The L16 captures light through many small apertures and uses folded optics technology to bounce light off angled periscopic reflex mirrors and through slim, horizontally positioned lens barrels before reaching an optical sensor.
The result is a camera capable of taking DSLR quality photos that can fit in the palm of your hand.
The Story of Light, the company website.
Imagine a compact camera that uses multiple lens systems to shoot photos at the same time, then computationally fuses them into a DSLR-quality image...
I can't imagine that ... I'm an artist, not an engineer however I am incredibly curious about this new camera that can fit into the palm of my hand. You see, I don't take my much-loved Canon 5D, MkII every place I go because it's heavy and bulky. I dislike admitting this but yes, sometimes in my beautiful Italian life, my camera is left at home ...
Packing my camera gear has to be more about a work gig or a planned wander. I was just out today, that New Zealander living in Italy, and I came home as excited as a child about the images I had found.
Spring has arrived, it's sunny and warm, the light is divine ... and I had nothing else I had to be doing. It's Sunday. So here I am, sitting at a wooden table, on the terrace of the ancient palazzo I call home, blogging ... it's not a bad life.
So you see it, I love my Canon. We're doing okay but when the time comes, I admit to being both curious and excited about trying this new technology ... I love the story of it. I can really relate, although I'm not using a cellphone. I'm just waiting, for the right camera ...
As for the fun my Canon and I have ...I have this thing about reflections. Puddles, ports, glass ... anything that offers me a reflection of something beautiful.
Where ever I have lived in the world, I've always tried to see what I photograph in a 'new way'. In this exquisite ancient Italian city ... a city with the largest intact medieval centre in Europe, my intention has been to capture it in a way that makes people curious to experience more.
I was quietly pleased with this image of the city reflected in an unexpected place. Painters have mistaken it for a painting - every single time. And the Genovese seem to approve too.
And me ... well, I love it because it's all about light, and about luck. Luck because the reflections aren't always there.
Mmmhmmm, I wonder how the L16 and I would see the city ...
