I think it uses a method totally different than that which we are used to, IE focus on one point and nothing else. It must be a compound lens that doesn't actually have a focal point as such, rather than vector dynamics coming into play, I.E. it just captures everything in a linear way, like parallel (light) lines as opposed to known focused vectors, if that makes any sense.
In some ways, I suppose its recreating the human eye even more, where we can chose what's in focus in real scene, well, to some degree depending on your age and the ability you have left to focus :-) When you have good eyesight, It happens almost instantaneously, giving the effect that everything is in focus, or that's how it used to work with me anyway, you just disregard what you don't want or need to see. If you clicked on the link < http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387422,00.asp> it gives some more information, but I dare say more will come online as time goes by. Neil. On 5 August 2011 18:35, Edward Martin III <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Lee writes "This whole idea makes sense to me only if the camera has a > > large lens diameter-to-aperture ratio such that the sensor image is > entirely in focus anyway." > > Yes, otherwise it would be very silly. > > "...can it generate pixels for highly-contrasting edges from within a > > large gradient area (sharpness would not qualify for this)?" > > I would imagine that was simply a software issue. > > > "So if the idea is to offer a user-selectable bokeh derived from a > well-focused image, that would be understandable to me, but if the > idea is for the camera to put into focus what comes from the lens > originally as out-of-focus, then I wonder." > > That's pretty much what I figured too, except that -- outside of > certain episodes of The X-Files -- one cannot further "enfocus" a shot > that wasn't focused. > > I cast a hairy eyeball on the few folks I've seen on other lists > talking about how this lets you put the focus on anything you want. I > think "well, yes, I guess that's sorta true, but if the shot's out of > focus, then you can unsharp-mask until the cows are built of razor > wire and you don't get a better image than you shot." > > Cheers, > > Edward > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
