You have to set the camera to automatic scene recognition and it throws the macro on when it decides it's needed.
London, England (CNN) -- A U.K. firm is set to launch a camera to capture every moment of a person's life.
This set of images is barely the beginning, though, with the camera not set to begin active operations until December.
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He carries pictures of his kids in his iPod and hopes to set up a video camera on the next computer he's issued from CNN so he can talk to home.
Many a dirty look was thrown our way as we made our way through the throngs, in some cases pausing to set up the camera and film some color.
To check if it actually works as advertised, we set up a a video camera to film the stroke from overhead, then compared the plotted result with the stroke path displayed on a smartphone, as shown in the video below.
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In order to teach detailed techniques in live demos, we set up a special wired camera connected to a digital light projector.
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Especially if the folks who set the camera up neglect to put a password on it.
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Four hours after we touched down, Neil went out of the craft first to set up a TV camera pointed at Earth and take photos.
"Of course, the camera was set to manual and I mounted a wide angle lens that allowed me to include the whole church in the frame, " he says.
Adding to the camera's already impressive feature set, Samsung gives shooters the ability to capture more of a desired scene and fit it into the frame by including a high-quality 28mm wide-angle Schneider lens.
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Those with DX-format lenses will also be happy to know that these lenses can also be used on the camera as well as the ability to set DX crop for stills or video to extend the reach of telephoto or telephoto zoom lenses.
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It set us talking about what has happened to camera technology in recent years.
The trick is to frame the shot and set the camera for a long exposure, then any bolts that appear in the frame will be captured in all their glory.
Bearded men in checked shirts spread out around the space in which our camera is set up and start to check everything out.
"While trying to tell a complete story within the 60-second format, much of the backstory has to be implied or set up off-camera, " the spokesman said in an e-mail.
Using a remote controlled vehicle with a fitted video camera, the researchers set up tests to assess how seals reacted to external stimuli and potential threats, including wolf calls played from the vehicle.
At the second station, the camera is disassembled -- components that are set to be reused are joined by new parts.
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Or, from a security perspective, you could have an IP surveillance camera set up so that it sends a picture to your Twitter account whenever there is unusual activity.
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Setup is straightforward: connect the camera(s) to your network, set up the shooters in your places of interest -- and then monitor all activity on your WiFi-enabled devices. iWatchLife's cloud-based server displays all your cameras, and other users can grant you access to their cams.
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And then the camera panned to a villager who had arrived on set.
This feature allows customers to set up bill payments by snapping a picture of their bills with their camera-enabled smartphone or tablet.
Together with an amateur astronomer friend from California, Mandel has traveled to Australia and set up a high-powered telescope, mount and CCD camera in Lee's own backyard observatory, which they've dubbed the Australian-American Imaging Station.
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Another artist, Cory McAbee, reappropriated three elements people were already used to seeing on a small format -- photo-montage, computer loops and a surveillance camera setting -- to make a repetitive-obsessive music video set in a convenience store.
That means that the camera can be used with set-top boxes and other consumer electronic devices to provide the kind of functionality that Kinect does through the Xbox.
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He bought his first camera in a pawnshop in 1937, and that would set him on the road to becoming a world-renowned photographer.
The kit, myself and Steve, plus camera man and climbing expert all needed to get down into the volcano, set up the final laser scan and get out in one piece.
That includes letting you register your dominant eye when you set up the camera, which will in turn automatically disable the portion of the screen more likely to be touched when you go to take a shot using the viewfinder.
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But the real reason seems to be that Yodobashi's business is changing in a way that should set off alarm bells among the camera makers.
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