MasHD Blog

Lytro created a riot when they launched their first Light Field camera The rectangle-box design was revolutionary at the time , but its customers were mostly trendy crowds who wanted a unique edge over the standard DSLR/Mirrorless design format But now , the company is back with a new refresh design and more technology to give you all the "bokkeh" you want with the new Lytro Illum . First look at the illum shows us the standard camera like design which now houses the  4" LCD pannel(original one had a 1.5" one) and standard controls which mimic that of a standard mirrorless camera . The camera offers 8x optical zoom (30-250mm ) and has a constant f2.0 appeture . The Illum also has 1/4000 th of a second shutter speed and a 40Megaray sensor (the sensor captures 40 million rays of light) that contributes for the cameras main highlight feature -refocusing .  Refocusing the photo is done by calculating the angle at which the light enters the camera and storing th...