Lytro

So, I can't go to sleep... to much anxiety about my exam.  So, I decided to clear my mind by looking into a new camera that is projected to come out sometime this year:  Lytro's Light Field.  It's intriguing.  You just point and shoot.  It's sensors pick up the intensity and all other sorts of information about the light coming in.  Afterward, you can take the picture and focus it however you want to..  If you want to focus on something in the background or foreground, you just select that area on the picture and you've got an entirely different picture.
My opinion?  I don't have a ton of experience in photography to merit any weighty opinion, but sometimes I sure wish I had that option with some of the pictures I've taken.  I'm just wondering if a point-and-shoot camera can really produce the same quality that SLRs put out?  The most fun in shooting is picking what to focus on and creating the composition that way.  The Light Field seems like it will take big chunk of the art of out photography.  I don't imagine it will be used by professional photographers.
Would I buy one?  Depends on how expensive it is.  They say it will be competitive with other point and shoots cameras.  That must be somewhere between $200 and 300?  It wouldn't be my first choice of camera.  I'd rather buy a new lens for an SLR.  Who knows...  maybe this camera will be as revolutionary as they say.

Check it out for yourself.

Interview with Lytro rep:  http://www.pcworld.com/article/231245/eight_questions_about_lytros_lightfield_camera.html

Lytro's interactive website (you can play with the pictures on their website to see how it will work)
http://www.lytro.com/

Rainey Engagements

Awesome couple... awesome, awesome.  Gonna miss having these two around.  They were great guinea pigs for me.