On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 03:08:50PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: > 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? > > A small car made by Ford.
You call that small? *This* <http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0747> is small. Mind you, the Ford does offer a voice-controlled stereo system ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
