'Take a photo of the moon with a Samsung smartphone and it'll be
remarkably crisp and detailed. Turns out, though, that the company's
gadgets are faking it by slapping AI-aligned moon textures onto the shots.'

<https://boingboing.net/2023/03/15/samsung-faked-moon-photo-tech.html>

'Reddit user ibreakphotos demonstrated the shenanigan by deliberately
blurring a professional photo of the moon then taking a photo of the
blurry smear with a Samsung handset, thereby proving that it adds the
detail algorithmically.'

The details are all laid out here:

<https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11nzrb0/samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are_fake_and_here/>

'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this experiment,
it was intentionally removed).'

On 3/15/2023 8:26 AM, Alan wrote:
>
> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this experiment,
> it was intentionally removed).'

For other opinions on Samsung's moon photography processing & some of
the technical details, see these two Verge articles:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/14/23640006/samsung-s23-moon-photo-controversy-space-zoom-computational-photography

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23641069/samsung-fake-moon-controversy-english-language-blog-post

In the first, the case is made that the processing that Samsung is doing
for the moon is no different than what the iPhone does for face unblur
or food photos.

On 2023-03-15 11:26, Alan wrote:
> 'Take a photo of the moon with a Samsung smartphone and it'll be
> remarkably crisp and detailed. Turns out, though, that the company's
> gadgets are faking it by slapping AI-aligned moon textures onto the shots.'
>
> <https://boingboing.net/2023/03/15/samsung-faked-moon-photo-tech.html>
>
> 'Reddit user ibreakphotos demonstrated the shenanigan by deliberately
> blurring a professional photo of the moon then taking a photo of the
> blurry smear with a Samsung handset, thereby proving that it adds the
> detail algorithmically.'
>
> The details are all laid out here:
>
> <https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11nzrb0/samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are_fake_and_here/>
>
> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this experiment,
> it was intentionally removed).'

I posted about this on a photo NG and neglected to post it here.

Marques Brownlee did a short YT vid about it yesterday referring to the
reddit post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1afpDuTb-P0

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On 2023-03-15 08:41, David Oseas wrote:
> On 3/15/2023 8:26 AM, Alan wrote:
>>
>> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
>> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this
>> experiment, it was intentionally removed).'
>
> For other opinions on Samsung's moon photography processing & some of
> the technical details, see these two Verge articles:
>
>
> https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/14/23640006/samsung-s23-moon-photo-controversy-space-zoom-computational-photography
>
>
> https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23641069/samsung-fake-moon-controversy-english-language-blog-post
>
> In the first, the case is made that the processing that Samsung is doing
> for the moon is no different than what the iPhone does for face unblur
> or food photos.

Nope.

Not in the slightest.

I guess that's why you snipped all the text about how a blurred image of
the moon displayed on a screen across the room had detail added back
into it.

Your own theverge.com url says:

'Reddit user ibreakphotos simply snapped a photo of an artificially
blurred image of the Moon using a Samsung phone, which added in extra
detail that didn’t exist in the original.'

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2023-03-15 08:41, David Oseas wrote:
>> On 3/15/2023 8:26 AM, Alan wrote:
>>>
>>> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
>>> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this
>>> experiment, it was intentionally removed).'
>>
>> For other opinions on Samsung's moon photography processing & some of
>> the technical details, see these two Verge articles:
>>
>>
>> https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/14/23640006/samsung-s23-moon-photo-controversy-space-zoom-computational-photography
>>
>>
>> https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23641069/samsung-fake-moon-controversy-english-language-blog-post
>>
>> In the first, the case is made that the processing that Samsung is doing
>> for the moon is no different than what the iPhone does for face unblur
>> or food photos.
>
> Nope.
>
> Not in the slightest.
>
> I guess that's why you snipped all the text about how a blurred image of
> the moon displayed on a screen across the room had detail added back
> into it.
>
> Your own theverge.com url says:
>
> 'Reddit user ibreakphotos simply snapped a photo of an artificially
> blurred image of the Moon using a Samsung phone, which added in extra
> detail that didn’t exist in the original.'

I bet you could do something similar with a plate with appropriately placed
stains or marks on it.

On 2023-03-15 11:21, Chris wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> On 2023-03-15 08:41, David Oseas wrote:
>>> On 3/15/2023 8:26 AM, Alan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
>>>> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this
>>>> experiment, it was intentionally removed).'
>>>
>>> For other opinions on Samsung's moon photography processing & some of
>>> the technical details, see these two Verge articles:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/14/23640006/samsung-s23-moon-photo-controversy-space-zoom-computational-photography
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23641069/samsung-fake-moon-controversy-english-language-blog-post
>>>
>>> In the first, the case is made that the processing that Samsung is doing
>>> for the moon is no different than what the iPhone does for face unblur
>>> or food photos.
>>
>> Nope.
>>
>> Not in the slightest.
>>
>> I guess that's why you snipped all the text about how a blurred image of
>> the moon displayed on a screen across the room had detail added back
>> into it.
>>
>> Your own theverge.com url says:
>>
>> 'Reddit user ibreakphotos simply snapped a photo of an artificially
>> blurred image of the Moon using a Samsung phone, which added in extra
>> detail that didn’t exist in the original.'
>
> I bet you could do something similar with a plate with appropriately placed
> stains or marks on it.
>

That would be a fun test.

:-)

Alan Browne wrote:

>> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
>> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this experiment,
>> it was intentionally removed).'
>
> I posted about this on a photo NG and neglected to post it here.
>
> Marques Brownlee did a short YT vid about it yesterday referring to the
> reddit post.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1afpDuTb-P0

The difference between posting facts on an adult ng versus on the iPhone
newsgroups is nobody on the adult newsgroups will care to defend Samsung.

Only on child-like Apple ngs do they defend their chosen God to the death.

On the adult newsgroups, posters' egos aren't intertwined with MARKETING BS
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8L7t2tu0U&feature=youtu.be>
--
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(even as there are few companies that brazenly lie more than Apple does).

On 2023-03-15 13:12, Andy Burnelli wrote:
> Alan Browne wrote:
>
>>> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
>>> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this
>>> experiment, it was intentionally removed).'
>>
>> I posted about this on a photo NG and neglected to post it here.
>>
>> Marques Brownlee did a short YT vid about it yesterday referring to
>> the reddit post.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1afpDuTb-P0
>
> The difference between posting facts on an adult ng versus on the iPhone
> newsgroups is nobody on the adult newsgroups will care to defend Samsung.
>
> Only on child-like Apple ngs do they defend their chosen God to the death.
>
> On the adult newsgroups, posters' egos aren't intertwined with MARKETING BS
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8L7t2tu0U&feature=youtu.be>

Only you will bring up Apple in a thread about Samsung's malfeasance.

:-)

On 2023-03-15, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 'Take a photo of the moon with a Samsung smartphone and it'll be
> remarkably crisp and detailed. Turns out, though, that the company's
> gadgets are faking it by slapping AI-aligned moon textures onto the shots.'
>
><https://boingboing.net/2023/03/15/samsung-faked-moon-photo-tech.html>
>
> 'Reddit user ibreakphotos demonstrated the shenanigan by deliberately
> blurring a professional photo of the moon then taking a photo of the
> blurry smear with a Samsung handset, thereby proving that it adds the
> detail algorithmically.'
>
> The details are all laid out here:
>
><https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11nzrb0/samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are_fake_and_here/>
>
> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this experiment,
> it was intentionally removed).'

I've had 2 Samsung 27 inch LED monitors that were bought at the same time, had a manufacture date
within a week of each other. Both died, a week apart.
I had 2 Samsung spinner drives. Same thing happened.

Never again.

--
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Crazy Joe Biden Is A Demented Imbecile.
Impeach Joe Biden 2022.

On 15/03/2023 21:25, Alan wrote:
> Only you will bring up Apple

You whooshed that Alan Browne posted it to misc.phone.mobile.iphone, which
happens to be about an Apple product, so take up your problems with Alan.

On 2023-03-15 21:43, pothead wrote:
> On 2023-03-15, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> 'Take a photo of the moon with a Samsung smartphone and it'll be
>> remarkably crisp and detailed. Turns out, though, that the company's
>> gadgets are faking it by slapping AI-aligned moon textures onto the shots.'
>>
>> <https://boingboing.net/2023/03/15/samsung-faked-moon-photo-tech.html>
>>
>> 'Reddit user ibreakphotos demonstrated the shenanigan by deliberately
>> blurring a professional photo of the moon then taking a photo of the
>> blurry smear with a Samsung handset, thereby proving that it adds the
>> detail algorithmically.'
>>
>> The details are all laid out here:
>>
>> <https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11nzrb0/samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are_fake_and_here/>
>>
>> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
>> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this experiment,
>> it was intentionally removed).'
>
> I've had 2 Samsung 27 inch LED monitors that were bought at the same time, had a manufacture date
> within a week of each other. Both died, a week apart.
> I had 2 Samsung spinner drives. Same thing happened.

:-O

>
> Never again.
>
>

--
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On 2023-03-15 14:14, MikeS wrote:
> On 15/03/2023 21:25, Alan wrote:
>> Only you will bring up Apple
>
> You whooshed that Alan Browne posted it to misc.phone.mobile.iphone, which
> happens to be about an Apple product, so take up your problems with Alan.

Dude... ...you're full of shit.

Alan Browne hasn't started a single thread about the yellow iPhone in
that group.

You GET that you can look this stuff up, right?

On 2023-03-15 16:43, pothead wrote:

> I've had 2 Samsung 27 inch LED monitors that were bought at the same time, had a manufacture date
> within a week of each other. Both died, a week apart.
> I had 2 Samsung spinner drives. Same thing happened.

Sounds like a run of bad luck to me. Anything support those models are
particularly bad?

IAC the topic is more about Samsung "image enhancement" <cough> than
product quality.

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On 15/03/2023 17:50, Alan wrote:
> On 2023-03-15 14:14, MikeS wrote:
>> On 15/03/2023 21:25, Alan wrote:
>>> Only you will bring up Apple
>>
>> You whooshed that Alan Browne posted it to misc.phone.mobile.iphone, which
>> happens to be about an Apple product, so take up your problems with Alan.
>
> Dude... ...you're full of shit.
>
> Alan Browne hasn't started a single thread about the yellow iPhone in
> that group.
>
> You GET that you can look this stuff up, right?

whoosh

From: Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com>
Subject: Re: Samsung caught faking it...again!
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:12:07 -0400
Message-ID: <r7mQL.1027191$MVg8.828454@fx12.iad>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android

Take it up with him, not me.
We're done.

On 2023-03-15 18:09, MikeS wrote:
> On 15/03/2023 17:50, Alan wrote:
>> On 2023-03-15 14:14, MikeS wrote:
>>> On 15/03/2023 21:25, Alan wrote:
>>>> Only you will bring up Apple
>>>
>>> You whooshed that Alan Browne posted it to misc.phone.mobile.iphone, which
>>> happens to be about an Apple product, so take up your problems with Alan.
>>
>> Dude... ...you're full of shit.
>>
>> Alan Browne hasn't started a single thread about the yellow iPhone in
>> that group.
>>
>> You GET that you can look this stuff up, right?
>
> whoosh
>
> From: Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com>
> Subject: Re: Samsung caught faking it...again!
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:12:07 -0400
> Message-ID: <r7mQL.1027191$MVg8.828454@fx12.iad>
> Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android
>
> Take it up with him, not me.
> We're done.

The first post in the thread was from Alan.
I replied that I posted something similar in a photo NG - nothing to do
with apple or Android.

I think you're a bit confused over who posted what and where (and
probably why). Congrats: you got when nailed. I think.

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danger to American democracy.”
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- Former US appellate court judge (R) testifying to the January 6
committee

On 2023-03-15 15:09, MikeS wrote:
> On 15/03/2023 17:50, Alan wrote:
>> On 2023-03-15 14:14, MikeS wrote:
>>> On 15/03/2023 21:25, Alan wrote:
>>>> Only you will bring up Apple
>>>
>>> You whooshed that Alan Browne posted it to misc.phone.mobile.iphone, which
>>> happens to be about an Apple product, so take up your problems with Alan.
>>
>> Dude... ...you're full of shit.
>>
>> Alan Browne hasn't started a single thread about the yellow iPhone in
>> that group.
>>
>> You GET that you can look this stuff up, right?
>
> whoosh
>
> From: Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com>
> Subject: Re: Samsung caught faking it...again!
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:12:07 -0400
> Message-ID: <r7mQL.1027191$MVg8.828454@fx12.iad>
> Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android
>
> Take it up with him, not me.
> We're done.

You complete ass.

There is literally nothing about yellow iPhones in that post or in the
video to which it is linked.

Are you stupid?

On 16/03/2023 9:25 am, Alan wrote:
> On 2023-03-15 13:12, Andy Burnelli wrote:
>> Alan Browne wrote:
>>
>>>> 'The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsung's marketing is
>>>> deceptive. It is adding detail where there is none (in this
>>>> experiment, it was intentionally removed).'
>>>
>>> I posted about this on a photo NG and neglected to post it here.
>>>
>>> Marques Brownlee did a short YT vid about it yesterday referring to
>>> the reddit post.
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1afpDuTb-P0
>>
>> The difference between posting facts on an adult ng versus on the iPhone
>> newsgroups is nobody on the adult newsgroups will care to defend Samsung.
>>
>> Only on child-like Apple ngs do they defend their chosen God to the
>> death.
>>
>> On the adult newsgroups, posters' egos aren't intertwined with
>> MARKETING BS
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8L7t2tu0U&feature=youtu.be>
>
> Only you will bring up Apple in a thread about Samsung's malfeasance.
>
> :-)

No , I would too.

geoff

On 2023-03-15, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> I replied that I posted something similar in a photo NG - nothing to do
> with apple or Android.

It's a rather pretty mockery of the iPhone owner - that video about yellow.

On 2023-03-15 16:59, Chris Schram wrote:
> On 2023-03-15, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>> I replied that I posted something similar in a photo NG - nothing to do
>> with apple or Android.
>
> It's a rather pretty mockery of the iPhone owner - that video about yellow.

No... ...it's a commercial; a piece of media intended to make more sales
of a consumer product.

On 2023-03-15, Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:
> On 2023-03-15, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>> I replied that I posted something similar in a photo NG - nothing to do
>> with apple or Android.
>
> It's a rather pretty mockery of the iPhone owner - that video about yellow.

The Troll-Hole has started spoofing my name and email address again.
Please don't fall for this shit.

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On 2023-03-15 19:59, Chris Schram wrote:
> On 2023-03-15, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>> I replied that I posted something similar in a photo NG - nothing to do
>> with apple or Android.
>
> It's a rather pretty mockery of the iPhone owner - that video about yellow.

You're generalizing that this campaign is aimed at all iPhone users.

It isn't. It's aimed at those for which such will appeal.

Thus, I will hang onto my iPhone 11. Good for 2 or 3 more years.
At least.

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On 2023-03-16 02:48, Chris Schram wrote:
> On 2023-03-15, Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:
>> On 2023-03-15, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>>> I replied that I posted something similar in a photo NG - nothing to do
>>> with apple or Android.
>>
>> It's a rather pretty mockery of the iPhone owner - that video about yellow.
>
> The Troll-Hole has started spoofing my name and email address again.
> Please don't fall for this shit.

Regrettably I don't do forensics before replying.

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In article <ZRFQL.118321$5jd8.82279@fx05.iad>, Alan Browne
<bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

> On 2023-03-16 02:48, Chris Schram wrote:
> > On 2023-03-15, Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:
> >> It's a rather pretty mockery of the iPhone owner - that video about yellow.
> >
> > The Troll-Hole has started spoofing my name and email address again.
> > Please don't fall for this shit.
>
> Regrettably I don't do forensics before replying.

none is needed. the trolling style is unmistakeable.

he also spoofs several other people who are regulars in other groups
and it's quite obvious too.

On 2023-03-16, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <ZRFQL.118321$5jd8.82279@fx05.iad>, Alan Browne
><bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>> On 2023-03-16 02:48, Chris Schram wrote:
>>> On 2023-03-15, Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's a rather pretty mockery of the iPhone owner - that video
>>>> about yellow.
>>>
>>> The Troll-Hole has started spoofing my name and email address
>>> again. Please don't fall for this shit.
>>
>> Regrettably I don't do forensics before replying.
>
> none is needed. the trolling style is unmistakeable.
>
> he also spoofs several other people who are regulars in other groups
> and it's quite obvious too.

Interesting how some of those people don't even complain about it. : )

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On 2023-03-16 11:30, nospam wrote:
> In article <ZRFQL.118321$5jd8.82279@fx05.iad>, Alan Browne
> <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2023-03-16 02:48, Chris Schram wrote:
>>> On 2023-03-15, Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:
>>>> It's a rather pretty mockery of the iPhone owner - that video about yellow.
>>>
>>> The Troll-Hole has started spoofing my name and email address again.
>>> Please don't fall for this shit.
>>
>> Regrettably I don't do forensics before replying.
>
> none is needed. the trolling style is unmistakeable.
>
> he also spoofs several other people who are regulars in other groups
> and it's quite obvious too.

Colour me de-tuned.

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