And an advertisment for this will be "Don't think - just press a button!"
BRM Bob Blakely wrote: > 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... > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, > but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > 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? >>> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
