Capture 3D Lightfield photos and videos with a tap.
When you launch the app, you will open into Photo Capture Mode in 3D
Tap the white capture button to take a photo
Photos captured by the Lume Pad's Rear Stereo Camera saved in 3D will be in the LIF format (a type of JPEG), which you can view in Leia apps in 3D or anywhere else in 2D
Camera Switch
Tap the camera switch button to switch between the front and rear camera
Preview Image
Tap the image preview icon in the bottom right corner to view your image in LeiaPlayer
Tap Videos tab to change to video capture mode
Tap the white and red capture button to take a video
Videos can be captured in 3D or 2D by changing the selection in the Settings in the bottom lefthand corner
Grid View
Tap the Grid Off button to turn on the rule of thirds grid
Rule of thirds is a common compositional technique that divies your frame into an equal, 3x3 grid with two horizontal and vertical lines that intersect at four points
Place your subject on the left-third or right-third of the frame to create a pleasing composition
Flash
By default, the camera flash will be turned off
Tap the flash off icon to view 3 options: flash on, flash off and auto-flash
Tap the lighting icon to turn flash on
Tap the lighting icon with an A to turn auto-flash on
Photos and videos from the Rear 3D Camera can be captured in 3D or 2D.
Rear Camera Photo Specs
2x 13MP Sensors
f/1.8
Wide
Close-loop
AF
Depth map captured in real time
Saved as LIF photo
Rear Camera Video Specs
2x 1080p@30fps
Saved as an SBS video
Photos and videos taken with the front camera can only be captured in 2D.
Front Camera Photo Specs
8MP
f/2.0
Wide angle
Front Camera Video Specs
1080p@30fps
This page describes the filetypes that LeiaCam captures.
JPEG: All 3D images captured in LeiaCam are saved in the Leia Image Format with the file extension .jpeg at the end of the filename. All 2D images taken are standard JPEG photos.
What is Leia Image Format? Leia Image Format (a.k.a. LIF) is a JPEG picture that is encoded with extra information making the image viewable as a Lightfield image. Leia devices will automatically identify LIF files as a 3D image and display them in Lightfield view mode. Leia Image Format is fully backwards compatible as a 2D image on all non-Leia devices. If you send or upload a LIF through a platform that compresses images, depth information may be lost.
MP4: All videos captured in LeiaCam are saved in the MP4 format with the file extension .mp4 at the end of the filename.
SBS: If the video is taken with settings that enable 3D, the MP4 will be encoded in SBS (Side by Side) format, which is a 3D filetype where one video per eye is encoded side by side, the left eye on the left, and the right eye on the right. These files will automatically be detected on Leia devices as 3D videos. They may be backwards compatible with other 3D devices, but may require extra filename tagging or manual option selection to show the file in 3D. On 2D devices, you will be able to play back the SBS file, however you will see both the left and right eye video on the screen at the same time.