Next iPhone, iPad camera to have facial self-timer?
By Lexy Savvides | March 12, 2012
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×✔ Follow @lexysavvidesLexy spent her formative years taking a lot of photos and dreaming in technicolour. Nothing much has changed now she's covering all things photography related for CNET. You can find her hosting the weekly Pulse podcast.
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The dust has barely settled on the new iPad, but, as is always the case, there's another Apple photography patent to check out.
We've all been in situations where someone wants to take a group shot, but there's no way to get the photographer in the photo without setting up a tripod or hassling a passerby to take the photo. Plus, it's unlikely that you'll want to hand over your iDevice or expensive photographic equipment to just anyone on the street.
According to the Patently Apple blog, Apple has filed a patent presenting a new take on the self-timer feature. The photographer would first snap an image of their face so that the device knows who to look out for, then, once that person has re-entered the frame, it would initiate a self-timer countdown.
One thing not mentioned in the patent is any sort of tripod, or wide-angle lens to get everyone in the shot. The diagram also points to the front-facing camera on the iPhone, which is currently only VGA resolution on the iPhone 4S. Perhaps we could expect a higher-resolution front-facing camera, too?
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