Basically, with a regular camera, you have to take time or allow the camera to focus before you take the shot. Ren Ng basicallycamerafocus Change image and share on social
On the personal side, I was rock climbing and taking pictures with my friends. We took all sorts of portrait and action pictures, and I was thinking at the time that these are inherently difficult to focus correctly. Ren Ng actionclimbcorrectly share on social
The merging of science and art is at the core of what we do. Ren Ng artcoremerge Change image and share on social
It's very difficult to take candid portraits of children because they're moving around all the time. Ren Ng candidchilddifficult Change image and share on social
I loved photography but was frustrated by the limitations of cameras. When trying to take a picture of a friend's young, active daughter using my DSLR, it was impossible to capture the fleeting moments. Ren Ng activecameracapture share on social
The megapixel war in conventional cameras has been a total myth. It's taking us all in the wrong direction. Once a picture goes online, you're throwing away 95 to 98 percent of those pixels. Ren Ng cameraconventionaldirection Change image and share on social
If you think about all the light that enters - that enters the lens of a camera, that's much more than a photo. The light field is all the higher-dimensional information that's lost in a regular photo. When we record all this information, that provides us the opportunity in software after the fact. Ren Ng cameradimensionalenter share on social
There's something about light field photography that's just magical. Ren Ng fieldlightmagical Change image and share on social
With light field technology, there is a huge opportunity for creativity in photography that hasn't been available in the past. Ren Ng creativityfieldhuge Change image and share on social
Mark Horowitz and I built it onto an optical bench in the lab. We spent and eight-hour span putting this optical light path together. Ren Ng benchbuildhorowitz Change image and share on social