It's definitely expensive, and it has been slow to iterate. But the nasty-looking fake bokeh produced by Google's app doesn't even make conventional large sensor cameras obsolete. This thing is actually pretty impressive and lets you do stuff you cannot do with any other camera.
>> But the nasty-looking fake bokeh produced by Google's app doesn't even make conventional large sensor cameras obsolete.
The thing is, the fake bokeh is nasty looking to people who know how to judge bokeh, which is a fairly small portion of camera phone users. To most of them, it's probably good enough for what they are trying to accomplish. And in that regard, while it won't make a conventional large sensor camera obsolete, it'll still have enough people saying "my smartphone can do that, why would I bother buying a big camera that doesn't fit in my pocket?"
>> This thing is actually pretty impressive and lets you do stuff you cannot do with any other camera.
I agree with this, but I often wonder if the Lytro is a solution looking for a problem.
