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You and your friends sit down to a dinner party and, while everyone munches and chats, a Sony camera in the corner decides when to take pictures. That kind of auto-recording of parties is the idea behind the company’s new party-shot camera dock, the IPT-DS1. It pans 360 degrees, tilts 24 degrees, detects faces, adjusts composition automatically, and, when it decides a shot is right, takes the photo. ‘A New Style of Photography’ The dock is compatible with two of Sony’s Cyber-shot digital cameras, the DSC-WX1 and the DSC-TX1. It utilizes each camera’s BIONZ image processor, whose features include Face Detection and Smile Shutter. The Smile Shutter, as one might expect, detects when the subjects are smiling. Shigehiko Nakayama, product manager for Sony Electronics digital-imaging accessories, said the new dock “offers a new style of photography” so “you no longer have to worry about taking photos when you are with your family or friends.” Ron Glaz, an analyst with industry research firm IDC, said camera makers have, to this point, been focusing on making photos as perfect and as easy to take as possible. But with red-eye detection, face detection, and other features becoming commonplace, they have reached a plateau. “Consumers are beginning to ask why they need 10 megapixels, much less 12,” he said. So camera makers are looking for other ways to differentiate their products. He expects the creativity of adding new features to cameras to continue. “We have phones that are cameras,” he pointed out, “but who says we can’t have cameras that are phones?” Glaz suggested we might also see larger screens, GPS, geotagging and similar differentiators become more common on cameras. ‘Solves a Problem’ Glaz said that while this kind of auto-picture-taking “could make sense for a certain generation” that doesn’t mind being constantly photographed at a get-together, it’s not necessarily for everyone. Michael…
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