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Welcome to the World, L16

14 July 2017

After nearly four years of designing, prototyping, building, tweaking, improving, testing, and retesting, we are thrilled to announce that we started shipping the Light L16 camera to our pre-order customers today! When we began this journey, we had no idea how much global excitement there would be for computational photography. To be honest, we thought it might just appeal to photography nerds like us. It turns out we weren’t the only ones clamoring for a high-quality, easy-to-use camera that’s small enough to fit in your pocket. And that’s exactly what we’ve built ...

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Light at Full Throttle

21 June 2017

The countdown has finally begun! We’re less than a month away from the launch of our pre-order shipments, and everyone here at Light is working in overdrive. To give you a better sense of what “overdrive” looks like on our end, we’re going to spell it out for you—in numbers. One month ago, we moved to a new factory in China. We’re gearing up for mass production of the L16, so we needed a little more space. Check out our new digs! At this very moment, our manufacturers are building the final ...

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Image Improvements

01 June 2017

Much of the Light team is currently consumed with mass production preparation and addressing feedback from the L16 Beta program. While that is going on, we thought we'd show a glimpse of the improvements we have been making to our imaging software. Stitching and fusing together 10 images is not easy, and our computational imaging team has spent years developing and improving Light's software to ensure color is correct and details are properly aligned. The team has made big strides since February as evidenced in these two examples: The changes include fusion that retains more details ...

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Capturing The Light: Meet Kelly

05 May 2017

One of the faces behind [email protected] When you encounter a problem with a product, or want to congratulate a company on a job well done, there is no one more important in that moment than your customer support contact. Their professionalism and charisma often shape your view of the company as a whole. For Light, the person leading that team is Kelly Van Arsdale, Manager of Customer Success. He considers his team the middle-ground between the company and their customers, which often involves tough conversations they advocate for customers to the larger Light team. ...

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Capturing The Light: Meet Boris

28 April 2017

Guiding the creation of the L16 from soup to nuts. No product can realize its full potential without a product manager. Often called the “CEO of the product”, a PM guides its creation and all the aspects that come with it. At Light, Boris Ajdin is the man that keeps everyone on the same page, guiding the team building the L16 and nailing down the tasks that need to happen to build this revolutionary camera. We grabbed a few minutes to speak with Boris about how he plays an integral role at Light, how he got ...