Samsung FAKE Moon Controversy Explained!

There's been a fair bit of controversy around Samsung's Moon shots recently, after a reddit user showed proof of samsung recreating detail that didn't exist in the first place... so what's the deal here, is the moon landing faked? oops I mean are the moon shots faked? Let's find out in today's video!

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:51 It's FAKE - Reasons
02:39 It's NOT FAKE - Reasons
03:53 My Conclusion

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[deepak]

MKBHD also mentioned his video the same as you posted!! 👍🏻On ur way of explaining how it's done! Good 😊 work 😎

[ibreakphotos]

OP here. You nailed it with this video, the reasons why it's not the same as improving the greens in the grass, and showing how they sneakily advertise the moon in their promotional material, but never explicitly.

For me personally, this isn't a topic of AI vs "pure photography". I am not complaining about the process - in fact, I think it's smart, I just think the the way this feature has been marketed is somewhat misleading, and that the language used to describe it is obfuscatory. The article which describes the process is in Korean, with no English version, and the language used skips over the fact that a neural network is used to fill in the data which isn't there optically. It's not straightforward. It's the most confusing possible way to say "we have other pictures of the moon and will use a NN based on them to fill in the details that the optics cannot resolve". So yes, they did say it, but in a way of not actually saying it. That's the issue, if you ask me.

Anyway, great video on the topic, you've got a new sub!

[sounakrakshit]

Just watched mrwhosetheboss video.. I think it's not fake at all.. they should change their marketing gimmick.. if that's fake then, the potrait mode should tops the list..

[bokinlego]

Not really a big deal. Most of the photos posted by brands in their SM pages claiming to be shot with one of their smartphones are fakes. They're either shot with a much higher priced smartphone or sometimes DSLR for flagships or are even heavily manually processed before uploading.

[bashaarlamaco]

The snapshot of the moon from samsung shows the stars in the background. NASA say background stars are impossible to capture when taking a photo of the moon and planets.

[spc]

I think Samsung should be careful about how they market their device. In February 2022, Samsung released a promotional video for their Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphone, which showcased the device's camera capabilities, including the ability to capture detailed images of the moon. Some viewers raised concerns that the moon photos featured in the video were not authentic and may have been digitally altered.

Samsung responded to the criticism by stating that the images were captured by the Galaxy S23 Ultra's camera using advanced zoom capabilities and were not manipulated. However, they acknowledged that the images had undergone post-processing to enhance their quality.

It is not uncommon for companies to use post-processing techniques to improve the quality of promotional images and videos. However, it is important for companies to be transparent about their techniques and methods to avoid misleading consumers.

In conclusion, the authenticity of the moon photos featured in Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra promotional video remains a topic of debate, and consumers should be cautious when evaluating the accuracy of marketing materials.

[MarcSpctr]

that is how Mobile Photography is, it is fake and controlled by AI.

It has been such for a long time.

Phones DETECT FACES, HAIR COLORS, EYE COLOR, SKIN COLOR, then remove blemishes or sometimes even add a bit of skin and hair texture too, for men with facial hair, they add the hair texture to enhance the sharpness too.
This is VERY PROMINENT in "NIGHT SHOTS" of every phone, there is no way it gets that many details of from a person's face in dark.

They detect skies, landscape, etc too
and then add the enhancement accordingly

so the logic of it not enhancing the HALF MOON doesn't apply here cause it did not detect a moon.

don't like it ? start using mirrorless or dslr for your selfies and other needs, lol.

or just use the pro mode and turn off the scene optimizer you will get the normal photo

[Mechnizmo]

Objective as always. Wish I could say the same about Samsungs marketing. 💀💀

[narutokunn]

What did you like about her the most?

Ash: 5:11

[kevaljoshi]

Would like to address some problem caused by Software update by Redmi, Poco, mi and interesting thing is those phone who's warrenty is expired are getting these kinda update and damaging phone's mainboard and these ppl are charging us 10-15k for replacement, I bought Poco F3 GT worth 27K INR in 2021
Last month I got an software update and then my phone got dead.i visited their service center and they told me to pay 14K for the replacement for Motherboard.
There are many users like this facing the looting of these brands.They are not ready to take responsibility of their own mistake in software.
I request everyone here reading this, don't buy any Xiaomi, Redmi, Poco phones.

[parvezali]

It's very stupid to think that a small divice like any mobile could take high definition photo of something which is lakhs of miles away

[michael_c]

Big issue is that they had a huge marketing campaign where they showed the moon. mhkbd was fooled and did a short showing off the moon shot without mentioning it. Has since corrected himself but that video is going to stay up and Samsung still gets the benefit from it. Little sleazy. Should not be the default setting and they should have a moon mode or something, so it's really obvious to people that it's not an authentic shot but that you can have an interesting feature to make it look nicer.

I think it's a cool feature if there shouldn't be the default setting with very little communication about what it is.

[shariqkhan]

I feel sad for you u are one the most oldest tech youtubers still your subscribers 1.8 m....and also views not coming

[sscmathsvault]

samsunng should stop this zoom marketing and start working on how to improvise photography and videography especially. These unwanted gimmicks have backfired samsung. i always wondered how some images of this 100x zoom captured same moon photos from different users...now i have the answer

[necromancexiii]

Would this have been the same story with the Xiaomi/Redmi phones that have the supermoon mode? I was impressed with my Mi 11 ultra *before it died* for the moon shots :/

[kolliparapremchand]

But 200 pixel size is 0.6 if you compare with xiomi/Vivo 1inch sensor pixel size is 1.6 microns obviously 1.6 sensor collects more light and data for processing, only an professional photographer will know the difference, personally I tested with my old mi 12 pro which has sensors size of 1.4 it performs better than s23 ultra in low light, it takes nice clean pictures. Most of people don’t accept this reality, every one fallen for 200 megapixels marketing gimmick. After lot of research I feel like wasted so much money on s23 ultra, hoping that they will improve with software updates.

[NMSHAFKI]

Thanks for the explanation bro 👍

I think it's not just the camera zoom feature but the combination of all that is called smartphone photography, those who don't want it can buy a DSLR camera

[mbz]

Very balanced and nuanced explanation of events

[RM.-_-.]

It's fake because if you zoom up clear view of moon nice images of moon
But
Obscure the moon a bit and no details on the moon part of the photo

[BLAKEEATS]

It's not fake people, it's enhanced just like every other picture captured by our smartphone. those who are saying they are fake are dumb.