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NY Times Article: Camera introduces an "eBay Mode?????"
At this rate, when can we expect that the camera will go out and take the
photo all by itself? __________________________________________________ ___________ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/13/te.../13camera.html Published: March 13, 2006 For digital camera makers, it's a mode, mode, mode, mode world. On point-and-shoot cameras, as well as single-lens reflex cameras meant for more serious photographers, camera makers are adding a bevy of preset modes that remove the guesswork for setting up a perfect picture. The Canon PowerShot 80, for example, has 21 modes, including settings for shots of foliage and fireworks, as well as for pictures taken in the snow or at the beach. Nikon has cameras with modes set for shooting document text or museum objects. Hewlett-Packard has a mode on its new R-series that it says removes the 10 pounds a camera is said to add. And Casio will sell three models in April with an eBay mode that sets up the camera to take shots that can be easily uploaded to the online auction site. After four years of rapid growth, sales of digital cameras are expected to peak this year, according to analysts at InfoTrends, a market research company. As sales slow, camera makers have to find new ways to differentiate their products. Some do it with styling, others with new technology like image stabilization or wireless connections. (Competing on the number of megapixels is passé, analysts say.) The shooting modes are proving a popular way to differentiate products. Panasonic, a relative newcomer to the digital camera fray, has settings for shooting food and a soft-skin mode aimed at removing wrinkles in a person's face in a photograph. "We are trying to put these modes in all our cameras," said Bob Kozlarek, senior engineer in Panasonic's product engineering center. The modes do more than adjust the lens aperture and the shutter speed, actions that a skilled photographer can perform with a single-reflex lens camera. Many of the modes have a computer chip in the camera that tweaks the image. For instance, Canon's underwater mode filters out the plankton in the water in the same way most digital cameras remove the glowing red-eye in portraits, caused by the flash reflecting off the retina. The underwater mode also adds red to the photograph, a color missing in the underwater spectrum. In a similar fashion, a foliage setting accentuates blues and greens and sharpens the image. "The idea is not as much to make an accurate image, as a pleasing one," said Chuck Westfall, director of marketing and customer relationships at Canon USA. Mr. Westfall said that camera makers had found "90 to 95 percent of what we will ever need." Nevertheless, new modes keep popping up. Casio's new eBay mode - found on three new cameras in its Exilim line, the Z60, Z600 and Z850 - resizes an image and, on cameras taking 6- and 8.1-megapixel pictures, lowers the resolution of the picture to 2 megapixels so it can appear on the auction site. The mode includes an additional setting for capturing fine detail. The eBay mode is one of 33 modes the cameras offer. Casio has exclusive rights to the mode for one year, said Karl Wiley, senior category manger at eBay. He said the company was in discussions with other camera makers. |
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NY Times Article: Camera introduces an "eBay Mode?????"
"Jeremy" wrote in message news:2%DRf.42309$CI6.22341@trnddc07... At this rate, when can we expect that the camera will go out and take the photo all by itself? __________________________________________________ ___________ More importantly, can we get a camera that, after 3 years, auctions itself and applies the money towards a camera with twice the megapixels? Eric Miller |
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NY Times Article: Camera introduces an "eBay Mode?????"
Jeremy wrote:
At this rate, when can we expect that the camera will go out and take the photo all by itself? __________________________________________________ ___________ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/13/te.../13camera.html There we go, a camera with built-in photoshop functions!!! |
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NY Times Article: Camera introduces an "eBay Mode?????"
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Eric Miller wrote: "Jeremy" wrote in message news:2%DRf.42309$CI6.22341@trnddc07... At this rate, when can we expect that the camera will go out and take the photo all by itself? __________________________________________________ ___________ More importantly, can we get a camera that, after 3 years, auctions itself and applies the money towards a camera with twice the megapixels? No, because: "(Competing on the number of megapixels is passé, analysts say.)" -- That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make. -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
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