Saw a post about planoptics on here before. Though this was an interesting bit of video from the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9568340.stm
Quote:
Focusing issues could soon be a thing of the past as a new light field camera is meant to be changing photography forever.
The device allows all depths of a scene to be recorded in one image, allowing anything to be put in focus after it has been taken.
Richard Taylor looks at how cameras that use all light information could be the next big thing in photography.