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A bride to be discovers a reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photography
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/11/30/a-bride-to-be-discovers-a-reality-bending-mistake-in-apples-computational-photography?utm_medium=rss
A bride-to-be discovers a reality-bending mistake in Apple's computational photography

A U.K. woman was photographed standing in a mirror where her reflections didn't match, but not because of a glitch in the Matrix. Instead, it's a simple iPhone computational photography mistake.

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Nov 30, 2023 at 9:58pmIFTTT
Show threadMark GardnerNov 30, 2023

@appleinsider @HilliTech “Younger generations have figured this phenomenon out [of the limitations of #smartphone computational #photography when dealing with mirrors] and used it to generate silly images for social media.”

You simply *cannot* end an article like that without providing examples.

Show threadWesley HilliardNov 30, 2023
@mjgardner @appleinsider sorry I don't have random photos or links to children's social media where they trick cameras into taking weird mirror photos.🤷‍♂️ I have several nieces and nephews so I was aware of such a thing, but it's not something I have access to.
Show threadMark GardnerNov 30, 2023
@HilliTech @appleinsider C’mon journalist, do a journalism
Show threadWesley HilliardNov 30, 2023

@mjgardner uhh I don't really think it's necessary in this case. It doesn't add to the story and what do you expect, me to just browse random teen's social media until I come across an example?

Not really how this works.

Show threadTake It EV Podcast 🎙️Nov 30, 2023
@appleinsider @Gargron .. non-drama, non-issue..
Show threadBrian McCallisterDec 1, 2023
@appleinsider @chanezon I mean, it is *wrong* from an expectations perspective, but makes for a great photo without having to do the photoshop work yourself :-)
Show threadChancerubbageDec 1, 2023
@appleinsider The ghost of Christmas past, present, and future.
Show threadAlinskyDidNothingWrongDec 1, 2023
@appleinsider If I remember right this sort of error was a key part of Kyle Rittenhouses defense teams move to exclude some video evidence.
Show threadOfficer-involved poopingDec 1, 2023

@appleinsider computational photography is too broad a term, but will stick, alas. It's pretty different to use for noise sampling, sharpness, etc vs compositing.

Also, I'd say it's maybe worth noting that in this case, it fundamentally ruined the picture, from a wedding photo point of view.

Show threadS★m V★rm★Dec 1, 2023

@appleinsider @Gargron [Verge signal lights up the night sky]

what even is a photo

Cc @dcseifert @davidpierce

Show threadIgor MakarovDec 1, 2023
@appleinsider isn't this basically the same as rolling shutter?
Show threadMacCruiskeenDec 1, 2023
@igormaka @appleinsider You could do something like this with a film camera. Most of the time, the shutter is fast enough you wouldn't notice, but it could be done.
Show threadjonas lindgrenDec 1, 2023
@igormaka @appleinsider I was thinking the same thing
Show threadThiagoDec 1, 2023

@igormaka @appleinsider for me, it is like that.

Or a different example would be bracketing? which is more similar to what the iPhone is doing - taking a lot of pics, so it can then automatically compose the final shot. Photographers already do this by "manually" (or with separate and automated tools) mixing the pictures together

Show threadThiagoDec 1, 2023

@igormaka @appleinsider I thought it was going to be something like what samsung was doing with the moon and using AI to get images elsewhere to add to the photo.

But this is just exaggeration

Show threadJeffrey M FosterDec 2, 2023
@igormaka @appleinsider no it’s the built-in Pano feature. The headline/first paragraphs of the article don’t make that clear, but it’s just the iPhone capturing the image in segments from left to right when you pan the camera, and the subject moving while you’re doing that.
Show threadAlexander DyasDec 1, 2023
@appleinsider How do we turn this feature off?
Show threadJeffrey M FosterDec 2, 2023
@alexanderdyas @appleinsider you just don’t use the Pano feature. You know, where you turn the camera and it stitches together all the different images for you automatically? (This article was written sensationally to make you think it’s some kind of issue, but really it’s just how it has always worked, stitching together sections of the image as they’re captured. Anyone who ever used the pano feature with moving subjects already knows about this weirdness. There’s nothing new to worry about.)
Show threadAlexander DyasDec 2, 2023
@Jeffreymfoster @appleinsider Aaah, ok, I get it now. Yes indeed, I’ve done that on purpose. And as you say, that’s not what the article implies. Cheers.
Show threadPatrick H. LaukeDec 1, 2023
@appleinsider finger on the pulse with a story that's week's old. congrats.
Show threadDelricDec 2, 2023
@appleinsider this is an accidental panorama shot. It’s two poses, not three — the left side pose, and the right-side pose. It was then stitched in the middle. Even the original photo is not the normal image ratio size.
Show threadJeffrey M FosterDec 2, 2023

@appleinsider funny example of the pano feature’s weirdness with moving subjects, but don’t love this sensational nonsense about “mistake in computational photography” but anything for those sweet sweet clicks huh?

God this modern media environment sucks.