In response to unveiling of cameras using light field technology by Litro for planned launches by the end of 2011, Taiwan-based digital camera ODMs indicated the technology attractive uniqueness but will find it difficult to substantially influence market demand for digital cameras.
Unlike digital cameras, light field cameras record the entire light field in a scene, including color, intensity and direction. With such "light field" information, photographers can use PCs to fully adjust the focus of a picture to meet their desire.
However, the use of PCs to adjust focus is opposite to the prevailing habit of immediately transferring or editing photos after using digital cameras to take pictures, the key reason behind the difficulty for light filed cameras to replace digital cameras, the sources pointed out. Other companies, such as DeFocus, have presented light filed camera concepts in the past but did not bring them to commercial production, the sources indicated.
Article translated by Adam Hwang
