>>2709997>is there any photography review of Lytro Illum?I'll give you one off the top of my head.
Handling is kind of shitty. The body is all neat and futuristic looking, but ignores the fact that there's a reason pretty much every DSLR looks like it does. It's uncomfortable to hold one-handed, but not too bad if your other hand is on the lens. There's a grip, but it's not molded, and there's also no molding on the rear for your thumb. My Canon (and especially Nikon) DSLRs feel like they're making sweet love to my hand when I hold them. This feels more like a sweaty dry-hump.
You've got two control wheels, but the lens is fixed aperture of f/2, so they're gonna be Shutter & ISO (or EV comp) rather than Shutter & Aperture.
Buttons on the camera:
a. Shutter (obvious)
b. Power (obvious)
c. Depth-assist button (changes the display so it shows visually where the zones of focus are. Really useful to get the most out of the camera, although it doesn't work worth a damn in low light because the sensor noise applies to the light field sensing just as with the RGB sensing)
d. Autofocus
e. Autoexposure lock
f. Infinity (basically, try to focus for the maximum refocusable range)
g. Fn. (set to playback by default)
The last four are in a little block on the back about where your thumb sits. One great feature is that they can all be remapped to whatever function you want.
Other than the external buttons, most interaction (e.g., during playback, manipulating settings, etc) is done with the touch screen. It's a beautiful screen, and it flips up (not enough for selfies, but enough that you can use it at waist height or a little bit above your head pretty easily). No optical viewfinder, so the LCD is also your viewfinder. When you press the depth assist button, everything gets ridged with either Orange or Blue depending on where in the focus field it lies.
