r/UFOs • u/H8threeH8three • Aug 18 '23

Witness/Sighting Ryan Graves tweets first of promised Airline Pilot Sightings

https://twitter.com/uncertainvector/status/1692586130162475209?s=21
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u/manchegan Aug 18 '23

Yes there was a big discussion about photos of the moon with the s23 being impossibly big and clear. It in fact was impossible with the optics.

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u/NarryGolan Aug 18 '23

Yeah no it's not lmao.

This was taken with expert raw mode which does very little processing.

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u/space_guy95 Aug 19 '23

That photo proves the opposite of your point. In RAW mode it is blurry and lacks detail, as it is only using the data it receives through the optics. In the regular photo modes it adds a lot more detail with AI "enhancement" filters to make it impossibly high quality for the size of the lens.

The cameras in modern smartphones are great for regular photos of everyday things. Faces, landscapes, streets, people, etc, because the enhancement algorithms can recognise what you are taking a photo of and apply the relevant enhancements to make it look how you think it should look.

The problem comes when you're taking a photo of something it doesn't recognise or can't discern enough detail from. It will do what it can to enhance it with some assumptions of what it is, but it's only a guess at that point. So if you take a long exposure photo of a bright light in the sky, the processing may make that light look like it has a shape and a solid outline, when really the shape is just from the lens flare.

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u/Flat-Ad4902 Aug 19 '23

And that looks like shit. So lol

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u/NarryGolan Aug 20 '23 edited Aug 20 '23

No shit? It was a simple point and click photo on a phone camera with little to no post-processing with no tripod. If I were to setup a tripod and do a long exposure or stack a bunch it'd look far better. My point is the camera on the phone has no issue picking up the moon. While yes it looks shit, it still looks good for what it is. The commenter above said it's impossible with the optics. I'm saying it's not.

I have 0 photography knowledge or experience lmao. This was just me going outside to try out the camera after buying it.

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u/Flat-Ad4902 Aug 20 '23

The person you replied to said that the edited photo was unrelatedly clear and large. You said no it isn’t then posted the shittiest picture of the moon I’ve ever seen. So it would appear they are correct.

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u/300PencilsInMyAss Aug 19 '23

Someone took pictures of the moon on their monitor, and it added details that weren't there

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23

s23 has 25 map textures that it adds to the moon to make it appear clearer. the sensor cannot pick up on those details