Sample Images From Pelican's Mobile Light Field Camera Look Mighty Impressive
Summary
As the Lytro Illum light field camera hits the streets today, it’s no surprise that similar photographic technologies in the shoot-first-focus-later genre are also breaking out of the lab and into the public eye. Pelican Imaging has unveiled its own version of a variable focus camera, but unlike Lytro’s offering, it’s geared toward smartphones and other mobile devices. Pelican has posted some sample images to demonstrate the capabilities of its mobile light field camera, which has been under development for several years, and takes a much different approach than the Lytro. Built as an array of multiple cameras, each with its own sensor and lens, the Pelican captures images in native 3D, showing the scene’s depth information. A segmentation tool allows you to add a person or an object to the picture with native scaling and placement based on the depth information contained in the frame.