Today's consumer cameras are ALREADY smarter than the idiots that buy them.
Next year's offerings from Canon:
Automatic pet recognition.
Automatic "rule of thirds" composition.
Automatic zoom to crop.
Auto building recognition with
Auto perspective control.
Voice that says, "Stop shaking!"
Voice that says, "Taking photo inside purse not recomended!"
Regards,
Bob...
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From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I believe it affects the auto focusing, Frank. If the algorithm finds what
>it
> thinks is a face it focuses on that. Just making cameras, for idiots, a
> little
> smarter.
>
> frank theriault wrote:
>> I've seen this feature heavily advertised on Canon and other cams.
>> Today I see a Pentax Optio advertised in the paper, and I see that it,
>> too, has "genuine face recognition".
>>
>> I no longer have the eyesight of a 20 year old, but I have no problem
>> knowing when I'm looking at a face - either in "real life" or through
>> a viewfinder.
>>
>> Just because I'm lazy, and I suspect that some of the answers on this
>> list might be more informative than advertising copy (and more fun, to
>> boot!), could I please have a brief primer on Face Recognition and why
>> in the world I might want it?
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