Myth debunked: Samsung’s 100X zoom doesn’t fake moon photos

30 January 2021
It was believed that the moon photos produced by the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra are faked textures of the moon.

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Kriegsherr, 31 Jan 2021What software? Most of the DSLR and mirrorless cameras take... moreHas Auto mode? Yes? Did he write the software for that mode? No? Why is it his fault?

    Anonymous, 31 Jan 2021You can completely disable Location services. You can test ... moreIf I was in charge of writing code for the AI, I would simply use the last known location to assist in case the GPS is switched off. Of course you can test this theory, but it's difficult for the average person.

    The phone can also get a rough idea of where you are based on IP address. So when traveling, you'd have to make sure you're in airplane mode the whole time.

    Anyway, that's just how I would go about it.

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      about 4 billion years ago, the moon became “tidally locked,” and it has presented us the same visage ever since...

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        Anonymous, 31 Jan 2021I highly doubt you can completely disable GPS. And if that ... moreYou can completely disable Location services. You can test it by using an app that requires location information.

          AnonD-762416, 31 Jan 2021I think the writer said they took both pictures with respec... moreWhat software? Most of the DSLR and mirrorless cameras take excellent photo even in auto mode. If a photo is bad, the credit goes to the photographer.

          Cameras are not dependent on software as much as smartphones to take a good photo. Sony knows pretty well how to make cameras. No way it's their fault.

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            • 31 Jan 2021

            Still not good photos like the Sony experia 5ii.

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              Anonymous, 31 Jan 2021You can disable Location services and the Internet connection.I highly doubt you can completely disable GPS. And if that data is in the OS itself, which it most likely is, it will still work with AI pattern comparison, just like it recognizes plants and different animals.

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                Anonymous, 31 Jan 2021Who cares when the phone already has access to GPS, IP adre... moreYou can disable Location services and the Internet connection.

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                  Tom, 31 Jan 2021Nah. You're wrong. If you don't believe me, first... moreWho cares when the phone already has access to GPS, IP adress and satellite photos of all angles? Doesn't matter if you look at it from the southern or northern hemisphere. Is that so difficult to comprehend? All the data is available so that the phone can fake the photo.

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                    Anonymous, 30 Jan 2021Your link doesn't work The link https://imgur.com/I4g358d works fine, but unfortunately the website adds the dot as part of the URL. You can click on the URL, get a blank page, then remove the trailing dot from the URL and see it (or click the link i've put again, now without trailing dot since it's in the middle of a sentence).

                      I want to know what's that rare substance Mr. Raymond Wong from inputmag.com smokes !!!

                      Sad.

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                        yuya, 31 Jan 2021you forgot the basic theory of moon that have same revoluti... moreNah. You're wrong. If you don't believe me, first go to Australia and take a picture of the moon and then go to usa to click a picture of the moon. Bothe of them will be slightly different.

                          Solun1, 31 Jan 2021Of course the only person who doesn't use the feature ... moreYeah, I did notice that. Unlike in the olden days when smartphone cameras were all about hardware physics, modern smartphone cameras nowadays are all about AI and software algorithm.

                            YUKI93, 31 Jan 2021Everyone? Lol, not me! AI is for the weak. I take RAW forma... moreOf course the only person who doesn't use the feature makes themselves heard. You are a rarity, if you didn't notice, major manufacturers have been waving the AI flag in their photo processing for about two years now.

                              VectorR, 31 Jan 2021If that "realistic" blurry smudge (supposed to be... moreThis whole article must be some clever marketing/smear campaign. It gives people a false impression about what DSLR's are able to do. The man who took the picture of the Moon was either incompetent or being paid.

                              The Ultra takes a pretty decent photo of the Moon (with AI help) but I can guarantee that a DSLR is able to take much better photos.

                                Yuri84, 30 Jan 2021"The moon picture coming from that phone is REAL"... moreIf that "realistic" blurry smudge (supposed to be Moon) coming from Sony Alpha mirrorless camera is cool, pure art of true photography and really precious for you, that's fine. But I think there's something wrong with you mate, sorry. Thanks!

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                                  wow, I took a better picture of the moon with a sigma 300mm lens and an ancient canon DSLR. There is no way in this world that a 600mm lens can be that bad.

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                                    I could shoot way much better moon with just apsc and 200mm zoom, who is this raymond wong guy, such clown

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                                      Anonymous, 31 Jan 2021Holy shit.. someone dont know how to take photo with this S... moreI think the writer said they took both pictures with respective camera defaults.
                                      Maybe it's Sony who doesn't know how to do software?

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                                        Tom, 30 Jan 2021Moon also rotates around its own axis. It's not possib... moreYou are wrong, it rotates and Earth also rotate. We can see only one side of the moon throughout the year. The other side is always invisible. You'd have to go to the other side of moon to see it.