How many photos have you taken that are out of focus? The answer will be something between “all of them” and “some”.

If you have a small child rushing around, or are trying to focus in on individual people moving down the street; then your failure rate will be very high.

If only there was a camera where you could just snap away and then fix the focus later.

Take the shot below. It’s focused on the girl in the foreground. I wonder what the girl in the red dress looks like? Click on her. Now you know. Click anywhere and that point will come in focus (unless you are using a tablet or IE6).

It’s pretty extraordinary and it’s not a trick. It uses light field technology and if I knew how that worked I wouldn’t be sat in Pattaya writing a blog. But those that do know have developed a camera that uses it which will be on the market soon. I can imagine massive consumer interest, if it is cheap enough, with Facebook and the like being awash with snaps you can play “let’s focus here” with.

Have a play with more photos here, and be amazed.