Do I gather that you are not impressed by this must-have feature then, Shel?
John On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:58:23 +0100, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's all a bunch of crap. Slimming filters, pet mode, child mode, face > recognition, ear lobe adjustment - FEH! > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Date: 9/25/2006 12:59:57 PM >> Subject: Re: Face Detection Technology by Fuji >> >> In a related dumb down item, last night on a local station there was a 5 >> minute segment on a new HP digital P+S that had a slimming filter. >> Fortunately a local Photoshop guru explained it fairly well - the camera > was >> compressing the image @ the center to make the subject, also in the > center, >> appear "thinner". When the subject wasn't in the center of the image, it >> "thinned/shrunk" what was. >> I guess if it sells the camera so what - we don't have to buy it. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 3:32 PM >> Subject: Re: Face Detection Technology by Fuji >> >> >> > How is that any faster/better than using a zoom lens? What are the >> > chances >> > of focus changing while the photog implements the detection mode, the >> > image >> > comes up on the screen, the photog checks image, recomposes, makes the >> > shot? Am I missing something here, and if so, what is it that I'm >> > overlooking? >> > >> > Shel >> > >> > >> > >> >> [Original Message] >> >> From: Bob Shell >> > >> >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >> >> > It's not needed. But they have the software to implement it >> >> > somewhere, it's probably a fast efficient algorithm, so they >> >> > added it to the camera to get a bullet point no one else has, >> >> > rather than design in something actually useful. >> >> >> >> I think it could be very useful when shooting events and needing to >> >> verify that faces are in focus quickly. >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
