Sony’s latest camera tech requires a smile. Bah, humbug!
Sony’s latest camera tech requires a smile.
Bah, humbug!
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then
how much is a smiling photo worth? About 40,000 yen ($350), based on
Sony’s new “smile shutter”
cameras.
Using face-detection technology, the 8-megapixel, DSC-T70 and DSC-T200 Cyber-shot cameras won’t snap a high-definition picture until a selected subject smiles.
Even with more than a handful of people in a picture, a photographer can designate which face to focus on by touching an LCD panel with a special pen.
And then you lose the special pen.
Japan sales start next week and global shipments this month.
Is there anyone out there who thinks they want one of these?
Using face-detection technology, the 8-megapixel, DSC-T70 and DSC-T200 Cyber-shot cameras won’t snap a high-definition picture until a selected subject smiles.
Even with more than a handful of people in a picture, a photographer can designate which face to focus on by touching an LCD panel with a special pen.
And then you lose the special pen.
Japan sales start next week and global shipments this month.
Is there anyone out there who thinks they want one of these?
Posted: Sat - September 15, 2007 at 07:43 AM