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Don't you hate it when after a photo is taken, you discover that you've missed the perfect moment or it turns out blurry? Now there is a camera, made by the company Lytro, that let's you "shoot first, focus after".

Shutter lag is the delay between triggering the shutter and when the photograph is actually recorded. A shorter delay means you can take more pictures in a short amount of time. This is especially useful when capturing photos of objects or people in motion. According to the company's website and PC World, the Lytro camera has no shutter lag and lets you take pictures quickly.

What's more interesting about the camera is that it utilises light fields. A light field is the amount of light traveling in every direction through every point in space. The camera is able to capture and store the entire light field of a given scene due to advanced hardware sensors and software algorithms. You can read a brief explanation on how the camera works here.

And why is a light field camera cool? It allows me to stop worrying about blurred images and choose where I want to focus:

Feel free to experiment with photos in the Picture Gallery!

Sarah