Apple should have done this years ago with a variant of the iPad

[L'Ancien Regime]

http://gizmodo.com/this-bug-eyed-camera-is-a-whole-new-take-on-capturing-p-1734796225

 

https://light.co/

 

 

 

 

 

 

With traditional cameras, in order to ramp up image quality, you have to ramp up the size of the digital sensor. The best pro cameras have the largest sensors, roughly the size of a 35mm film frame. The problem is that large sensors are very expensive. Moreover, they require huge lenses in front of them, which make for very large and heavy cameras.

The Light L16 works an entirely different way. Inspired by the small and cheap smartphone sensors we all know, the device incorporates 16 entirely separate sensor and lens modules. They each take separate images (1o to be exact) at different focal lengths, and are combined to create one huge 52 megapixel picture. The lenses range from 35-150mm.

 

 

Coming Summer 2016

$1699.99

Launch month discount -$400.00

 

Free Shipping

 

Total $1299.99

 

Down payment; $199

Edited October 8, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime

[Rebelismo]

Very interesting camera, but now I have more questions than answers.

 

How would the 16 fairly inexpensive lenses compare to all of the professional glass that's been out there for decades? What about the quality of the bokeh? What about RAW, bit depth, dynamic range etc? Anything with interchangeable lenses has provided much better quality than any point and shoot, or cell phone camera because of optics and sensor sizes. Beyond that, even if the glass is good but the dynamic range is weak (especially for video), then you're essentially getting a prosumer video camera that doesn't compare to what we see in television and theaters.

 

I hope we'll get some of these questions answered when it comes out, but it looks like an interesting innovation!