond