Lytro Illum User manual
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LYTRO ILLUM is a light field camera and software
latform designed to redefine the wa we ortra the
world arond s arnessing the fll ower of the light
field the LYTRO ILLUM gies hotograhers a nie
wa of catring isal eeriences not as a static
crosssection of realit t an interactie window into
their world throgh Light ield hotograh
Unlie a conentional digital camera the LYTRO ILLUM catres the light field which incldes the direction of light Most
recentl light field cameras lied onl in academic las ia a roomfl of cameras tethered to a ser comter Ltros
scientists and engineers hae otimied this technolog so that the ower of the light field can fit right in or hands
atring this fndamentall new data gies consmers nrecedented caailities inclding the ailit to focs change
the ersectie change the aertre and iew in all after a ictre is taen hotograhers sing the LYTRO ILLUM
hae new creatie oortnities to tell stories and catre moments deliering Liing ictres to friends famil and
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This User Manal is a technical reference for sing the LYTRO ILLUM It elains how to oerate the camera and the
ehaior of each of the modes settings and ttons
or man hotograhers getting the most ot of a light field camera ma reire additional edcation and thoght on
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efore sing the camera for the first time charge the lithimion atter lace the atter into the inclded ic charger
and lg the charger into a standard or ""olt (+ electrical otlet hen taing the atter ot of the o it
ma e artiall charged- a fll discharged atter ma tae for hors or more to charge comletel
ring charging the L. on the charger will illminate hen charging is comlete the L. will trn off * lining L.
indicates a ower or connection rolem sch as the atter not eing inserted roerl
The atter comartment is on the nderside of the camera old the camera side down and slide the thmlatch to
one side to oen the door Insert the charged atter hold the door fll closed and slide the latch ac to the loced
osition
To reare camera for se with a stra install the inclded stra anchors Insert an anchor into the stra oint on the to
of the camera eside the ower tton Trn it , degrees to osition it Then lace one of the inclded collars oer the
stra anchor and ress down ntil it snas into lace Reeat theses stes for the stra oint on the side of the camera
elow the ort coer
Once stra anchors are installed attach the stra sing the slitrings
Oen the ort coer and insert a or ' card into the card slot or the first time se of the camera
" of free sace is reired on the card This free sace is reired for the airing data !see Transferring the
airing data in this section# lose the ort coer
The first time the camera is trned on there is a wal throgh to set the camera where o select the langage for
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the camera to se select time one set the date and time and transfer the airing data !see net section# The camera
will then gie a er rief oeriew of its most nie controls and featres
*s art of the walthrogh to set the camera airing data is transferred to the card The airing data is reired
the Ltro esto to otimall rocess ictres and will e atomaticall coied off of the card the Ltro
esto the first time ictres are imorted from that card
The airing data reires aroimatel " of free sace on the card o not reformat or delete the contents of the
card ntil the airing data has een transferred to the Ltro esto
The airing data ma e manall transferred at a later time !see Transfer airing ata to ard#
riefl ress the ower tton to trn the camera on To ower off riefl ress the ower tton again
hen the camera is first owered on it will start in atre Mode If theres a comatile card in lace and the
card is not fll the camera is read to catre a Liing ictre omose the shot looing at the lie iew dislaed on
the screen hen read to catre a ictre ress the shtter tton all the wa down and release
To oerate the camera in atre Mode se a comination of hsical controls and onscreen controls
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ower tton when the camera is off a rief ress trns it on- when the camera is on a rief ress trns it off
Ltro tton a halfress dislas deth feedac for the o/ect at the center of the frame- a fllress dislas a lie
deth histogram and deth oerla
htter tton a halfress engages ato eosre loc !*.L#- a fllress releases the shtter
ront dial sets the IO !in IO riorit Mode#- sets htter eed !in htter eed riorit Mode and Manal
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0oom ring ad/sts the focal length of the lens
ocs ring ad/sts the focs of the lens
Rear dial sets the . comensation in rogram IO riorit and htter eed riorit Modes- sets the IO in
Manal Mode
* tton actiates atofocs when ressed
*.L tton locs the eosre at the crrent setting while held down
erfocal tton sets the focs of the lens to the light field herfocal osition !moes the far end of the
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Image iew area dislas the lie iew- sensor cro region is indicated the thin gra frame
eth *ssist ar dislas the refocsale range !indicated the colored ands# for a Liing ictre catred at
the crrent settings
Men ar dislas toch control icons !swie to scroll to additional ages#
Information ar dislas crrent catre settings as well as card and atter stats
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Lie iew area dislas the lie iew of the camera
ensor cro region dislas where the image is croed after catre iewing alications- ortions of the ictre
otside of the sensor cro region are dislaed onl when the ersectie is changed in a iewing alication
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IO indicator dislas the crrent IO- ta to set IO in IO riorit Mode and Manal Mode
htter seed indicator dislas the crrent shtter seed- ta to set seed in htter riorit Mode and Manal
Mode
. comensation indicator dislas the comensation crrentl selected- ta to set comensation !not aailale in
Manal Mode#
.osre mode indicator for rogram I for IO riorit for htter eed riorit M for Manal- relaced a
loc smol when *. is loced
hite alance indicator dislas the crrent white alance setting
ocal length indicator dislas the crrent focal length !(mm eialent#
htter mode indicator dislas for single and for continos shtter setting- relaced selftimer indicator
when selftimer is actiated
hot ffer indicator dislas the nmer of shots remaining in the internal ffer sed for rst catre- when the
indicator reaches ero the maimm continos frame rate is limited the write seed of the card
hots remaining indicator dislas how man additional Liing ictres the card can hold- when no card is
inserted the no card indicator will aear here
ii !iO onnect# indicator isile onl when the camera is enaled as an access oint in ettings iO onnect
atter remaining indicator dislas the atters remaining charge
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laac Mode icon ta to oen laac Mode dislaing the most recent Liing ictre
.osre Mode icon ta to oen the smen for setting the mode- icon changes to reflect the crrent mode
hite alance icon ta to oen the smen for setting the white alance- icon changes to reflect the crrent
setting
ontinos htter icon actiates continos shtter when taedillminated
elfTimer icon ta to actiate the selftimer- ta and hold oens the smen to set the contdown at " or
seconds- icon changes to reflect the crrent setting
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rid Oerla icon ta to actiate grid oerla- ta and hold oens the smen for selecting the stle of oerla-
icon changes to reflect the crrent selection
.osre istogram icon dislas the lie eosre histogram on screen when taedillminated
.osre raceting icon ta to actiate eosre raceting- ta and hold oens onscreen selection ands
which can e swied to set the nmer of shots and the increment in . comensation etween each shot
ettings oens the ettings men !this will relace the lie iew- ta *TUR. or ress the shtter tton halfwa
to close the men and restore the lie iew#
The additional toch controls elow ma e added to the Men ar or details on selecting and reordering the controls
shown in the Men ar see Rearrange Men
ocs raceting icon ta to actiate focs raceting- ta and hold oens onscreen selection ands which can
e swied to set the nmer of shots and the increment in eth tes etween each shot
Otical Offset icon ta to actiate otical offset control !sing the front dial# and disla !at the right edge of the
screen#
Manal ocs icon when taedillminated atofocs is disaled
Lightsot icon ta to owerdown the tochscreen Ta and hold anwhere on the screen to restore ower
ocs Loc icon when taedillminated the focs ring is disaled
0oom Loc icon when taedillminated the oom ring is disaled
ee eth *ssist ar in eth comosition featres
ress the * tton to focs on the o/ect at the center of the screen Ta the screen to focs the lens on an area of the
lie iew !see Taing the screen to focs elow# This will not wor if atofocs is disaled !see Using manal focs#
ocs siml taing the screen in the area to ring into focs This will not wor if atofocs is disaled !see Using
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The Men ar can e hidden from iew swiing it to the right To disla it again swie left from the right edge of the
screen The Information ar can e hidden from iew swiing it down To disla it again swie from the ottom
edge of the screen
The camera offers for eosre modes The first letter of the crrentl selected mode aears in the eosre mode
indicator in the Information ar at the ottom of the screen It is also dislaed and illminated as the eosre mode
icon the first item in the Men ar To select a different mode ta the eosre mode icon The eosre mode
smen will oen to the left dislaing the for mode otions
- rogram Mode the camera sets the IO and the shtter seed ased on metered ale and . comensation
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I- IO riorit Mode manall set the IO and the camera sets the shtter seed ased on metered ale and .
comensation
- htter riorit Mode manall set the shtter seed and the camera sets IO ased on metered ale and .
comensation
M- Manal Mode manall set oth the shtter seed and the IO
Ta on one of the letter otions to set the eosre mode The smen will close and the new selection will now e
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dislaed as the eosre mode icon as well as in the eosre mode indicator in the Information ar If no selection is
made after a few seconds the smen will close
In IO riorit Mode and Manal Mode set the IO taing the IO indicator at the left end of the Information ar *
selection and will oen across the middle of the screen with the crrent IO at the center *ailale IO seeds range
from % to "
wie the and from right to left to increase the IO or from left to right to lower it Ta on an IO isile in the selection
and to go directl to that setting oleta on the selection and retrns to the initial IO setting
a one o! the !our otions in the suenu to set the e&osure ode
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Once the selection has een made ta the screen anwhere otside of the selection and to close the and * half
ress of the shtter tton will also close the selection and * fll ress will close it and tae a ictre
et the IO sing the front dial while in IO riorit Mode or sing the rear dial while in Manal Mode1 *s the dial is
rotated the IO indicator in the Information ar at the ottom of the screen will change to disla the crrent setting
1$ote that the fnctions assigned to the front and rear dials in the arios eosre modes can e changed !see amera
controls# The defalt assignments are referenced here
In htter riorit Mode and Manal Mode set the shtter seed taing the shtter seed indicator in the information
ar at the ottom of the screen * selection and will oen across the middle of the screen with the crrent seed at the
center *ailale shtter seeds range from )th of a second to " seconds
ie the "% seection and to increase or oer the "%
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wie the and from right to left to increase the shtter seed or from left to right to lower it Ta on an seed isile in
the selection and to go directl to that seed oleta on the selection and to the initial shtter seed setting
Once the selection has een made ta the screen anwhere otside of the selection and to close the and * half
ress of the shtter tton will also close the selection and * fll ress will close it and tae a ictre
et the shtter seed sing the front dial while in htter riorit Mode or Manal Mode1 *s the dial is rotated the
shtter seed. comensation indicator in the Information ar at the ottom of the screen will change to disla the
crrent setting
1$ote that the fnctions assigned to the front and rear dials in the arios eosre modes can e changed !see amera
controls# The defalt assignments are referenced here
.osre ale comensation is aailale in all eosre modes ecet Manal Mode et the . comensation
taing the . comensation indicator in the information ar at the ottom of the screen * selection and will oen
across the middle of the screen with the crrent setting at the center The aailale settings range from " to 2"
wie the and from right to left to increase the comensation or from left to right to lower it Ta on an ale isile in
the selection and to go directl to that setting oleta on the selection and to retrn to the initial comensation
setting
Once the selection has een made ta the screen anwhere otside of the selection and to close the and * half
ress of the shtter tton will also close the selection and * fll ress will close it and tae a ictre
a the shutter seed indicator to oen the shutter seed seection and
ie the shutter seed seection and to increase or oer the seed
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et the . comensation sing the rear dial while in rogram IO riorit and htter riorit Modes1 *s the dial is
rotated the shtter seed indicator in the Information ar at the ottom of the screen will change to disla the crrent
setting
1$ote that the fnctions assigned to the front and rear dials in the arios eosre modes can e changed !see amera
controls# The defalt assignments are referenced here
To set the white alance ta the hite alance icon in the Men ar * smen will oen to the left dislaing
aailale otions wie on the smen to iew additional otions Ta an otion to change the setting The
smen will close and the new selection will now e dislaed as the hite alance icon as well as in the white
alance indicator in the Information ar If no selection is made after a few seconds the smen will close
a the # coensation indicator to oen the seection and
ie the seection and to set the # coensation
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