And what a design it is. The Lytro Illum looks like something out of a museum or a designer piece from a Parisian fashion house. It's a sleek and stylish thing, with a unibody magnesium chassis that's attached to a gorgeous anodized aluminum lens barrel equipped with both zoom and focusing rings. The grip and aforementioned rings are wrapped in what appears to be silicone rubber, which is supple enough to be kind to our hands and fingers. Over on the top right by the grip is a large shutter button along with a Lytro button that offers a visual depth assist histogram (more on that later). Rounding out the physical controls are two adjustable dials (they default to setting the exposure and the ISO, but you can customize them), lock buttons for both autofocus and autoexposure and a couple of other programmable keys. Sitting atop the camera is a hot shoe that'll fit any standard flash, while the
SD card slot and USB 3.0 port are on the left side in a hidden compartment. The Illum has built-in WiFi for wirelessly transmitting those living light field images to Lytro's servers.
