Lytro comes with new Illum lightfield camera

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Lytro, the Illum was announced, the second lightfield camera from the company. In contrast to the first model, simply by Lytro called, looks like the Illum is more on a traditional camera. The resolution has also increased, thanks to a 40 ‘megaray’sensor.

According to the manufacturer, the Illum is a logical evolution of the Lytro, the first camera that the company released, and that afterwards a different focal point can be chosen. The resolution, according to the manufacturer’s 40 megaray, while the first generation Lytro had to do with the 11 megaray. The 40 megaray corresponds to a ‘flat’ 4 megapixelfoto, so let Lytro know. The image processing is provided by a Snapdragon 801-soc.

The new 0,93 kg heavy lightfield camera has a fixed 30-250mm lens with the fixed aperture of f/2 and 8x optical zoom. Partly because a viewfinder is on the back of the adjustable touchscreen is slightly tilted relative to the body. On the back are only four buttons to find: the operation is largely via the 800×480 pixels storey, 4″touchscreen, while the software to the user via a histogram can indicate which part of a composition within the depth of field range of the lightfield-camera.

Lytro, the Illum also more versatile than its predecessor. So, the Illum features a sd card reader, 802.11 n-wi-fi and a removable battery, while the camera is on a tripod can be placed and a flash can be used. Also the software is updated. So can captured images as a video to be exported.

The Illum should be in July in the USA on the market come with a sturdy suggested retail price of 1599 dollars. In a pre-order for July 15 drops the price by $ 100.