I'm interested in the technical aspects too. The Lytro website and Engadget article have very little detailed information. Plenoptic cameras aren't a new idea...so why don't Canon and Nikon have products in this category? As mentioned by others, the camera has an effective resolution of about 5MP, but I suspect there are other limitations. This seems like it might be a Foveon situation; cool, promising technology. I'm not sure why everyone here expects it to be ready now for adoption. It might be a bad business move to mislead people at this point with what is really a niche product.