Re: Requirements for a new stereo camera

[bercov@xxxxxxxxxxx (John Bercovitz)]

I said:

> I think the autofocusser should find near and far distances and
> set the correct focus distance to match the amounts of out-of-
> focus for near and far objects.  This shouldn't be too difficult
> for a chip and you've got to have a chip anyway in order to do all
> that is being proposed.  The biggest problems would be locating
> the nearest and farthest objects in the scene so as to find their
> distances, and having enough sensors to cover the possibilities.
> This will call for some design cleverness.

Actually, my dad's EOS 10 already has spot distance sensing and 
makes the calculation I suggested.  That makes this a two-step
process but so what?  Autoprogram mode will split a foreground and
infinity as suggested in the prposal.

John B


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