The e-passport system works most of the time, but it's not infallible, as my wife found out in Europe this year. It's also a bit of a nuisance to have to take off your glasses, cap/hat, etc. when using it. Why authorities insist on having passport photos without glasses for people who wear them all the time is beyond me.
John in Brisbane > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML <pdml-boun...@pdml.net> On Behalf Of John Francis > Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018 10:34 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C- > camera line? > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 11:49:48AM -0500, John wrote: > > On 11/15/2018 04:42, Rick Womer wrote: > > > IIRC, in an interview at one of the big shows last spring, a Pentax honcho > > > said that a K-3ii successor was their first development priority. > > > > > > It???s also true, though, that Ricoh (and all the other office equipment > > > companies) are having a terrible time as the world abandons paper > > > documents. > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > Ironic in light of the increasing demand for physical photo-IDs. > > I think that rather depends on where you are. > > I recently had to renew my (British) passport. Not only was I able to submit > my photograph as a digital image - the passport itself also contains an > encoded > form of the image, readable electronically. And apparently at some UK > airports > I could just walk up with the passport in hand, place it on the desk, and look > into a camera. My digital image from the camera would be checked against > the > biometric data encoded in the pasport, and if everything checked out I would > be able to proceed through the gate. I'm sure there would be somebody > present > to supervise things, but the whole verification process would be done > digitally. > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
