Eclipse: The Xiaomi 17 Ultra Confuses the Moon and the Sun
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August 14, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (10 comments)
swiftcoder
It remains incredibly funny that they never turned off this "fake moon" feature after being caught the first time
IvanK_net
In the future, it might be extremely hard to find a camera which records exactly what is in front of it :D
ionwake
I still struggle with the idea that the chinese olympics had both CGI fireworks and real firework footage mixed together. I cant fathom how this was a "if they know it doesnt matter at all" situation. A complete acceptance of real / fake, who cares its about stuff looking great. I mean I can be told it but I cant understand why you would waste millions on real works just to have fake ones, why not just go all fake? If its a half way house then does no one care what is real? IE on linkedin somany AI videos with thousands of comments and likes and I become lost on ... do most poeple just not care if its real or not? I dont think they do at all. Am I mad to care? Its very easy to say well everyone uses filters and they are not real. And its true! But somewhere and I have no idea where, there seems tobe a line for me where I say no, thats not cricket, you cant just replace part of an image with a template of something else. I have no idea tho any thoughts appreciated.
Alexander-Barth
Interestingly, one of their AI filters is actually called "Super Moon": 4.14.3 Camera Image Optimization The camera image optimization AI algorithm is mainly used in the following camera features: Super Moon, AI Camera, Document Mode, Front Portrait Mode with Background Blurring, and Beautify. https://trust.mi.com/docs/miui-privacy-white-paper-global/4/...
Taniwha
I wonder if it gets the moon the right way up in the southern hemisphere
esperent
I got some amazing photos through a set of eclipse viewing glasses on my Vivo x300 pro. If I'd been a bit more organized and set up a stand and taped the glasses onto the phone I think I could have taken a video of the whole thing in incredible quality. But I just held the glasses in front of the lens and it worked. What I found though was that I had to use the pro mode (which I use for basically everything anyway, to avoid exactly the kind of issues this article is talking about). I did try on normal photo mode and I think what was happening was that as soon as I covered one lens with the glasses it switched to another.
mugiseyebrows
the title should be "lies, damn lies, and photo enhancements"
kleiba2
Living in a post-factual world.
ndsipa_pomu
That's no moon
classified
Great, the sun has moon craters now. GenAI at its best.