The Lumix FX77

Camera that lets you fix blemishes

PHOTOS are everything to Ms Yuka Obara, a well-known Japanese blogger, who insists that online snapshots of her be picture- perfect – especially because it is hard to delete poor-quality photos, once they are on the Web.

Known by her online profile name Yunkoro, the 20-yearold has honed her art for four years, in line with Japan’s cult of the “kawaii” or cute, which has given rise to creative profile pictures.

For example, she has plenty of advice on how to photograph oneself – making use of everyday items such as handheld mirrors and curtains – so one looks honey-eyed and candy- sweet.

“My blogs are there for people to see, so...I am quite particular about photos,” she said, adding that she has had as many as 1.1 million hits a day.

Additional help has arrived for those like her, in the form of Panasonic’s new camera that can clean and even put make-up on a subject’s face.

The Lumix FX77, released last Friday, has a “beauty re-touch” function that whitens teeth, increases the translucency of skin, removes dark eye circles, makes faces look smaller and even magnifies the size of eyes.

For the final touch, it applies rouge, lipstick and even eyeshadow.

Said Ms Akiko Enoki, a Panasonic project manager in charge of developing the camera: “There has been huge customer demand for such a product.“

According to data we’ve acquired, around 50 per cent of our digital-camera clients are not satisfied with the way they look in a photo.

“We came up with the idea, so our clients can fix parts they don’t like about their faces, after they’ve taken a picture.”

REUTERS

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