I did notice that DP said if you use the X100 like an Olde Tyme Camera it's wonderful. I will admit, the Face detection on the E-PL1 works a treat and makes parties a bit easier. Of course, I'm not a bit fan of jockeying around the focus point and at short range the focus and compose approach isn't always that good.
My wife's Optio-10 has a pet detection mode. You take a few shots of your dog/cat/wombat and save them. The camera then uses them as template. I'd really poke fun at this but it seems to work with annoying frequency. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Scott Loveless <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 17 May 2011 12:27, Scott Loveless <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/ >>>> >>>> They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera >>>> and stupid flaws. >>> >>> They listed "No face detection AF system" as a Con. Is this really a >>> selling point with serious photographers? >> >> I am not a soccer mum and I love face detection. >> >> Maybe I'm not a serious photographer, though :-) Here's why I love >> it: As a street shooter, I'm photographing people most of the time; I >> usually have a short time to get correct focus and I don't like AF'ing >> with the center point then recomposing, so I end up using other AF >> points with varying success. With face-detection on a contrast-detect >> AF system I can compose my shot how I want it and the AF will focus on >> the person's face, wherever it may be in the frame. Not only does this >> give me more creative freedom when framing a shot (e.g., I can shoot >> from the hip or above my head without seeing the screen and my >> subject's face will be in focus), it also gives me more accurate >> focusing (we all know the perils of focus-and-recompose at wide >> apertures). > > I'll buy that. A while back we gave the Megan an Optio WS80 or some > such. I didn't even realize it had face detection until she turned it > on. Every once in a while I'll turn it on and see if it will focus on > doll's faces, people on the TV (it will), drawings, etc. It's > amusing, but I never really considered using it for the act of taking > pictures. I imagine that most people put the damn thing on a tripod > and use face detection for family portraits - when everyone is > standing still. I'm going to swipe Megan's camera one of these days > and try it on the street. > >> Maybe *I* am the wanker because I can't be a man and shoot like HCB did :-) > > I hear there's a questionnaire. :-) > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > __o > _'\<,_ > (*)/ (*) > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
