I really liked the idea of this but i think it was well ahead of it's time. Better processors in phones now combined with better ai/computational photography abilities, alongside newer, better quality and slightly larger sensors.
i noticed that in the b-roll, the camera appears to be running the not-latest firmware, which in my experience with a new camera works fine and none of the bugs and improved image quality somewhat… a lot of other people in the L16 discord have experienced DoA units like your first one, though.
Oh god, the design tickles my "eww..." part of my brain. Maybe if they arranged it better, the sales would be better. Anyway, this phone is the archetype of "future" phone that has bizarre number of lens.
bad software and unreplaceable batteries ruining potentially usable hardware???? they really were ahead of their time 😂😂😭😭 or they just hired the same kind of people who made those decisions for every other tech company on the planet
I remember when they demoed this. I not impressed; it's a nonsense product. A device that only merges a bunch of photos from different points of view to create a high-resolution image is a waste of money. Who needs a 16-in-1 camera? Just create a full-frame or medium format camera with higher megapixels. It's not worth $2000
A friend paid 2K for that brand new back in 2018 which was the same cost of the Sony A73 at the time. I ridiculed him at the time about it. He used it for a year then put it in a box and went back to his D7100. Total regret. I think they retail for $200 on amazon now. apparently, one of the biggest issues was all the separate cameras did not appropriately stitch up the images so you had overlapping layers and lines that did not align. honestly, I thought this would be the future for cell phone technology, but I guess not. It’s all dead now.
I literally said "What the F*** is that?!" at the same time as your sound byte! hahaha. I don't suppose an OS reinstall would help it? Would like to see you get at least 1 picture out of it. Don't give up yet this is a quest!
Are you sure this isn't a government phone? It sounds like the $7.5 billion program approved in 2021 to build and install EV chargers in the US. I think there are 6 installed (3 of which are broken).
when I saw the short I thought this would be a two year old video with how much coverage this camera already had, so I really don't understand why one would even make another video if you can't even get a working model... still played the entire video though cause I ain't wanna tank the watchtime
It's also what inspired the Nokia 9 Pureview. Although the concept is similar to the Google's and ultimately smartphone industry's RAW stacking technology, it's still pretty cool had the concept been properly done in at least 3 years. But Nokia is dead. HMD doesn't want to deal with them anymore.
the raw file is a proprietary one, that you have to use its own software to develop ;) you can find the software and sample raws online if you want to play with it ;)
In the time it took Light to get to market, Huawei beat them to releasing the first multicamera computational photography device with the P9 (2016), whose pictures were stitched together from twinned dual main cameras. By the time the Light 16 Project had folded and Light licensed out its computational tech to Nokia for the 9 Pureview, Huawei had triple camera systems doing blended output. Granted, they weren't quite DSLR quality, but they were close before Trump sanctioned them back to the stone age
they did a collab with HMD Global and released a Nokia android phone with the same tech - which also failed I have one - it takes really good photos but is not reliable.
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I agree lol 😅😅
Biblically accurate camera
This is an underrated comment.
I'm not going to bother commenting. This was the best.
crazy how two different channels reviewed this of all cameras within two days of each other
what was the other channel
This camera has peak "at this rate phones in 2050 will have seventeen lenses lol" energy but even worse
Like same with the iPhone getting taller jokes after the iPhone 5. But in this case, people took the camera joke seriously 💀
Anything that advertised as a replacement of something flops miserable.
I really liked the idea of this but i think it was well ahead of it's time. Better processors in phones now combined with better ai/computational photography abilities, alongside newer, better quality and slightly larger sensors.
Looks like spider eyes
i noticed that in the b-roll, the camera appears to be running the not-latest firmware, which in my experience with a new camera works fine and none of the bugs and improved image quality somewhat… a lot of other people in the L16 discord have experienced DoA units like your first one, though.
yeah mine works just fine, even run instagram on it too ;)
Oh god, the design tickles my "eww..." part of my brain. Maybe if they arranged it better, the sales would be better. Anyway, this phone is the archetype of "future" phone that has bizarre number of lens.
Seriously. F this camera.
bad software and unreplaceable batteries ruining potentially usable hardware????
they really were ahead of their time 😂😂😭😭 or they just hired the same kind of people who made those decisions for every other tech company on the planet
It was ambitious, I'll give em that much. But absolutely riddled with issues 😅
I remember when they demoed this. I not impressed; it's a nonsense product. A device that only merges a bunch of photos from different points of view to create a high-resolution image is a waste of money. Who needs a 16-in-1 camera? Just create a full-frame or medium format camera with higher megapixels. It's not worth $2000
Love the new colors for the background!
Thanks! ☺️
Hi Tom, it was nice running into you on the trail testing this camera. Thanks for all the great content!
This one is a modern art
I remember the fundraiser for that thing. Happily it was way out my price range.
A friend paid 2K for that brand new back in 2018 which was the same cost of the Sony A73 at the time. I ridiculed him at the time about it. He used it for a year then put it in a box and went back to his D7100. Total regret. I think they retail for $200 on amazon now.
apparently, one of the biggest issues was all the separate cameras did not appropriately stitch up the images so you had overlapping layers and lines that did not align.
honestly, I thought this would be the future for cell phone technology, but I guess not. It’s all dead now.
I remember this one back when it was announced, I was super hyped about it, then they silently killed it.
basically the iphone 47
I literally said "What the F*** is that?!" at the same time as your sound byte! hahaha. I don't suppose an OS reinstall would help it? Would like to see you get at least 1 picture out of it. Don't give up yet this is a quest!
Computational images but RAW files? That's the exact opposite
Are you sure this isn't a government phone? It sounds like the $7.5 billion program approved in 2021 to build and install EV chargers in the US. I think there are 6 installed (3 of which are broken).
never invest into something that "replaces" something actually good, or a device that has to fake what a real camera does
The Light went out for this, ... this thing!
when I saw the short I thought this would be a two year old video with how much coverage this camera already had, so I really don't understand why one would even make another video if you can't even get a working model... still played the entire video though cause I ain't wanna tank the watchtime
It's also what inspired the Nokia 9 Pureview. Although the concept is similar to the Google's and ultimately smartphone industry's RAW stacking technology, it's still pretty cool had the concept been properly done in at least 3 years. But Nokia is dead. HMD doesn't want to deal with them anymore.
Can you share those RAW files? Would like to see whats in them and whether it is recoverable
the raw file is a proprietary one, that you have to use its own software to develop ;) you can find the software and sample raws online if you want to play with it ;)
In the time it took Light to get to market, Huawei beat them to releasing the first multicamera computational photography device with the P9 (2016), whose pictures were stitched together from twinned dual main cameras.
By the time the Light 16 Project had folded and Light licensed out its computational tech to Nokia for the 9 Pureview, Huawei had triple camera systems doing blended output. Granted, they weren't quite DSLR quality, but they were close before Trump sanctioned them back to the stone age
I remember this phone full of bullet holes.. never arrived here in the Philippines! i've seen that in the news few years ago..huge fail tho!!
Still expensive for what it is to day on ebay, and yet worth nothing also. Cool cocept gadget.
That's an interesting piece of hardware
LOL the intro man.
they did a collab with HMD Global and released a Nokia android phone with the same tech - which also failed I have one - it takes really good photos but is not reliable.
This still isn't a bad idea in general
mine works just fine, its an alright camera, i bought a copy cause i was intrigued the day it was announced and you can own one for cheap now ;)
Dude my s23ultra can frow out 50mp hdr raw files and has a 230mm optical zoom
can you try fujifilm xm5
I'm gonna have that camera cuz I think my life will be way more interesting and like a disaster. Perfect camera for torture
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So why 65 million, i just didn't get.... ;)
It had $65million worth of investment behind its development. I mentioned this right at the start.
@TomCalton I must have missed that. Thanks.
Holy poop Batman, this is really a piece of garbage 😮
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