On Sep 25, 2006, at 12:19 PM, Bob Shell wrote: > > On Sep 25, 2006, at 3:27 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> It's not needed. But they have the software to implement it >> somewhere, >> it's probably a fast efficient algorithm, so they added it to the >> camera >> to get a bullet point no one else has, rather than design in >> something >> actually useful. > > I think it could be very useful when shooting events and needing to > verify that faces are in focus quickly.
Kind of a laughable idea when you consider that the camera in question is a pocket-sized compact. I don't go "shooting events" with a P&S, and the DoF of any digital P&S is so great that you couldn't tell whether it was actually in or out of focus on the built in LCD anyway. The Fuji F30 is a great little camera. I'd like the same thing but with manual focus capability, a prime lens with about 40mm equivalent field of view, and RAW format, not this "face detection" nonsense. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
