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Everyone hates people who insist on photographing everyone and everything at parties. Now, thanks to Sony, you can replace them…with a robotic photographer. Sony_Partyshot_01 Sony's Party-shot snaps pictures on your behalf The Japanese electronics giant’s Party-shot personal photographer – also known as the IPT-DS1 – is …

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  1. Scott Mckenzie

    Great Idea!

    I really like the idea of that... not stupidly pricey either!!!

  2. Paul Webb
    Terminator

    Do I really want to CCTV my own party?

    A plentiful supply of 'disposable' film cameras capture the moment much better!

  3. blackworx
    Badgers

    Great For Parties? Or...

    To be honest this product could go either way, but if they sell in any great numbers I doubt they'll be getting used for parties -- I'm guessing the majority will be sold to attention-seeking internet-disease ridden camwhores.

  4. James 5

    But surely...

    ... this is obviously a terrorist device.

    Can just see these being blown up by their hundreds in NU-UK!

  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    If they had an sdk...

    ...this would be fantastic for doing uber-high-res panoramas. Given that it's Sony, though, I suspect that an open API is a bit much to ask... :P

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Worse than CCTV.

    This thing needs an ASBO slapped on it immediately.

  7. Mark Monaghan
    Coat

    Uh ho

    Has anyone told Robocop about this?

    It's got a Press card in the pocket.

  8. Anonymous Coward
    Paris Hilton

    Party-shot?

    Don't type that when you're drunk. Or when you're Paris.

  9. blackworx
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    @ David W

    You want one of these - featured on El Reg a few years back

  10. Ian Ferguson
    Paris Hilton

    Parties?

    How long before one of these is 'accidently' left on in the corner of a girl's dormitory.

  11. raving angry loony

    pity

    Pity it will probably only work with shitty Sony cameras.

  12. NozeDive
    Paris Hilton

    Automatic camera you say? Hmmm...

    At the risk of sounding perverted, this sounds like it might be great for filming a couple engaged in activities that they might be embarrassed to have a photographer around for.

    SEX! It was sex that I was talking about. Great for photographing sex. Yeah.

    Paris, because she could have used one of these a few years ago.

  13. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Great for wedding receptions...

    It gets the big argument and the fight at the end as well.

  14. David Bell 6
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    @ NozeDive

    So a renaming to Sony Panty-Shot is in order then ?

  15. joe K 1

    The most often stolen camera in the world?

    Me thinks so....

  16. Anonymous Coward
    Linux

    P.A.R.T.Y.

    it would be good if it had a remote control with a 'force take picture' mode on it too.

  17. Jolyon Smith
    Paris Hilton

    Photographing Sex...?

    I doubt it... facial recognition presumably triggers the "Oooh that'll make a nice pic" AI and unless the participants in the candid bonking session regularly lift their mugs from .. um... whatever they are doing to grin inanely at the camera, the thing is gonna sit there hunting the room for a decent picture in vain.

    Oh look "decent picture" when what we mean is a "good, INdecent picture".

    I made a funny.

    Pars cos... well, if you need to ask then you just don't get it.

  18. Kotonoha
    Unhappy

    Great...

    In theory.

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