Lytro ILLUM Light Field Camera

The Lytro ILLUM Light Field camera comes with a customised 40-megaray light field sensor with micro-lens array technology, along with a 8x zoom with 30-250mm focal length and bright f/2.0 aperture to give you the power to harness the entire light field - capturing the direction, colour and brightness of every ray of light within the frame. The ILLUM is a light field camera and software platform ...

Camera Software & Desktop Software Updates - July 2015

The free updates for the camera software (Update ILLUM 2.0) and desktop software (Update 4.3) are available to download here.

The firmware update on both the camera and desktop is extremely significant and it will make the camera perform tasks in a much better way.

Key Features:

• Sensor: Light field sensor based on CMOS technology
• Light Field Resolution: 40 Megaray
• Sensor Format: 1/1.2"
• Crop factor: 3.19
• Lens: 8x zoom with constant f/2.0 aperture
• Focal Length: 9.5-77.8 mm (30-250 mm equivalent)
• Continuous Drive: 3 fps
• 4" LCD touchscreen
• Fastest Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec
• Longest Shutter Speed: 32 seconds
• Macro: Focus to 0 mm from lens front
• Macro Ratio: 1:3
• ISO Range: 80-3200
• Body: Magnesium and Aluminium
• Format: Light Field RAW (.lfr)
• Hot-shoe and 1/4"-20 tripod socket
• File/Picture Storage: SDXC/SDHC memory card slot (SD card not included)
• Cable Shutter Release: Yes (2.5 mm shutter release)

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Intro - Life in a different story.
The invention of photography gave us the power to capture our most beautiful, tragic and thought- provoking moments. But traditional cameras only capture part of a story. What if we could look deeper? What if everything came into focus so we could tell the full story of a moment captured in time? Now, with Lytro ILLUM you can create living pictures that you can interact with and share with anyone.

Sensor - Tell a deeper story.
Lytro ILLUM’S 40 Megaray customised sensor, along with our patented microlens array technology, gives you the power to harness the entire light field - capturing the direction, color and brightness of every ray of light within the frame. Explore focus, perspective and depth of field within a single image and render full-color, living pictures.

Lens - All the power you need in one single lens.
Lytro ILLUM’S 8x optical zoom lens has a constant f/2.0 aperture throughout the 30-250mm range, so you can take pictures from almost anywhere with one lens. These breakthrough optics enable you to shoot from close-focus macro to optical infinity, without ever having to change your lens. And weighing in at just half a pound, you’ll have precise and agile control over any shot.

Connectivity - It’s revolutionary, yet familiar.
Lytro ILLUM is already set up to connect to any peripheral you use for your photography. Lights, flashes, desktop and mobile devices - it’s ready right out of the box to seamlessly integrate into your workflow. Wirelessly connect between your camera and your mobile device to instantly upload and share your pictures from anywhere, anytime. So you can spend more time on important things, like telling a deeper story.

Light Field Engine 2.0 - The power behind the living picture.
Lytro ILLUM’S powerful on-camera software with its tablet-class processing power, doesn’t just change the game, it creates a completely new one. Real-time playback controls allow you to compose, render and refocus every detail of every shot. Instantly. So you can capture the entire story.

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GENERAL

• Product: LYTRO ILLUM
• Dimensions: 3.4" x 5.7" x 6.5" (86mm x 145mm x 166mm)
• Weight: 940 grams / 33.15 oz / 2.07 lbs
• Body: Magnesium and Aluminium
• Grip and lens rings: Silicone

LENS

• Focal Length: 9.5 - 77.8 mm (30 - 250 mm equivalent)
• Crop Factor: 3.19
• Zoom: 8x optical
• Lens Aperture: Constant f/2.0
• Macro: Focus to 0 mm from lens front
• Macro Ratio: 1 : 3

IMAGE SENSOR

• Sensor Type: Light field sensor based on CMOS technology
• Light Field Resolution: 40 Megaray
• Sensor Format: 1/1.2"
• Active Area: 10.82 x 7.52 mm
• ISO Range: 80-3200

PROCESSING

• Processor: Snapdragon 800 processor by QUALCOMM Incorporated

IMAGE

SHUTTER

• Shutter Type: Focal plane
• Fastest Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec
• Longest Shutter Speed: 32 seconds
• Flash Sync Speed: 1/250 sec
• Drive Modes: Single, continuous or self-timer
• Self-Timer: Yes (2 or 10 seconds)
• Continuous Drive: 3 fps

EXPOSURE

• Metering System: Scene Evaluative
• Exposure Histogram: In Live View and Playback
• Exposure Modes: Program, ISO Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual
• Exposure Compensation: Yes
• Exposure Bracketing: Yes
• Exposure Lock: Yes
• Clipping Warning: Yes

FOCUS / AUTOFOCUS

• Auto-focus Modes: Region AF

SCREEN

• Touchscreen: Yes (capacitive multi-touch)
• Screen Type: Back-lit LCD
• Screen Size: 4" LCD rear screen
• Resolution: 480 x 800
• Articulation Mechanism: Dual hinge tilting
• Articulated Angles: -10 to +90
• Angle of View: Up to 80 degrees
• Adjustable Brightness: Yes
• Live View Rendering: Yes

PLAYBACK

• In Camera Picture Review: Yes
• Light Field Playback Function: Refocus

MENUS / INTERFACE

• Programmable Buttons: Yes
• Programmable Dials: Yes
• Customisable Menus: Yes

POWER

• Battery: Removable 3.7 V, 3760 mAH Li-ion
• Battery Charging: Standalone wall charger and USB

EXTERNAL

• Hot-shoe: ISO compatible hot shoe with center pin sync as well as multi-functional accessories
• Tripod Socket: Standard 1/4"-20 UNC threads
• Cable Shutter Release: Yes (2.5 mm shutter release)
• USB: Micro USB 3.0

MISCELLANEOUS

• Technology: Lytro Light Field Sensor and Lytro Light Field Engine 2.0
• Wireless: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac)
• Software: Includes Lytro Desktop for living pictures management, editing, animation authoring, exporting, as well as sharing. Software requires OS X 10.8.5 (or greater) or 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7/8.
• E-Waste: RoHS certified
• Colour: Black
• Model Number: B5-0035 (NA), B5-0036 (EU), B5-0037 (AP)

BOX DIMENSIONS
Approx. 8.07 in x 8.07 in x 8.07 in / 205 mm x 205 mm x 205 mm

INCLUDED
LYTRO ILLUM Camera; battery, battery charger, micro USB 3.0 cable, lens cap, lens hood, 4-stop ND filter, cleaner cloth, strap anchors, strap

About Lytro

Lytro is transforming the camera into a powerful computational photography platform, forever changing the way everyone takes and experiences pictures.

Lytro was founded in 2006 by Executive Chairman Ren Ng, whose Ph.D. research on light field photography won Stanford University’s prize for best thesis in computer science in 2006 as well as the internationally recognised ACM Dissertation award.

In 2012, Lytro released the world’s first consumer Light Field Camera which offers photographic capabilities never before possible, such as focusing a picture after it’s taken, changing the perspective in the picture and creating interactive living pictures that can be endlessly refocused and enjoyed by friends and family online. Lytro was named one of Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2011, was Popular Science's Innovation of the Year, 2011 and took home the Last Gadget Standing Award and Best of Innovations Award for Digital Imaging at CES in 2012.

Based in Mountain View, CA, Lytro is backed by top-tier VCs Andreessen-Horowitz, Greylock Partners and NEA and has attracted a world-class team from companies like Apple, Google, nVidia and a host of successful startups.

Today Lytro cameras are available in the US through premier channels such as Best Buy, B&H, Amazon.com and Target.com and also through international retail partners in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the U.K., Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and Canada.

As the interest and demand for light field technology rapidly grows in the U.S. and around the world, the Lytro product and engineering teams are continuously enhancing the current product and platform, recently announcing the Lytro Mobile app which lets people share and experience light field pictures on-the-go from their camera via iOS devices. Furthermore, the team is busy working on the next generation of Lytro products that will set a whole new standard for quality, performance and user experience in computational photography.