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The Lytro Enables a Hidden Feature with a Recent Firmware Update

Chris Gampat
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06/20/2013
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Last Updated on 06/20/2013 by Chris Gampat

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If you purchased a camera and there was a secret, hidden feature that you didn’t have access to, how pissed off would you be? It’s been happening a lot. Canon’s 5D series of cameras had a Cine DNG RAW output that was unlocked by the guys at Magic Lantern, and their 50D camera has a hidden microphone perhaps for video as well. There have also been reports that focus peaking could be in the Olympus OMD EM5.

But this time around, the hidden feature comes from a company that is much smallerL Lytro. With the announcement of a recent firmware update, the camera enabled a hidden feature. The Lytro cameras had wifi for a while, and now it is being paired with a special iOS app. It allows you to wirelessly transfer your images to your device and play with them there. According to Gizmodo, the app also creates GIFs that shift the focusing perspective throughout. Think of it as focusing your lens back and forth really quickly.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.