Consider the possibilities of the Light Field Camera:

• Point. Shoot. Edit.
• No need to focus.
• No shutter lag.
• Capture all the light around your subject.
• Then edit and focus AFTER the fact.

Lytro, the company behind this technology, has raised $50 million in investment to get this camera into production. (Read more at AllThingsD.)

Will it be a hit?

A picture is worth a thousand words. Check out the photo above — click to refocus — and see what you think.

Then see more photos in their online gallery.

And see the explanation of their technology and a preview of key features of the upcoming light field camera.