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Maandag al gelezen op Slashdot, en het originele nieuwsbericht op Wired.com.Ren Ng, graduate student at Stanford University has developed a hand-held plenoptic camera which takes a shot first and allows you to make the decision about focus point in software after the event. The prototype camera is actually a Contax 645 with a modified Megavision FB4040 back (sixteen megapixel). The back has had an array of 90,000 microlenses mounted in front of the sensor (with a gap between the array and the sensor). These microlenses create a unique image on the sensor surface which includes not only the amount of light deposited at that location, but how much light arrives along each ray. The image is then reconstructed in software and a focus point can be chosen. Note that the final resolution is the same as the number of microlenses.
Foto's gemaakt met deze camera kan je hier bekijken
Zo werkt het:
Meer foto's hier.This paper presents a camera that samples the 4D light field on its sensor in a single photographic exposure. This is achieved by inserting a microlens array between the sensor and main lens, creating a plenoptic camera. Each microlens measures not just the total amount of light deposited at that location, but how much light arrives along each ray. By re-sorting the measured rays of light to where they would have terminated in slightly different, synthetic cameras, we can compute sharp photographs focused at different depths. We show that a linear increase in the resolution of images under each microlens results in a linear increase in the sharpness of the refocused photographs. This property allows us to extend the depth of field of the camera without reducing the aperture, enabling shorter exposures and lower image noise. Especially in the macrophotography regime, we demonstrate that we can also compute synthetic photographs from a range of different viewpoints. These capabilities argue for a different strategy in designing photographic imaging systems.
Phil Askey van DPReview geeft al aan dat een nadeel is dat je (op dit moment) nog lage reso shots overhoudt: met als voordeel de mogelijkheid om met kleine dofs / grote diafragma's te schieten en daarmee snelle sluitertijden te gebruiken.
Een interessante ontwikkeling dit: ben benieuwd of dit ook tot praktische toepassingen gaat leiden in de fotowereld.
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edit: Uitleg over Light field op Wikipedia.
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