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Capture: Mama Don't Take My Lytro Camera Away

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  • Lilith __, in reply to ChrisW,

    a spider’s micro-engineered handiwork against that of the builders of the Napier-Gisborne railway line.

    Brilliant juxtaposition Chris!

    Also, holy crap, that's a gradient...

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to ChrisW,

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    Lytro definitely intriguing for the close-up stuff in context, but the hand-held conventional camera’s depth of field may be adequate sometimes

    Or even just an iPhone.

    Amazing capture Chris.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW, in reply to Lilith __,

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    holy crap, that's a gradient...

    Somewhat undulating on the way down, but it's a bugger getting up the other side!
    This the biggest of three washouts on the Gisborne-Napier railway ...

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW,

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    And here's the third biggest one. The line is an appreciable tourism asset, more importantly for freight in the post-peak-oil world of the rapidly approaching future. But is Government thinking approaching that future at the same pace? A decision on the line should be made this month.
    Question is, which way are those points pointing for/by KiwiRail? Full steam ahead, or sidelined?

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to ChrisW,

    Amazing pics of an amazing phenomenon.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    phenomenon.

    Doo Doo bee doo doo....
    Couldn't help it.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to ChrisW,

    holy crap, that’s a gradient…

    Is that Rainbows End?.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic, in reply to ChrisW,

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    Somewhat undulating on the way down, but it's a bugger getting up the other side!
    This the biggest of three washouts on the Gisborne-Napier railway ...

    Speaking of gradients... Meanwhile, back in town, I got to test out the camera on my new smartphone for the first time. It's a wide angle shot, so it gives an indication of how close I was following.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to ChrisW,

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    spider’s micro-engineered handiwork against that of the builders of the Napier-Gisborne railway line

    Great pictures……

    Maybe railway could be fixed with a combination of these two……

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • David Hood,

    I see there is actually a focus shifting iOS app now, mimicking the Lytro. Ideally your foreground object should be three to five inches away, and you need to keep the iDevice still while it takes multiple pictures at different focuses. I can see camera manufactures add this implementation in the near future.

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

    Thanks David. To save me the seconds it would take to find it, do you know what it’s called?

    I keep trying to extract shots I’d want to share out of the Lytro itself, and the new focus shift and stacking simulation shows promise, but I just can’t get inspired. Maybe I should share it around, or have a Lytro day, and get others to try it out. Love the concept of it. Just in the form it’s in, after the initial excitement, my enthusiasm waned rapidly.

    Here’s one of the originals with the perspective shift applied retrospectively. If you click and drag, the depth of field changes. Clever, but again I’m lost with how to make the most of it.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to JacksonP,

    Clever, but again I’m lost with how to make the most of it.

    I wonder if it's that thing about limitations making the challenge and the creativity?

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • David Hood,

    The app I spotted was focustwist (iPhone/ iPod only, basically the models that you can set the focus lock on)

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to David Hood,

    The app I spotted was focustwist (iPhone/ iPod only, basically the models that you can set the focus lock on)

    Cheers. I had a go. Interesting, but again I'm failing to see the broader appeal or sense of it.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • David Hood,

    I must admit, I tend to think- that's technically very, very clever but I don't have an actual use for it

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to JacksonP,

    have a Lytro day, and get others to try it out

    yes

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • David Hood,

    Just noting that now that people have realised "hey we can manipulate depth of field with computers" we are seeing a range of different applications, including this "lens"

    gizmodo link

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to David Hood,

    That's kind of what I was waiting for too David. Thanks for the link.

    The recent update on the Lytro improved things by allowing you to 'shift focus', bringing everything withing the depth of field into focus. But then you couldn't export the image to file, only screen grab it.

    It's like all the way through they have been almost, but not quite. The concept is brilliant. The first consumer application of it from Lytro would have been more at home with Instagram.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

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