There was a blurb on this on the Discovery Channel (here in Canada) about a
week ago - it sounds interesting.

ON the storage requirements note - I recently ordered a Nikon D200 to
replace my D100. While the dealer was unable to cut me the usual deal on the
camera, he is going to do something for me on memory - as he said, "you'll
need it" I'm particularly looking forward to using Aperture with it.

Has anyone used the Cambo (I think) large format specifically designed to
work with a digital  35mm (have I got that right?) - any comments about
that?

Cheers
Chris

On 11.23.05 8:29 AM, in article Y8_gf.878$fO5.91@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com,

Depth of field miracles have been around since the
creation of the first convex lens and so seem
to have much in common with the trisection of the angle.

Oh, well.  A realized, and seeming for real, technique:

http://www.cdm-optics.com/site/

I posted info on CDM's wavefront technique a while
ago and it got the "been there, seen it, won't work"
response from someone who couldn't&|wouldn't&|didn't
read&|understand the article.  So I should keep my yap
shut about Ng's work: "Best stay mute and be reckoned
a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

CDM's name for the technology 'Wavefront Techniques' is a bit
over the top -- _All_ optics use 'wavefront techniques'.
What is next: "TransPanoInter Imaging has harnessed the
power of Photons traveling at the speed of light to..."

However depth-of-field is accomplished, I agree with Todd
that digital has a lot of tricks up its sleeve and
it may come to Tri-X == Daguerreotype plate.

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<< However I want my Photoshop plug-in for these features NOW!. <<

You seem to have missed the statement in the article "The mini lenses
measure all the rays of incoming light and their directions of origin.
The software later adds up the rays, according to how the picture is
being refocused."

The problem with digital sensors today being able to cope with the
tilts possible with large format cameras, where the plane of focus is
altered so more of the subject falls parallel to the plane of focus, is
the same problem that affects superwide angle lensee on larger
sensor...angle the light hits the sensor relatively.  So the invention
fixes that problem by the microlenses that correct the angle of
incidence of the light rays.  It isn't merely software!

That camera has an effective resolution of 90,000 pixels (0.09MP).
Before they are able to increase it to whatever is the equivalent
resolution of large format (hundreds of MP?) it will be a while. I
think that more advanced autofocus systems will make this invention
unprofitable long before that.

Don't they have perspective control software now?