Too lazy to focus when taking the shot? Interesting stuff within...

feenster · 01-11-2005, 22:19

Well, I thought about this a couple of years ago, and it looks like its now possible. Focusing the image (and moving the viewpoint to some extent) can now be done *after* the image has been captured.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=15675920

Fascinating stuff!

Matt

Gandhi · 01-11-2005, 22:23

whoa there.

I can see our art being gradually eroded day by day!

feenster · 01-11-2005, 22:32

Perhaps. But its not that much of an art now is it? I mean, I only manual focus a handful of times. Autofocus/AI focus takes care of much of the focusing issues. This is just another step on top of the whole image taking process. Take picture, develop RAW file including exposure and focus.

Matt

RobertP · 01-11-2005, 22:45

And it's all so simple (not) . I downloaded the pdf of the research paper. It was in English but it was greek to me.

Seems to come down to something like a flys compound eye?

Gandhi · 01-11-2005, 22:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobertP

It was in English but it was greek to me.

Youn can blame Pythagoras for that. and Euclides!

fingerz · 02-11-2005, 01:07

That's amazing stuff. I also had a look at the research paper. Didn't make any sense to me but he pays tribute to a lot of similar technology from the nineties and early noughties. You'd think, if it had been cheap and viable back then that we'd be seeing some consumer results about now. Hope it does happen. Would be a new creative freedom IMO.

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feenster Getting Comfy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Huddersfield(ish) Posts: 150	Too lazy to focus when taking the shot? Interesting stuff within... Well, I thought about this a couple of years ago, and it looks like its now possible. Focusing the image (and moving the viewpoint to some extent) can now be done after the image has been captured. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=15675920 Fascinating stuff! Matt

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Gandhi Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: bath, somerserset Posts: 966	whoa there. I can see our art being gradually eroded day by day!

01-11-2005, 22:32	#3 (permalink)
feenster Getting Comfy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Huddersfield(ish) Posts: 150	Perhaps. But its not that much of an art now is it? I mean, I only manual focus a handful of times. Autofocus/AI focus takes care of much of the focusing issues. This is just another step on top of the whole image taking process. Take picture, develop RAW file including exposure and focus. Matt

01-11-2005, 22:45	#4 (permalink)
RobertP Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Woodford Essex Posts: 841	And it's all so simple (not) . I downloaded the pdf of the research paper. It was in English but it was greek to me. Seems to come down to something like a flys compound eye?

02-11-2005, 01:07	#6 (permalink)
fingerz Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 790	That's amazing stuff. I also had a look at the research paper. Didn't make any sense to me but he pays tribute to a lot of similar technology from the nineties and early noughties. You'd think, if it had been cheap and viable back then that we'd be seeing some consumer results about now. Hope it does happen. Would be a new creative freedom IMO.