The Frankencamera

The Frankencamera aptly named because in my eyes it is big and it is ugly but it is still a prototype at the moment. Hopefully it will become smaller and more elegant in due time.At present it is made from recycled parts. The professor (Marc Levoy) behind the prototype says one day it may change the way we take pictures. The Frankencamera has been programmed to take 2 rapid shots if a frame has both dark and light parts. One shot exposes correctly for the dark the other shot for the light, the programme then merges the 2 frames together taking the best exposure from each shot, hence a correctly exposed image for both light and dark areas.
Imagine if the camera could do the same with focus, take 3 shots focusing on different things in each frame then merging them into one crystal clear image. Oh the mind boggles.