Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the face recognition feature is shape oriented. On the other hand, one can always ask Canon on what the parameters they used. That's a tough one. I'm of two minds of whether to get the Leica D-Lux 3 or the Canon G7. Slobodan Dimitrov On Sep 29, 2006, at 1:32 PM, mcyclwritr@comcast.net wrote: >> From DP Review's Photokina 2006 blurb on Canon. > > "Canon is making a lot of noise about its new face detection AF/AE > system (we can confirm it works well with beautiful models, not yet > sure how it works with uglier faces)..." > > Hmm...will there be selectable AE settings for northern European > white types, third-world brown types (with apologies to Howard > Hunter), Pacific Islanders, deep-black Africans, high-yellow North > Americans, et al? So many peoples. So many reflectance factors. > It'll be fun to see how the PC ninnies react to racial profiling in > a photographic context. > > Chris Lawson > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> >> "... the Leica M8 appears to be everything we want it to be..." >> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/photokina/leica-report.shtml >> >> Save those pennies! You only need 500,000 of them! >> >> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, >> please >> use richard at imagecraft.com) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information