frank theriault wrote: >On Dec 19, 2007 2:41 PM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> frank theriault wrote: >> >> >could I please have a brief primer on Face Recognition and why >> >in the world I might want it? >> >> I believe it's basically an automatic autofocus-point-selection system. >> As you've no doubt found, sometimes it's difficult to get the autofocus >> to focus on what *you* want, rather than what the camera wants. For >> most family snapshooters, though, the desired focus point is most often >> a person's face, so if the camera can recognize the difference between >> a human face and other objects in the scene, there's a pretty good >> chance that it's found an appropriate object on which to focus. >> >> I'd guess it's more appropriate for point-n-shoot cameras than SLR's, >> though I haven't tried it myself. >> >> As for why you (or I) would want it, I can't think of anything. > >Focus? > >What's that?
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