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Canon XTi
Canon EF 50mm
Canon EFS 18-55mm
Canon EF 75-300
Canon Speedlite 430EX Flash
Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod
Manfrotto 804RC2 Head

Interesting technology, poor product. I couldn't care less about a gimmicky facebook camera.

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

I'm not impressed, is the long barrel design something to do with technology?

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"I'm playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order" - Eric Morecambe
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D7000 and too many lenses.

The technology needs to improve before I'd consider it seriously. It can have some niche uses now, but not for me.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Never trust a camera that's marketed by its colour.

I do like the f/2.0 constant aperture, though. That's a nice touch.

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Pretentious marketing is a guaranteed turn-off for me.

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Bodies: Canon EOS 550D w/ Magic Lantern
Lenses: Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX f/2.8, Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Accessories: YongNuo Speedlite YN-468 Flash, Neewer Macro LED Ring Light, Meike Battery Grip, YongNuo RF-602 Wireless Flash Trigger & Receiver YongNuo WR-128 Wireless Remote Control

Not the slightest bit interest, this takes all the fun and creativity out of photography. Then again, it might be good for people looking to take some vacation snaps of their family only...

- Bjorn -

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Leica M9-P (my article on Camera Labs) | Leica D-Lux 5 | 50mm Summilux

Once the technology developed, I see it as a bit of a threat to the skill involved with photography. I could see myself in and old rocking chair saying "I remember the days when you were stuck with one focal point. Once you took the photo, that was it!"

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Trevor Harris

Nikon D200
SB-600
YN-560 II
YN RF 603 x 4
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8
Nikon 50mm f/1.8

Im not really interested either.

It looks like a camera that is just made for fun.

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http://www.AnderssonPhoto.com
Cameras: Leica M8, Nikon FE-2, Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 5D Mark II, 40D
Lenses: Voigtländer Nokton Classic 35mm 1.4, Ultra Wide Heliar 12mm 5.6 ASPH II, Nikkor AI-S 28mm 2.8, Canon 24-70 2.8L, 85mm 1.2L II, 300mm 2.8L IS, TS-E 45mm 2.8, Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro
Canon 1.4x/2X TC II, Canon 580EX II X2, Gitzo + Manfrotto.
Wishlist: Leica Monochrom, Summilux 50 ASPH, Voigtlander 35mm 1.2 ASPH II

If you want a useful tool to help explain depth of field the gallery might be worth a look.

Playing the devils advocate- Isnt this just an extension to shooting RAW?


Taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15383516

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Canon EOS 550D (with Magic Lantern)
18mm - 135mm Kit Lens, 50mm f1.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
430EX II Flash with Phottix Strato Wireless Tigger Set
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 with 496 Ball Head. Gorilla Pod SLR
Canon Powershot A720IS with CHDK and intervalometer script. Pentax Optio W90

My Blog - http://www.ianganderton.wordpress.com

I'm not dissing the product because it's "simple", i'm dissing it because it's marketed as a facebook camera with absolutely no appeal to photographers.

There's absolutely no manual control on the thing aside from the zoom. You can't process the image files yourself, can't select a shutter speed, ISO.


No, I'd like to see this technology in a macro camera. Because you can focus afterwards, you can have all the DoF you need

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

Wow.. I'm shocked that this group does not realize the significance of this thing's underlying technology.

Yes.. its first incarnation here is cheesey, fbook, sub-pro-grade toy-product.
Yes it's being marketed like a candybar
Yes it's a long, hard to carry, uni-tasker that will probably fail..

But the underlying Light Field technology is totally game changing, disruptive technology.. and you KNOW that Nikon, Canon and others are pouring over the patents behind this as we type!

Imagine a zero-delay, focus later set of lenses WITH built in 3D on a DLSLR?! With a =decent F#, the power of that offering would separate DSLRs into pre-all-focus and "modern" cameras.

Forget about the Lytro camera, but Light Field technology is truly a disruptive technology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_field


Tweeks

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I'm no theorist but I will theorise that the Lytro's rather pathetic 1MP best case output resolution is symptomatic of an underlying issue. For the camera to capture DoF information one has to be asking it to capture a lot more information about the field of view than a regular photograph and that, to my untutored mind, means that the signal to noise ratio is being squeezed in the wrong direction. It may just be that a "Light Field" camera that can deliver the silky smooth IQ we all crave would require such enormous light gathering power to achieve, say, 15MP output resolution that the final size of the camera would be impractical. I hope I'm wrong...

Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

I don't think people are under-estimating the technology's potential, but they can't get really enthused until it makes a significant improvement into a tangible product. I'm sure we wouldn't say no to a Star Trek holo-imager thingy that captures the whole "beyond 3D" environment in an instant, but we're some way off that I think...

By "beyond 3D" I mean, what we have now only offers depth information from roughly one viewpoint. With multiple viewpoints you could reconstruct the whole environment, not just what you get from one viewpoint.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Is the out of focus effect not made by software? I mean, Ive used a great pocket camera, with a fixed lens and quite big aperture. If youre interested, it's the Traveler DC-5080.
What I wanted to say though, is that it doesnt have AF and everything after 0,8 meters is sharp. Couldnt that be the same case with this camera? I know software which can blur pictures in that way people would think youve got a shallow DOF...

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Ruben

Panasonic DMC-FZ18, Panasonic DMC-FZ28, Canon G5, Canon 350D, Canon 50D + BG-E2N
Tamron 17-50 2.8, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM,
Canon 18-55 II plus lots of Minolta MD/M42 lenses and bodies