Huawei caught using DSLR Photos to promote Smartphones

Lord Lucan · 04-21-2020, 05:02 AM - **3 Likes**

So this is why smartphone photos look as good as DSLR photos :-

Huawei caught passing off DSLR photos as being taken with smartphones | PhoneDog

This is not the first time either :

https://www.dpreview.com/news/9949653303/huawei-criticized-for-using-dslr-im...rtphone-advert

Last edited by Lord Lucan; 04-21-2020 at 05:15 AM.

SSGGeezer · 04-21-2020, 05:10 AM - **1 Like**

Again? hey need to get a grip if they claim their cameras are great and actually use them.

Unregistered User 8 · 04-21-2020, 05:12 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Lord Lucan

So this is why smartphone photos look as good as DSLR photos :-

Huawei caught passing off DSLR photos as being taken with smartphones | PhoneDog

Busted............................

**THoog** · 04-21-2020, 06:50 AM - **3 Likes**

This is some Futuristic photography tech. Find a great location, pull out your phone, and download a better picture than you would have taken. Brilliant!

Wheatfield · 04-21-2020, 08:33 AM

Originally posted by Lord Lucan

So this is why smartphone photos look as good as DSLR photos :-

Huawei caught passing off DSLR photos as being taken with smartphones | PhoneDog

This is not the first time either :

Huawei criticized for using DSLR-image in smartphone advert: Digital Photography Review

They keep doing this, and it is so unnecessary. Their smartphone cameras are just about the best in that end of the business.

**blackcloudbrew** · 04-21-2020, 08:39 AM - **3 Likes**

Darn, now I have to go and buy a Nikon 850 to use as my smart phone...

**ThorSanchez** · 04-21-2020, 10:16 AM - **3 Likes**

It is easier to download a DSLR photo from the web using a smartphone than it is to download a phone picture with a DSLR.

Wasp · 04-21-2020, 01:35 PM

I wish that they and their advertising agency stop doing this. They keep getting busted. It's really getting old now!

aaacb · 04-21-2020, 02:26 PM

I'm guessing it's stray light from the ovf during long exposures that gave it away. A mirrorless camera would have probably gone undetected.

**DWS1** · 04-21-2020, 07:30 PM

I've been saying this for several years about most of the phone companies. No proof, but how many times have you seen an ad that will have in some out of the way place, in very small print the words, "simulated image". TV and monitor companies do it too. At least they're not lying about like Huawei is.

**Sakura** · 04-23-2020, 11:27 AM

Apple has been busted also in the past. In a movie they published you could see in the reflection of a shop window that they where holding a DLSR, and not a phone

Lord Lucan · 04-23-2020, 12:44 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by aaacb

I'm guessing it's stray light from the ovf during long exposures that gave it away.

The story I heard was that the same picture was seen on a photo sharing forum, with the poster saying it was taken with his Nikon D850. It is not clear whether the photographer gave/sold a copy to Huawei and also posted it to that forum, or whether Huawei simply ripped it off the forum. Either way it was stupid. Surely Huawei could have commisssioned a photographer and retained exclusive rights to the picture? Perhaps they did, but then the photographer broke the terms of his contract.

These days you can take an image (like in Huawei's ad) and let software do a search of the internet for any other copies. So you cannot get away with that sort of cheating these days and the Huawei marketing droids (or the photographer, as the case may be) ought to have known that.

Wasp · 04-23-2020, 01:30 PM

I read somewhere that the EXIF data is still in the image. It was taken with a Canon full frame DSLR (forgot which one) and 70-200mm f/2.8 lens.

**RobA_Oz** · 04-23-2020, 01:59 PM

Originally posted by Sakura

Apple has been busted also in the past. In a movie they published you could see in the reflection of a shop window that they where holding a DLSR, and not a phone

Got a link for that one?

aaacb · 04-23-2020, 04:06 PM

Originally posted by Lord Lucan

So you cannot get away with that sort of cheating these days

Thanks for background info, and in a way it's reassuring that cheating is uncovered more often than not. That companies keep trying it is puzzling to me but it's their reputation. I was being sarcastic with my comment about stray light, just because one of the photos was a long exposure

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aaacb Pentaxian Join Date: May 2016 Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,726	I'm guessing it's stray light from the ovf during long exposures that gave it away. A mirrorless camera would have probably gone undetected.

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DWS1 Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 1,169	I've been saying this for several years about most of the phone companies. No proof, but how many times have you seen an ad that will have in some out of the way place, in very small print the words, "simulated image". TV and monitor companies do it too. At least they're not lying about like Huawei is.

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Lord Lucan Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Wales Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,978 Original Poster	Originally posted by aaacb I'm guessing it's stray light from the ovf during long exposures that gave it away. The story I heard was that the same picture was seen on a photo sharing forum, with the poster saying it was taken with his Nikon D850. It is not clear whether the photographer gave/sold a copy to Huawei and also posted it to that forum, or whether Huawei simply ripped it off the forum. Either way it was stupid. Surely Huawei could have commisssioned a photographer and retained exclusive rights to the picture? Perhaps they did, but then the photographer broke the terms of his contract. These days you can take an image (like in Huawei's ad) and let software do a search of the internet for any other copies. So you cannot get away with that sort of cheating these days and the Huawei marketing droids (or the photographer, as the case may be) ought to have known that.

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Wasp Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Pretoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,661	I read somewhere that the EXIF data is still in the image. It was taken with a Canon full frame DSLR (forgot which one) and 70-200mm f/2.8 lens.

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RobA_Oz Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tasmania, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,209	Originally posted by Sakura Apple has been busted also in the past. In a movie they published you could see in the reflection of a shop window that they where holding a DLSR, and not a phone Got a link for that one?

04-23-2020, 04:06 PM	#15
aaacb Pentaxian Join Date: May 2016 Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,726	Originally posted by Lord Lucan So you cannot get away with that sort of cheating these days Thanks for background info, and in a way it's reassuring that cheating is uncovered more often than not. That companies keep trying it is puzzling to me but it's their reputation. I was being sarcastic with my comment about stray light, just because one of the photos was a long exposure