No photographer necessary!

[Jamie Pillers]

I've been away for a week enjoying the relaxing effects of Cape Cod, so I'm not sure if this item has been noted here in RFF. I just took a look at dpreview.com to see what the digital photo folks are up to and found this news from Sony:

"Sony has announced the Party-shot personal photographer, an automated photo-taking cradle. The device uses the DSC-WX1 and DSC-TX1's face- and smile detection functions to detect photo opportunities in social environments. The Party-shot sits on a table or tripod and tilts and pans to locate and follow potential subjects. It will also recompose its shots based on the rule-of-thirds"

Apparently photographers are no longer necessary! Someone could mount one of these cameras on top of one of those little robot vacuum cleaners and let it roam the party looking for "potential subjects". :)

[Michael P.]

I've been expecting something like this. The next logical step is a camera that will go online and schedule its own delivery and pickup at events so you don't have to leave your house.

[Jamie Pillers]

And farther down the road, we'll simply download what our eyes saw that day and pick out what we want to keep... or the computer will decide for us, and send it along to flickr. :-)

[Chris101]

About damn time! Will it also argue about bokey on the internet?

[Jamie Pillers]

It'll probably hijack forum threads in order to inject the comment that there can not possibly be a finer camera/lens, nor has there ever been. And it'll only come in black in order to be more 'stealthy' at the parties. :-)

[kkr2k2]

...The next logical step is a camera ...

...Someone could mount one of these cameras on top of one of those little robot vacuum cleaners and let it roam the party looking for "potential subjects". :)
How about a hovering camera!!!??:cool:

It'll probably hijack forum threads ....
matrix re-loaded!!!:p

[LChanyungco]

the Party-shot personal photographer is completely useless unless its beer proof !

[kernix]

That's marketing people for you. I suppose it will appeal to someone who actually doesn't even want to photograph. I, Robot!

[.ken]

are photos uploaded directly to a flickr or facebook account? ;-)

[Al Kaplan]

I want one that can be programed for "Ample Cleavage" of aproaching subjects and "shapely derriere" of departing subjects. Jiggle and wiggle reducing software would ensure crisp images while a control to emphasize or obscure panty lines would have to be included.