Adobe Light-Field Lens

February 28th, 2008

Adobe’s got a prototype of a 19-lens lens array which allows after-the-fact focus and depth-of-field modifications. The main impetus for the lens (apart from The Awesome) is the spectre of 20-megapixel cameras; current lenses can’t focus sharp enough to take advantage of so many pixels.

An infographic and detailed write-up is available at Popular Science.

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