Maybe it's good in such a case - if that's what facial recognition will do. But the camera in question is supposed to be pro-level, or at least advanced amateur ... well, I admit to being ignorant. I'll just grab my dunce cap and sit in the corner dreaming about the implementation of Tri-X mode on the next K10D firmware upgrade.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Date: 9/25/2006 3:08:14 PM > Subject: Re: Face Detection Technology by Fuji > > The two areas that I can think of where this could be helpful is both > are for point and shooters. The first is the fairly typical picture > with two people in it where there is really no one in the center. > What commonly happens is the camera user doesn't think twice about the > autofocus - just points at the two people and presses the button. The > camera ends up focusing on the background between the two people. My > wife has taken plenty of these shots. The face recognition could > perhaps detect the general area where a person is and direct the focus > on that plane rather than the background. For a thinking > photographer, this is not an issue, but for someone with no clue, it > could be useful. The other use would be related to post processing in > camera. There are a few cameras out that will attempt to remove > redeye from the pic after being shot. As the flash on the P&S is so > close to the lens, the odds of redeye are rather high. So the face > detection could be used to figure out where the eyes would be and then > better able to correct the redeye rather than just relying on color. > > Note that both of these uses are for people using a P&S and without > much clue how to control the camera. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
