Tag Archives: Do it Yourself

Jun 04

DIY Next Generation: Custom 3D-printed 49 mm Lytro Filter Adapter

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DIY Next Generation: Custom 3D-printed 49 mm Lytro Filter Adapter (photo: Perry-Myworld) We’ve seen quite a few filter adapters for the Lytro LightField Camera before, but Perry’s solution takes the “Do it Yourself” spirit one step further:
Perry used a high resolution 3D printer (Objet24, 28 µm layer thickness) to print a custom filter holder for his Lytro camera:

My goal here is to create a filter holder for my 49mm filters. After printing today and testing, it holds my +2 and +4 close-up filters very well. No slippage, no hint that anything would fall off. (The macro filters provide little benefit except being able to close focus and the Lytro’s longest focal length, down to 5 1/2″ at 51.4mm.)

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Jan 28

LightField Software to Process your DIY LightField pictures (Part 1)

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So you’ve built your own LightField Camera? Taken your first LightField pictures? What’s next?
The next step is finding software that will allow you to process the captured LightField information. There are countless factors in which LightField setups can differ, so unfortunately processing your pictures is not just a matter of click and refocus. There is some software available, though, that will help you work with your very own LightField photographs.

Part one of our feature on “LightField Software” will focus (pun intended) on tools made public by the Stanford Computer Graphics Lab.

LFDisplay – Real-Time LightField Viewer

LFDisplay - Real-Time LightField Viewer Originally developed for , LFDisplay will also work with LightField pictures taken with other setups (including a DIY LightField camera). The Open-Source tool for Mac and Windows provides the following LightField features…

  • software refocus: two refocus sliders (coarse and fine) for adjustment along the virtual z-axis
  • synthetic aperture controls: pinhole, full and custom aperture
  • virtual [tag]3D tilting via click & drag

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Jan 05

Homemade Lytro Modifications and Accessories: DIY Ring Light, DIY Filter Adapter and a LightField Microscope

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Homemade Lytro Modifications and Accessories: DIY Ring Light, DIY Filter Adapter and a LightField Microscope (photo: Peter Lee) Lytro’s LightField Camera is the first consumer product of an entirely new category of camera, so it’s no wonder that technology enthusiasts are attracted by its new features. It is that same tech-excited target audience that likes to play around with things to see what they can use them for.
In this article, we’ll show you some interesting DIY inventions and modifications for the Lytro camera, that we’ve recently come across:

First up is Twitter user @jgeorge, who has created his own Lytro LED ring light, using a 4 $ LED flashlight and some breadboard:

DIY: Homemade Lytro Ring Light by jgeorge DIY: Homemade Lytro Ring Light by jgeorge in use DIY: Homemade Lytro Ring Light by jgeorge in use

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