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Sony claims cameras able to 'see for smiles'

Researchers in Sony's digital camera labs must be suffering from aching jaws after developing its new Cyber-shot T200 and T70 cameras. The new snappers sport a smile mode that recognises grinning subjects and then automatically takes a shot, ensuring your album will only feature pearly white choppers from now on. …

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Whatever next?!

Perhaps camera manufactuers will come up with a device you strap to your forehead and it takes pics whenever you think "ooh, that's a nice view". Or humans with an SD card slot in the back of their heads, so you just have to blink to take a picture? This is all getting a bit silly, these features that even casual snappers don't use are being shoved into cameras just to please the marketing departments.

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Anonymous Coward

If it's so good at at snapping smiles...

...then why does one publicity shot show a parrot, and the other some flowers?

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Damn...

...I can't buy this camera even if I wanted to.

The wife looks much better when she is not smiling. No chance of any pictures of her then.

:^)

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Anonymous Coward

and ...

when will it be available with built in phone?

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