----- Original Message ----- From: "George Sinos"
Subject: Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side
A relatively recent model had over 24 "special scene" modes. I'm not sure how that could really be helpful, but I'm sure it looked great in an advertisement.
In the late 80s, one of the Canon EOS film cameras had a kinda cool custom function method. The camera came with a book of "special scene" example pictures, each picture had a bar code beneath it. The photographer used a scanner pen to read the bar code, the information derived was then fed to the camera via an infrared transmission from the pen, and the camera was thusly programmed to respond appropriately to the scene in question. I thught it was technology for the sake of technology, but I often think this about Canon. You could buy, as an accessory, another book or two of custom scenes, as well.
William Robb
