Taking photos while working on a watch is helpful (for me) and informative for the owner.

While most shots are basic snaps to show me "what goes where", there are times I'd like to do a shot showing a process (hand removal etc). In the past I had a camera mounted to view the work and I would use the time delay to get a shot. This was impractical as you had to stage the shot and it didn't often capture what I was trying to demonstrate.

I now use my iPhone 12Mini for 90% of watchmaking work, and always thought "wouldn't it be handy if I could just tell the phone to take a shot".

I then remembered Siri, that soulless AI voice that was disabled the day I got the phone.
"Had I been too hasty I thought?" So I enabled Siri and said "Siri take a photo", so Siri opened the camera for me, but I still had to press the button. After some searching I found Apple Shortcuts had a shortcut called "Say Cheese". Just say "Hey Siri, say cheese" and Siri takes a photo for you.

So meet my new assistant, Siri.

I can have the camera set, and then commence a task without having to worry about timers/positioning etc, when I'm ready I just say "Hey Siri, say cheese!" and bingo, I have an "action" shot without any risk to what I'm actually doing.

Even taking a shot while pressing the Driving Canon Pinion on a Valjoux 7750 is painless.

Thankyou Siri!

 

Ah, modern technology can be a wonderful thing Jim. I'm still hesitant about using Siri.
Les

 

With you there Les.

As soon as the need for my beautiful assistant is no more, I just turn her off until next time.
I bet a lot of blokes wish they could do that at some stage.

Whoops, don't tell Annie I said that!

 

Thanks for sharing Jim. I can really see it’s use for your watch repair work. We use a timer to take a family photo at Christmas and invariably it takes a few attempts to get it right. “Siri, say cheese” seems a lot easier!!!

 

I need to hire your assistant.

If I say "Hey Siri... say cheese."

Siri will respond: "Okay calling your aunt Rita right now."

 

How about focusing? That’s as important imho…

 

Ha this may be the best use of Siri I have I heard of yet. Thanks for sharing!

 

Unless she starts saying something like "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that", or "this mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it"...then everything should be just fine.

 

Are we talking about Siri or his wife?
Thank you, thank you- I’ll be here all week, tip your waitresses.

 

remember that Siri is ALWAYS listening.....

 

I hear she reads lips too.

 

At this point I’m pretty confident that Siri, Alexa, my Roku TV, and anything else with a Mic is constantly judging me.

I’m pretty sure I disappoint them almost daily.