1. A method for synthesis of a light field from a data set representing a plurality of predetermined views and respective disparity values comprising: a) projecting the plurality of predetermined views using the respective disparity values to a single view position to provide a number of predetermined views at the single view position that is equal to the number of the predetermined views; b) merging the plurality of predetermined views to define a merged view, wherein the merging includes; i) evaluating each of the plurality of predetermined views to determine an apparent reliability of each predetermined view; ii) for each pixel, selecting the most apparently reliable view not previously selected and using the respective disparity value or noting a position of a hole; iii) again selecting the most apparently reliable view not previously selected and filling holes found in ii) if hole filling pixels are present; iv) repeating ii) and iii) for still further predetermined views until all predetermined views have been processed; and c) performing a hole-filling operation on the merged view to define a synthesized light field for display.