As a paleontologist I've had field photos of material ruined by post processing. My google pixel tried to interpolate detail on fossil close ups, resulting in a swirling mess on close inspection. A good smart phone camera can be incredibly handy in the field, but now I use the dumbest one I can.

December 16, 2025 - 22:35 UTC

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And piror to use I thought I disabled Ai shenanigans, but the post processing is baked into its hardware (evidently a feature of its CPU). Raw images help, but I don't trust it in science now.
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this is heartbreaking to read. those photos are precious. thank you for sharing!
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Sounds like we need to reduce non-essential tech after all. If we keep messing up civilization with pollution and plastic garbage we'll get there anyway.
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