John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I am seeing ads for a camera that has multiple focal length lenses that all shot a scene and the camera blends them to make one image. Sounds like a toy but not toy-priced. Comments. Link below.

http://light.co/?utm_source=fbads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=WCA_AllVisitors_7D_All_Demo_Mobile&utm_content=fb_ad02_HP_reservecopy1

Rongnongno Loc: FL

This is not toy. It looks like a toy, described like a toy, but uses a proven technology to enhance details and depth of field.

Do use the URL tags.

ricardo7 Loc: Washington, DC - Santiago, Chile

This will be the camera technology of the (near) future. Say goodbye to DSLRs..

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Did that URL in my post not work for you. The 'reserve' price of $199 seemed too low to buy much quality. I have checked all my usual sources and none feature it. I am one of thise people who insist on 'holding' and 'trying' before shelling out the shekels.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Maybe for some, endlessly, desperately, seeking the newest tech .. why? Between DSLRs & film, capability is beyond the ability of all but a very few. Self included in the group that still has a lot to learn before I outgrow what we already have.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

I have no problem with the 'wait and see'. But to qualify this as a toy is a mistake. Scientists have been using this method (various lens length) to improve the quality of their imagery for quite sometime now. This has been more visible since someone applied it in every day photography and published the result a few months ago.

It has to do with using the defined circle of diffusion created through multiple lenses in order to calculate what 'should be there'. This is far from the 'virtual digital zooms' results created in camera at the moment.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I am not disputing your remarks, but do you have some sources of information about this technology. I would like to get educated.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

'generic'
MIT
CMU
American Scientist

I have not found the specific link I was referring to as I d not bookmark everything, sorry.

DARPA system

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

John,

I suggest you always scrutinize a URL you post for the "s" as in https:// ... !! You must excise it! Then there's a much greater chance your link will succeed in leading the readership to what you intend them to view. Below I have modified your link, and just to be sure, verified that it worked.

http://light.co/?utm_source=fbads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=WCA_AllVisitors_7D_All_Demo_Mobile&utm_content=fb_ad02_HP_reservecopy1

By the way, their "special" holiday pricing deal ends tomorrow, which brings the total cost down to $1500. The camera appears interesting; I viewed this site a few weeks ago. For now, though, my next major purchase will be my 1st iPhone.

Kindly, lev29 :-D

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

https was created for security purposes. Below is a quote from Wikipedia:

HTTPS (also called HTTP over TLS,[1][2] HTTP over SSL,[3] and HTTP Secure[4][5]) is a protocol for secure communication over a computer network which is widely used on the Internet. HTTPS consists of communication over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) within a connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer. The main motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the visited website and protection of the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

I do not see how this matters as what we are trying to do is to teach you how to use the URL option offered by UHH.
{url=whatever URL}Description{/url}

Replace { } with [ ].

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Well, Rongno, perhaps you can take this opportunity to teach me as well! (By the way, who is "we" in the above? Are you referring to you and ... me? OR were you employing the first person plural pronoun in the fashion of Queen Victoria?)

Seriously, will you take this opportunity? I'm sorry I feel compelled to ask this explicitly as it is based on our (i.e. you, me, JohnF, & one other,) previous failed encounter. It will require you to word your instructions concretely and if you make a reference to any graphic, the graphic MUST either be explicitly and simultaneously seen or described in exquisite detail by the reader of your explanation. Otherwise, you'll be re-enacting an Abbott & Costello 'Who's on First?' routine. Yes, it is tedious, but think of it this way, it'll be no worse than one previous professional situation I had (with a particular Nuclear Medicine Technologist) to, for the sake of patient care, proverbially take him by the hand and walk him through every step of a procedure that he should have learned on the first day it was introduced to him months before.

Oh, did you notice that omitted the last fragment of what you wrote, " ... Replace { } with [ ] ... " from the shaded quote area of this Post?

I had NO CHOICE, since if I had left it in, i.e. just to the left of the [/quote] employed to form the shaded area, then the entire quote would not have been shaded. Why? Because these particular [ ] brackets disrupt the entire program set up that creates the shaded area.

That's the one thing I do know. I admit I am utterly clueless when it comes to how this Forum's program employs the { } brackets. Are they employed for anything? I don't see them included in the Graphic Box containing Smilies and Tags that appears to the left of this white background screen on which I'm now typing, both of which are in apparent when you subsequently read this after I post it. (Boy, wasn't that awkward to type? At least I'm concretely referring to it so that even an Ivy League graduate can understand it.) 😏

FINALLY, let's get to THE POINT!! Precisely HOW does one employ the [ ] brackets to insert a URL into a post here at UHH?

I inserted the corrected version of JohnF's URL simply by copying-and-pasting my correction directly into the text of the white area where I create my post. So there's another way?

Thank you!

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I need to eat some crow here. When I said $199 I thought that was the price. Later when I searched their web site I saw the price was one buck under 1700 bucks. That way beyond my needs. In fact, looking at all sorts of sales outfits it is clear at my price range I am down to point & shoots if anything.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

When you post an url that is not accepted by UHH you use...
Here, whatever destination

You need to use quote reply to see the bracket coding.

This is explicitly explained on the left side of your screen.

If you read my signature you will see a link that explains and gives a 'how to' as well as other things regarding UHH, including few work around.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I live in the Apple world (MacBookPro, iPad Air 2, iPhone 5, and Safari browser). I have yet to encounter any access problem with https. I am not experienced enough to expect a https access problem from UHH servers. I would not be surprising to learn that a sending server could filter an outgoing URL. Highly technical server technicians might clarify here.