Monday, January 14, 2008

SmileCheck

"SmileCheck"
"SmileCheck enables a new type of picture taking mode called “Smile Shutter” in digital cameras. Once the camera’s trigger button is depressed, the shutter is not engaged until smiles are detected on all faces within the frame, ensuring photos with all smiles."

Nope, it's not the first of April.

I would have thunk such a product would have come from Japan. (But they seem to be doing a lot better with hardware.)

I once had a camera manual, clearly translated from Japanese, which said: "the diode by the self timer will blink faster during the last two seconds, so you know when to smile."

3 comments:

Alex said...

It probably was a diode. I remember reading about one camera (DSLR) which had face recognition, and would allow you to quickly zoom on all the faces in the picture. The idea was for reviewing a group photo for blinks and gaping mouths.

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

A smile check? WOW!
:-O
(blinking eyes and gaping mouth)

WARNING - AUTOMATIC AVATAR PHOTO CORRECTION MODE : ACTIVATED - WARNING - RED ALERT DIODE : BLINKING FASTER - WARNING - PLEASE SHUT YOUR MOUTH, QUIT MAKING SILLY FACES, AND LOWER THOSE TWO FINGERS BEHIND UNCLE GIDEON'S HEAD - WARNING

Anonymous said...

Aye, I know smile checks. I handed some over for the holidays, they spare me the bother of pretending to like my relatives by twisting own face.
Especially that good-for-nothing nephew of mine, Donald. Always in some pickle, he is. Hasn't paid me rent for years.