Quote:
Originally Posted by SebC
No manual exposure makes me sad. What good is perfect depth of field if the exposure is wrong?
|
This is the advent of a brand new technology; but yes, that's one of the major drawbacks of the first-gen Lytro.
Wikipedia claims the company has raised $50 million in key investments to this point. Interestingly, CEO Ren Ng has stated that he plans to develop and manufacture these cameras in-house for the foreseeable future, rather than license technologies to established manufacturers. He wants to oversee the growth of his invention all the way through.
I wonder how that will affect the feature list (beyond being a light field camera) of the Lytro going forward, not to mention market penetration, and ultimately, sale figures.
I'd love to fool around with one of these cameras for a few hours.