Current Event for 5th week

Future photographers may adjust focus during post processing: This year at Nvidia's gpu technology conference, Adobe demonstrated how photographers will soon be able to adjust the focus of their photos after taking the photo. 100s or thousands of Plenoptic lenses are used to take the photo so that it could be altered in the special software. From what I understand, the special lenses take in the picture at slightly different perspectives so that virtually all the information possible that is in front of the camera can be recorded. The image that is produced from all those lenses looks a lot like what a fly would see, and the computer software allows you to focus through all the different perspectives to allow you to choose how exactly you want your photo to look. I kind of think it is a little ridiculous to go though so much trouble (and probably money too) just to fix something that would be so easy to fix while in the field. Yes, it is a terrible feeling to see a great picture be unusable because of a soft focus but I really believe that is fundamental to being a photographer. It is something that everyone must deal with and work at. I think it is a little unreasonable to buy a million lenses and waste a lot of money on something that could be fixed by simply practicing and shooting more.

http://www.petapixel.com/2010/09/23/future-photographers-may-adjust-focus-during-post-processing/