Sorry, make that 296x296, since their implementation uses that number
of microlenses, and their uv space is 14x14 or so. Still low res, but
I'd love to have one to play with!

j

On 11/22/05, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/22/05, Mark Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > however, it does appear that you can't get something for nothing.  I think
> > that the tradeoff here is controllable depth of field for reduced absolute
> > resolution of the final image (compared to using the same sensor without the
> > microlens array).
>
> That's right. I was at the presentation of this paper during SIGGRAPH
> in August. They use a 16MP sensor, but the refocussable images are
> 256x256 (because they have a 16x16 uv space--those squares you see in
> the images in this page:
> http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/fourierphoto/
>
> So, it is a great development and implementation, but don't expect it
> in the next Pentax until sensors of at least another order of
> magnitude as the current ones are common.
>
> j
>
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