Lytro Illum – More Details on the Technical Specifications
Emerge the full specifications of the Lytro Illum, which can be compared to the superzoom / bridge Sony RX10, in specific, size and price. A few weeks after the official presentation of the new Lytro Illum, the company has released a more accurate and detailed data sheet with the specifications of the new camera, which allows us to make a new account on the next generation of devices Lytro.
The size of the camera will undoubtedly be generous: 86mm x 145 mm x 166 mm of space, with a weight of 940 grams, almost a kilogram of body weight for a device with magnesium and aluminum, which was already quite voluminous.
Interesting specifications of the sensor: it is a CMOS sensor 1/1.2 inch diagonal, with a maximum resolution to 7728 x 5368, about 41 MP (or Megarays, as they are called by Lytro), but a real output exported by only 4 MP.
In this sensor is combined with a lens with focal length 9.5 – 77.8 mm, which with the multiplication factor 3:19 becomes equivalent to a 30-250 mm in the 35mm format, with a constant aperture and f/2.0 Macro 1:3 ratio.
The first is related to the objective, which is fixed to the machine body and, although rather cumbersome, has a fixed aperture f/2.0, necessary to let enough light to precisely capture the entire ” light field “. The LCD touch screen is tilted back down because Illum does not have a minimum, so the company has found a compromise: those who usually take a picture using only one screen tends to hold the camera below eye level, and that’s why Lytro has decided to adopt such a solution.
Among other interesting features have a shutter speed up to 1/4000 of a second, continuous shooting, self-timer; between shooting modes are available Program, ISO Priority, Shutter Priority and Manual. Absent the Aperture Priority, perhaps because they are not useful due to the presence of refocus.
It features the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, which although it is not specified, and a swivel screen with 4-inch display and 480 x 800 resolution and USB 3.0. As always, you will need the native software (OS X or Windows) of Lytro to process and interact with the photographs.
The specifications (and also the size and price) of Lytro Illum are comparable to those of the Sony RX10, with a larger sensor (one inch) diagonal but a zoom lens less fast (f/2.8); it is therefore, likely that the Illum superzoom camera can be a good all-rounder, able to achieve results of some importance in the fuzzy and discrete quality Macros.
Better not to have any illusions though: the sensor is still of small size, and it will be impossible to get to level two-dimensional images similar to those of a camera with a larger sensor, especially considering the export only 4 MP.
Equipped with a 8X optical zoom (30-250mm) high speed, Illum Lytro has a shutter 1/4000, and a new sensor can capture as many as 40 million light rays (the megapixels are not known) compared to original 11 million in the first Lytro camera.
For the occasion, the company has developed a processing software (Desktop) that, working with many well-known products such as Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom allows photographers to refocus photographs after they have been captured, to generate three-dimensional images (3D), of adjust the depth of field and create changes of inclination. As a result, photographers can export images in traditional formats, or thanks to WebGL, publish them online and even manipulate them at a later time.
Equipped with the support of Wi-Fi connectivity for online sharing of images, Illum Lytro has an SD card slot, a USB 3.0 port and is adaptable to any standard flash. To fuel it is one of the best-performing mobile chipset markets, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. Dedicated to the most creative, Lytro Illum has unique capabilities that will attract especially those working in the field of imaging, but also to the curious amateur.
