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Alan Browne

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Mar 13, 2023, 7:21:27 PM3/13/23
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Smartphone cameras know more about the subject than the photographer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1afpDuTb-P0&ab_channel=MarquesBrownlee

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Alfred Molon

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Mar 14, 2023, 1:38:39 PM3/14/23
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Am 14.03.2023 um 00:21 schrieb Alan Browne:
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> Smartphone cameras know more about the subject than the photographer?
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1afpDuTb-P0&ab_channel=MarquesBrownlee

No, but for instance all these subject AF modes rely on models of faces
/ things / animals etc. which the camera uses to lock the focus.

And there should be more and more subject/scene recognition based image
processing in cameras.
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Alan Browne

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Mar 14, 2023, 3:34:45 PM3/14/23
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On 2023-03-14 13:38, Alfred Molon wrote:
> Am 14.03.2023 um 00:21 schrieb Alan Browne:
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>> Smartphone cameras know more about the subject than the photographer?
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1afpDuTb-P0&ab_channel=MarquesBrownlee
>
> No, but for instance all these subject AF modes rely on models of faces
> / things / animals etc. which the camera uses to lock the focus.

Not the point. Using that in order to select a point for focus (and/or
exposure) is fine.

> And there should be more and more subject/scene recognition based image
> processing in cameras.

Perhaps - but at some point one will wonder if the "improvement" is data
from the camera (a "better photo chunk") pasted in place of the captured
pixels.

Chris Schram

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Mar 15, 2023, 8:04:01 PM3/15/23
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On 2023-03-13, Alan Browne <bitb...@blackhole.com> wrote:
> Smartphone cameras know more about the subject than the photographer?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1afpDuTb-P0&ab_channel=MarquesBrownlee

Apple's video mocks their own customers in front of the eyes of the world.
https://youtu.be/1S8L7t2tu0U?t=10
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