Photography forever changed?

There's a new camera system in development that will drastically change the field of photography. A new system in development by Lytro allows a picture's point of focus changed after the photo is taken - meaning photos ruined by being out of focus could be a thing of the past. Check out this article for more info. - Lytro Camera System

You can actually see some tech demos here, and it's actually really crazy - Demo

What do you guys think about this new system. Kind of takes all the hard work out of photography. I personally like the challenges, so this wouldn't be for me.... but what about you?

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Permalink Reply by Richard Segi on December 14, 2011 at 6:07pm

Yeah sounds good, but it still does not make you a good photographer, yes the image would be clearer but you still have to come up with a creative look that sets you apart from other photographers.

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Permalink Reply by Jared Weaver on December 15, 2011 at 10:25am

Its gonna end up as a novelty like Lensbaby lenses. Sure it does some cool things, but it will never replace professional equipment.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Davis on January 19, 2012 at 6:30pm

All I can say, or rather repeat, is what Ernst Haas said, "The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you see. But, you have to see."

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Permalink Reply by Jim on May 22, 2012 at 12:26am

http://blog.laptopmag.com/never-take-an-out-of-focus-picture-again-...

I wander if Adobe is developing this camera and system...

But personally, I want this one, though...

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Permalink Reply by Crystal Schmidt on May 22, 2012 at 12:51pm

Its a cool system and i do have a few pics that could benefit from this but like a few people said, it kind of takes away from the experience. This means, anyone can just go out, snap snap snap, put it through this and BAM, they think theyre a photographer. There's no skill involved. Ive put in a lot of work to learn the ropes of photography, how my camera works, how to TAKE a great picture before editing, actually, im STILL learning all of these things and this is just giving people an easy, not to mention lazy way out.

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Permalink Reply by James Wood on May 23, 2012 at 7:18pm

I remember when they announced this last summer. I bet the prices will be through the roof. I think the average consumer , i.e. all point and shoot people will not be interested (because of autofocus). The amateur / pro consumer will definitely pass on this option. Don't you also need that company's software also. Mo' money mo' money.

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Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on May 24, 2012 at 3:04am

Looks like $400 to $500 depending on memory.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Lashley on May 25, 2012 at 1:42pm

I think the standard camera makers could simply program our DSLRs to take a series of shots rapidly that are bracketed focus starting with the nearest focus point then stepping the focus out in selected amounts. These can be kept separate or put together in the camera for large DOF. It's called focus stacking and Helicon Soft already make software for this. Not the same technology but it should work.

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Permalink Reply by David Love on Sunday

The biggest problem with it is the software you need to change the focus. The novelty is that people looking at your pics can focus on various things in your photograph but a plugin has to be installed. Also you can't change lens or make adjustments. Like a Polaroid with with goofy focus changing software.