I’ve always wanted to just be able to snap a picture whenever I wanted to, without having my friends freeze their smiles on their faces until the focus was complete. And now, that’s a possibility. The new Lytro pocket-sized cameras let you snap pictures whenever you want, letting you focus on whatever you want, later.

How it works, you wonder. Well, apparently the Lytro camera captures all the light rays flowing in its direction, an average of about 11 million, and captures the scene in “four dimensions”, unlike any other camera out there.

So, you, or someone else you share you picture with will be able to refocus and explore the entire scene from different vantage points after you’ve already taken the photo.

Considering the possibilities it offers, the $399 asked for an 8 GB unit (capable of storing 350 pictures) and $499 for the 16 GB unit, don’t seem that much.

Cameras can be preordered at lytro.com and they’re expected out in early 2012, much to the delight of those of us who are eager to try it out.

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Japan Trust Technology’s new Chobi Cam One camera may not sound like much if you’re looking at its 2 Megapixel resolution, or 30 fps non-HD video capture. But this truly is a remarkable (albeit ridiculous) DSLR-style camera. At roughly one inch tall, one inch wide and one inch deep, it may just be the smallest commercially-available camera with swappable lenses.

That’s right. On top of the $120 you pay for the camera itself, you can add on a 0/5x wide-angle or 2x teleconverter lens for $30, or a fisheye lens for $60.

The tiny, screen-less One records onto a MicroSD card, with support up to 32GB. It’s already available in Japan for ¥9,800, so for the time being, you’ll have to order from a .jp website if you want one.

[Wired via Professor Bot, Order Page]

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