I am annoyed when I see a family picture where I am not smiling. Everyone said “Say Cheese!” and I thought I was. Unfortunately my smile began to fall right before the picture was taken. What if there was a camera which would take pictures based on the subjects smiling?
Sony has releases the Cybershot DSC-T200 with “smile shutter“, which takes a picture based on the smiles of the subjects. This feature arrived from a smile measurement software that was developed by the Japanese Omron. It rates the smile on a 0 - 100 percent scale, and takes the picture based on your personal settings. Furthermore, it has the ability to track up to 8 subjects per picture at a time.
Take a look at this funny video for an example.
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October 21st, 2007 at 1:35 am
Okay, that video is hilarious. And I have so many questions about this technology: How do I know if I want a 70% or 75% smile? What happens if someone start laughing?
Perhaps I could find these answers somewhere, but I think I’ll just stick with my Canon instead.
Great find, though!
October 21st, 2007 at 2:21 am
Hey Kate, great to see you again. I have another link with some more information about this technology.
Hope this helps…
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:29 am
Tracks up to eight faces! Wow! I have to share this with my fellow photographers. Kate, as a photographer, I recommend about 75-80% smile. More than that and you show gums, which isn’t very becoming.
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Now if only they develop the technology to detect whether or not I’m blinking…
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Only the japanese would invent something like this, to further support their crazy robot-culture.
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Hello Neece, Daniel and Rebenga.
Thanks for your comments.
Rebenga: I too prefer natural looking pictures, although I think that this technology could be used for other means. Like Daniel’s example, I am sure a blink detector would be very useful.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:30 am
%&*# that asian was cute
October 24th, 2007 at 11:49 am
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