Word: autofocus
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...AUTOFOCUS Researchers from Caltech and the University of California, San Francisco, have devised an implantable lens for cataract patients that can be recalibrated weeks after surgery. The lens contains a photosensitive compound that can be activated by a tiny beam of UV light. "We can make precise power adjustments after the lens is in place, the wound is healed and the eye is stabilized," says UCSF's Dr. Daniel Schwartz. The experimental lens might even lead to an alternative to LASIK surgery. --By David Bjerklie...
...linebackers. Iverson, 26, a former Virginia high school-quarterback phenom, takes hits without fear. He's developed a jump shot that's excellent from 24 feet away and deadly at midrange. Then there's his speed. In his college days at Georgetown, sports photographers actually had to ditch their autofocus cameras in favor of more sensitive manual equipment--Iverson was showing up as only a blur...
...system will "get the consumer excited about photography again," predicts analyst Eugene G. Glazer. That's the hope in a photo business that has faded since the boom in autofocus 35-mm cameras peaked in 1992. And if it flops? Look for the remnants at 21st century flea markets, near the eight-track cassette players...
...crowd was rowdy. A chorus of boos lambasted the competitors when none moved from their starting spots in one round. Where else could you hear, "Check the camera. Check the camera. The autofocus is emitting infrared light and confusing the sensors...
...nude men, women and children are done without a hint of prurience and provide a brilliant study of anatomy. The price tag on this rediscovered classic is prohibitive, but no library can afford to skip works that prove photography was a high art long before the electronic-shutter and autofocus robots that now pass for cameras...