News Lytro Light Field Camera launching in the UK

Lytro brings its multi-focus-point light field camera to the UK.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/07/16/lytro-light-field-camera-launching-in-the-u/1

 

Ridiculously cool technology, but 1080 square just isn't enough. That, and £400! Might make a cool dashcam if they could make a video version though.

 

That's the whole point of a light field camera though - swapping image resolution for ability to capture 'in 3D'. Limited uses, but could be very useful in film making, where a scene needs to show really close up things AND things in the background, potentially with a nice smooth fade in between.

 

Double the res and I'm interested...

 

Fit it into a DSLR as an optional mode and we'll talk, otherwise it's £400 for a toy.

 

Its hip to be square...

 

That!

These could make some of the best security cameras going if the technology can be adapted from stills to video.

 

It's not a "mode" - it's a whole different technology for image capture. The entire camera is built differently, so you couldn't have it as some sort of user selectable "mode".