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A fabulous idea and technology, but the marketing takes over where the resolution lacks. It has a 540x540 pixel resolution which can be double-clicked to magnify it to 1080x1080, ie Full HD vertical resolution at the cost of sharpness (so far we don't get to see a whole "HD" shot").
So it is marketed as a simple to use cool photo gadget for Facebook, which it undoubtedly is. At $400 or $500, up to you if you think it's worth it.
Lots of problems with this, despite the wizzy demonstration. Looking between the lines Lytro suffers from:
- Huge data files but very low resolution
- The need to post-process to produce a useable file or print
- Even the in-focus bits are blurry!
- Not a patch on even basic P&S cameras
Most P&S users take most of their pictures of friends and family. Their major frustration has, in the past, been missing focus on people's faces. Despite being derided as a "gimmic" in these forums, I know lots of people who think face recognition in compact cameras has massively increased their number of usable and printable shots.
Fundamentally the biggest market this camera has, reducing the number of out of focus shots of people, has been solved with face recognition. Sure you get a faux artistic background bokeh blur, but photographers looking for that "artistic" shot won't be prepared to put up with the camera's other sever limitations.
You can chose a focus point and export to a 1080x1080 pixel JPG (at which point it's no longer a living picture) and then print the resulting image.
You will be able to print 5x7-sized prints from a JPG, for instance for framing on a desk.
However, we do not recommend printing posters of any size, nor any other kind of large-format printing. Keep in mind that the primary purpose of the Lytro Light Field Camera is creating living pictures to be shared online, not printing 2D images.
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