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Apple Patents A Camera With Refocus Abilities

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11/26/2013
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Last Updated on 11/26/2013 by Chris Gampat

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Years ago, Apple made a camera: and it failed. As a result, they stepped out of the digital camera industry and would only really get back into it with the upgrades to the camera in their iPhone line of products. From that, manufacturers created lots of accessories for iPhoneographers everywhere.

But now, it seems like Apple has more of an interest in the camera industry–at least that’s what this patent is showing. According to the graphic, the company is interested in a camera that is almost like the Lytro: meaning that it has light fields and allows the user to refocus the image after it has been shot. Though Light Field cameras have been around for years, Lytro was the first company to commodify and develop it for the everyday consumer.

If something like this ever comes to life and it has the appropriate marketing, just think about what it could mean. The entire web might need to adapt as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr and more would need to adjust algorithms. In fact, it might even be part of the next major iteration of HTML.

Via the Verge

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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.