I saw this also and thought it was interesting. I'm not really clear on whether they are using a sensor with a Bayer array (one "pinhole" per every 4 photosites), or what. I would think that the mini-image circles would need to overlap with one another, if they are going to cover the corners of that 4-photosite square.
The other thing that I don't get with this flat cam is what focal length it operates at. As anybody who has ever looked at pinhole knows, pinhole cameras still have a focal length and an image format. That focal length is determined by how far away from the film (or paper) the pinhole is located. To get adequate image circle, most pinholes are wide angle devices. I would think that this flat camera would have to be an extremely wide angle focal length, and then stitching those images together using software. On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:11 AM, Sandy Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically a sensor plus a sheet of plastic with many pinholes. Just a > research project now, but perhaps on with potential > http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/02/15/466272218/bulky-cameras-meet-the-lens-less-flatcam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
