monochrome The Value of Monochrome Monochrome. The word calls to mind luminous black and white images like the classic photographs of Ansel Adams and Henri Cartier-Bresson, but monochrome is also a powerful option in Light multi-camera arrays, delivering stunning images in color as well as black and white.
astronomy Photographing a Black Hole: What does it take to capture darkness? On Wednesday, astronomers shocked the world by revealing the first-ever image of a black hole. To understand the magnitude of this feat, let’s first give a little perspective: the
Smartphones Mobile World: Light Technology in More Platforms Light technology is all about capturing more information about any scene to empower the imaging products of the future. We are taking great leaps toward our goal of Light helping
MWC Lighting up 2019: Building the Future of Computational Imaging Our vision has always been to revolutionize the world of imaging -- to change how we capture and use images, collect more pixel data, and make camera arrays smaller but
New creative options with on-device depth editing and video We know it’s been a little while since we made a big update to the L16 and Lumen (we don’t count the Mojave update). We are excited to
news Light Welcomes SoftBank and Leica to the Family Light raises $121 million from SoftBank Vision Fund and Leica Camera AG Light, the leader in advanced computational imaging, today announced a Series D funding round of $121 million, led
A More Powerful Tool for Low Light Photographers We’ve made incremental improvements to the L16’s low light performance over the past six months, but none have shown as great of a difference as this latest software
The Next Phase of the Light L16: More Control, More Freedom, More Creativity The driving force behind our latest software update was you, the L16 photographers dedicated to making this camera better. We spent the past few months listening to our community, learning
Light and Sidewalk Bring You The Best Spots for Photographing the Golden Gate Bridge Bay Area symbol. Engineering wonder. The Golden Gate Bridge is easily the most photogenic structure in San Francisco. To our resident photographer, Brian Fulda, capturing the bridge is a rite
L16-update Light EU Is Open For Business Today, we’re opening Light EU. This is a big moment—not just for the company, but for the whole photography world. We’ve pushed beyond the limits of the
L16-update Refining the L16 For those of us who’ve spent years developing the Light L16, the past few months have been a roller coaster. We watched a growing community of photographers and visual
Introducing the Depth Collective: A New Light Initiative for Photojournalists Captured by Brian Frank. Anyone can take a picture, but not everyone can capture one that matters. As a company of photographers, we believe in the power of photojournalism. This
The Art of Freezing a Fast-Moving Subject One of the earlier features we shipped with the Light L16 was our burst mode, which lets photographers take three or six shots in quick succession. This mode is perfect
Introducing Dynamic Autofocus This January, we focused most of our engineering efforts on improving the experience of autofocus. Not only did we make AF faster and more reactive, we also made this crucial
Ask Us Anything: Join Light for a live Facebook Q&A You ask. We answer. Today, we’re gathering Light executives in our Palo Alto headquarters for a live Facebook Q&A session. We’ll cover everything from the state
We improved the quality of your L16 images—again As you know well by now, our engineers are constantly refining and tuning the Light L16’s proprietary algorithms—what are essentially our camera’s secret sauce. In our most
The Light L16 in the Wild It’s been a few months since we examined the state of the Light L16. When we published our “First Look at the Light L16,” the camera was still in
Give the gift of Light this holiday season Everyone deserves a little light this holiday season. We’re giving you the chance to get yours by Christmas. When you order a Light L16 camera this week, we’ll
Introducing a Completely New Lumen Even before we started shipping the Light L16, we knew there would be several areas of our product that would need special attention in the following months. One such area,
An Update on Low-Light Performance Back in August, when we published our self-review of the L16, we were open about the parts of the L16 experience that still needed some work—and work is exactly
Putting the Light L16 to the Test Though we’ve made great strides in the past few months, it’s hard to know exactly how the L16 stacks up against other cameras without seeing it for ourselves.
The Light L16 is Now Open for New Reservations "It's part ultimate travel camera, part spy gear." -*The Wall Street Journal* Nearly four years ago, we set out on a mission to rethink the camera. We wanted to
Light and Utomic Join Forces to Bring You the Ultimate L16 Protection We are thrilled to announce that we’ve teamed up with Utomic to provide photographers with a radical new shock-resistant safeguard for the Light L16 camera. For years, Utomic has
Your L16 Images Just Got Sharper. Can You See The Difference? The beauty of our technology is that it keeps getting better over time. Unlike DSLR cameras, the L16 operates on a complex software platform. Different algorithms control specific functions of
A First Look at the L16 Camera—From the People Who Built It It has been 47 days since we started shipping the L16 to pre-order customers. A lot has happened in that time. We received tons of valuable feedback. And we learned
