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[–] Jagget@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (4 children)

main camera, AI-powered low-light magic

Can I turn it off? Can I? I just want my photos, the real ones, however bad they are. I don’t want them to be half generated.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 136 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just to be clear, unless you're shooting RAW you never have your "real" photos. Every phone/camera performs massive amounts of post processing, including using ml models.

AI is only a buzzword for something that has been the norm for a while.

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I want my photos to be grainy, with natural lens distortion, instead of current trend of pictures being shouty to look good on social media

[–] HandMadeArtisanRobot@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can shoot RAW on your phone today.

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think you need a camera, not a phone

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe phones shouldn't have multiple cameras if they aren't actually usable

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe you shouldn't buy a phone if you want a "usable" camera.

And you shouldn't buy a camera either as you don't seem to understand those either.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

a camera should save the raw data from the sensor to a file along with potentially metadata, there is no reason for it to "enhance" the photo or video, compression only makes sense for posting online or video

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

Tell that you every single digital camera. Very few output RAW by default, many don't even offer that option. This isn't a "phone cameras" issue.

The fact that you think post process is compression says a lot, or that there's no reason to apply post process when 99.9% of the population don't even know what RAW is and won't benefit from it.

Again, you want a proper camera, buy a proper camera. But learn a bit before

[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is there any chance this is the same HDR technology that has been around for at least 10 years, but using latest marketing buzzwords?

[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

Also, working a bit on developing my photos from RAW over last years taught me how we actually expect a lot of magic from a regular camera. The brain does a lot of work and low/high light compensation, color balance, etc... are required to some extend. Of course sometimes it becomes a bit absurd : most smartphone pictures seems oversaturated, with clear blue skies and I one took a photo of a blue-ish mountain because (I think) some classifier thought it was part of the sky.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago

Yeah, it's most likely just doing some "AI" (ML) denoising. Nothing to do with GenAI