Abstract
The San Francisco Section kicked off the fall season with a fascinating presentation by Jon Karafin of Lytro. Karafin discussed light-field cinematography and its future in filmmaking. Moving away from capturing a single point of view for light rays, the Lytro camera captures the entire light field, processing many millions of data points per “frame.” This wealth of data opens the door to many more creative effects in post-production, potentially making it much easier for the director, editor, and production designer to adjust, modify, enhance, or clean up the shots after the shoot, avoiding expensive reshoots. Although the camera is still in development, Karafin shared some clips that demonstrated the ability of the process to composite a final shot, even when the raw material was in a very rough state. Furthermore, because the camera captures data at a very high rate, he demonstrated that it was possible to easily and seamlessly adjust the frame rate during a shot to ramp up or down the displayed image speed, adjustable throughout the shot with minimal image degradation.
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