Discussion Remember Nokia Refocus? I tried bringing the idea back with LSC MultiFocus.
Nokia Refocus was one of those camera ideas I always thought deserved to live on, so I’ve been experimenting with a similar concept in my app, LSC Long Shot Camera.
The new MultiFocus mode captures 10 different focus planes in one shot. After capture, you can tap different parts of the image and choose where you want the photo to be focused.
You can export the selected focus as a JPG, export all 10 captured focus frames as individual JPGs, or keep the full stack in LSC’s private .nar format. A saved .nar stack can be reopened inside the app at any time, refocused again, and exported with a different focus point.
There is also an All Focus option that tries to combine the sharpest areas from multiple focus planes into one extended-depth-of-field image.
All Focus is still not perfect yet. Different focus positions introduce focus breathing and small alignment changes between frames, so I’m still refining that part of the processing.
MultiFocus is now available in LSC v2.1 on the App Store.
If you already use LSC, you can update to v2.1 now and try the new MultiFocus mode.
Working on this feature gave me a lot of nostalgia for the period when Nokia was constantly experimenting with mobile photography instead of treating the camera as just another phone feature.
If anyone here tries MultiFocus, I’d really love to see the refocus photos you create. Please share them with us here.
Support from users helps me continue improving these apps and experimenting with ideas like this, so thank you.