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Panasonic Launches Beautifying Camera

Posted by samzenpus on from the lens-of-the-beholder dept.

The new Panasonic LUMIX FX77 camera can take the red out of your eyes and add it to your lips and cheeks. Released last Friday, the camera has a "beauty re-touch" feature that can whiten your teeth, change the size of your eyes, and can apply rouge, lipstick, or eye shadow. From the article: "There has been huge customer demand for such a product, said Akiko Enoki, a Panasonic project manager in charge of developing the camera. 'According to data we've acquired, around 50 percent of our digital camera clients are not satisfied with the way their faces look in a photograph,' she said. 'So we came up with the idea so our clients can fix parts they don't like about their faces after they've taken the picture.'"

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  1. Ah, but... by Haedrian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does it have a "Take image at amazingly tilted angle" feature?

  2. Re: the world the way I think it was by j-stroy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In pictures, the beginning of our century may be looked back on as the time when everyone was happy (smile detection) and people had perfect looks (retouch).

    We look at old photos of frozen lakes and giant crowds and consider them accurate. Tho, it turns out people took photos of the lake being frozen or the crowded streets because it was exceptional rather than that being the norm.

  3. This can all be avoided by ThunderBird89 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    According to data we've acquired, around 50 percent of our digital camera clients are not satisfied with the way their faces look in a photograph, so we came up with the idea so our clients can fix parts they don't like about their faces after they've taken the picture.

    Take it from a professional photographer, 90% of the time, the angle and lighting are all that matter between a good and a bad photo.
    8% is mistakes and blemishes that can be corrected in Photoshop/Corel with a bit of cloning (probably going to be bloody hard to do it on a camera, even with a properly sized LCD. The mouse is simply necessary here.), Brightness-Contrast-Intensity modding, gamma, and a few other simple steps.
    The last 2% are those who are incredibly ugly, and can't be helped...

    Anyway, it's pointless for me: I won't buy a new camera, since my Canon 300D is still in perfect order, this feature will probably be incorporated into amateur units, and I can get Photoshop for free. ;)

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    Hyperbole: I use it liberally!
  4. Re: the world the way I think it was by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    when we correct for flaws in people, evolution stops and devolution begins to occur.

    Anyone who thinks that "devolution" is a valid concept doesn't actually understand evolution.