Lytro Illum

portability, design, performance, usability, image quality

reliability, size, low-light, stabilizer , exposure

79% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

We had high hopes for the Illum, since the light-field technology really wowed us at the beginning. Granted, the technology is still nascent and one to watch, and Lytro has promised more products are on the way. (We could also see the technology in...

Stunning industrial design. Long zoom range. Sharp, tilting touch-screen display. Constant f/2 aperture lens.

Stunning industrial design. Long zoom range. Sharp, tilting touch-screen display. Constant f/2 aperture lens. ; Disappointing image quality. Physically large. Expensive. Refocus capability has limited uses. Limited wide-angle coverage. Lacks video...

The rear LCD is mounted on a hinge, which is useful for capturing images from low and high angles alike. But it doesn't face all the way forward for light-field selfies. It's larger than the displays that you'll find on most digital cameras—4 inches...

Cool, futuristic design ; Light-field photography is the future ; Helpful tools for showing you how to shoot ; Perfect shots feel like magic

Hardware and software both way too buggy ; Expensive ; Images are heavy, and slow to import and edit ; Misses the perfect image more often than it gets it

Interesting product design Well-developed user interface Simple workflow, despite concept's complexities Interactive experience sharable on Facebook

Very low processed resolution Explorable output tends to require contrived compositions Small, low-res screen Focus slow in Creative mode Cross-hatch banding visible in high ISO images No control over white balance can leave unpleasant tint under...

The Lytro LFC is unlike any consumer camera we've ever seen before - it captures fundamentally different information and produces output unlike any conventional model. Lytro must be commended for having made something so comparatively consumer-ready...

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...

Capable of amazing effects ; Much higher resolution than first Lytro ; Offers good control

Slow software processing ; Very expensive ; Resulting images remain low-res

The third, but perhaps least interesting, results you can produce are stereoscopic 3D JPS files.

Huge fun to use ; Produces unique 'living images' ; Intuitive controls

Expensive ; Rather awkward handling ; Small image size

It's great fun producing images that can be refocused, but there's a high cost 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.

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

By no means an essential purchase, but proof that light field cameras can be viable consumer products

The LYTRO ILLUM “light field” camera is a unique imaging platform that is driven by software that enables a selection of the depth of field of an image after exposure is made, ranging from what would be achieved by using f/1 to f/16 during exposure....