A replacement for a DSLR or other sophisticated systems camera? No. A digital equivalent of a Polaroid SX-70, or other sophisticated fixed lens camera? Maybe.
People said the same things about the SX-70 when it was first shown. "Awkward, overly complicated, can't ever work right, so many problems…" etc. It went on to have a 40-plus year legacy of folks who just used it and made a lot of wonderful photographs … and that's still going on. Unlike the Lytro, I think this design has some legs and possibilities. I doubt it would replace my other cameras, but, like the SX-70, it might provide an interesting alternative that's worth using. I think I'll pre-order one. G > On Oct 16, 2015, at 9:54 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> Looks like a phone camera without the phone. > > It's a clever gimmick. It was discussed at length on the Pentaxians forum on > facebook. The form factor is terrible for serious shooting, there is no good > way to brace it. I don't think that there is even a screw mount for attaching > it to a tripod. > > They are trying to get better performance out of a camera phone, rather than > making a high end camera that is easier to carry. > > I can see various advantages to the compound lens design, but you have some > physics issues. The added complexity of focusing more lenses. The issue of > parallax when shooting short distances, issues with not all lenses being > exactly focused on the same plane. Even with all of those sensors, they'd be > lucky to have the same sensor area as an APS sensor, much less a full frame. > It's fairly versatile for a pocket camera, but there is no way to add > specialty lenses such as macro or extremely long telephoto. > > It addresses a couple of the issues of cell phone camera image quality, but > totally ignores a lot of the other reasons that someone will shoot with an > SLR or even a rangefinder camera. > > >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 1:19 AM, Bipin Gupta<bip...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Many of us may be packing up or selling off our DSLRs for this marvel >>> of a camera, the 16 Lens Light L16 P&S Camera. >>> >>> Developed by Dr. Rajeev Laroia& his partner in the US. >>> I hope it really takes off at an affordable price point, say the cost of a >>> mid range DSLR or cheaper. >>> >>> Resources given below:- >>> >>> https://light.co/camera >>> https://light.co/ >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW3rx7jiX8E >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sIL3d7oTc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
