While the more cautious and cynical might harbour a suspicion that this thus-far-unique device could turn out to be an expensive toy for someone – the photographer who has everything perhaps - its territory feels so uncharted that in truth we ran the ful...
Abstract: The Lytro Illum is the first serious take on the “focus later” design initially introduced with Lytro's basic Light Field Camera .While the camera somewhat resembles today's traditional, APS-C format mirrorless cameras, it is anything but traditional. The...
Abstract: Lytro Illum review, first impressions The Lytro Illum is quite unlike anything we've seen before. It's a chunky, futuristic looking device with a large cylindrical lens barrel, and an angled, wedge-shaped body. It doesn't just look it's come out of a scie...
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Published: 2014-07-30, Author: David , review by: theverge.com
Abstract: The Illum is Lytro's second product, but its first real camera. This is what Lytro executives say they've been building for seven years. The last one was made to prove light-field photography is real science. This one is a statement that the next phase in...
Huge fun to use, Produces unique 'living images', Intuitive controls
Expensive, Rather awkward handling, Small image size
box It's great fun producing images that can be refocused, but there's a high cost for this entertainment and the images can only be viewed at fairly small size, but it's just possible that this is a taste of the future of photography....
Abstract: The Lytro was more like a science project than a consumer camera, but was utterly fascinating for geeks like moi. This is Lytro's first more-camera-like camera, the Illum, which nevertheless still looks as if it's been captured from a crashed UFO and is a...
Photo answers review Photo answers rating In today's world we're accustomed to safety nets. Image stabilisation helps tame camera shake and RAWs allows you to correct exposure errors. Lytro's latest Illum offers a different fail-safe altogether, as th...
Abstract: Meet the Lytro Illum, the second camera from the image refocusing tech company, that's bigger, bolder and looks much meaner than its tiny sibling. With a stunning design, constant f/2 aperture lens and long zoom range - along with its refocusing tech - is...
Living pictures are pretty amazing, Forces you to approach photography in a new way, Desktop app allows extensive editing
Slow startup time, Not great in low light
The Illum: not quite there yet, but an enticing look at the future But that's not to say it's a bad product. Like the first iPad, it's a product that's generally well made and works as it's supposed to – it's just that people are still figuring out just ...
