A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; at least one refrigerated compartment arranged within the cabinet; a door mounted to the cabinet for selectively providing access to the at least one refrigerated compartment; and a dispenser assembly for selectively releasing at least one of a liquid and ice into a container during a dispensing operation, said dispenser assembly including: ∘ a dispenser well including a base section and an upstanding wall section (66, 67, 70); ∘ a controller for regulating the dispensing operation of the dispenser assembly; and ∘ an optical sensing system in communication with the controller, the optical sensing system comprising: - a camera exposed to the dispenser well and adapted to send image data from the dispenser well to the controller to sense a presence of an indicating object placed in the dispenser well and pointing to a side wall portion of the container in selecting a desired fill level for the container, with the controller regulating the dispensing operation based, at least in part, on the desired fill level, wherein image data from said camera is utilized to detect a desired fill height within said container and wherein said controller is utilized to adjust the speed at which liquid and/or ice is dispensed into said container based on how quickly the liquid or ice level increases within said container. a cabinet; at least one refrigerated compartment arranged within the cabinet; a door mounted to the cabinet for selectively providing access to the at least one refrigerated compartment; and a dispenser assembly for selectively releasing at least one of a liquid and ice into a container during a dispensing operation, said dispenser assembly including: ∘ a dispenser well including a base section and an upstanding wall section (66, 67, 70); ∘ a controller for regulating the dispensing operation of the dispenser assembly; and ∘ an optical sensing system in communication with the controller, the optical sensing system comprising: - a camera exposed to the dispenser well and adapted to send image data from the dispenser well to the controller to sense a presence of an indicating object placed in the dispenser well and pointing to a side wall portion of the container in selecting a desired fill level for the container, with the controller regulating the dispensing operation based, at least in part, on the desired fill level, ∘ a dispenser well including a base section and an upstanding wall section (66, 67, 70); ∘ a controller for regulating the dispensing operation of the dispenser assembly; and ∘ an optical sensing system in communication with the controller, the optical sensing system comprising: - a camera exposed to the dispenser well and adapted to send image data from the dispenser well to the controller to sense a presence of an indicating object placed in the dispenser well and pointing to a side wall portion of the container in selecting a desired fill level for the container, with the controller regulating the dispensing operation based, at least in part, on the desired fill level, - a camera exposed to the dispenser well and adapted to send image data from the dispenser well to the controller to sense a presence of an indicating object placed in the dispenser well and pointing to a side wall portion of the container in selecting a desired fill level for the container, with the controller regulating the dispensing operation based, at least in part, on the desired fill level,