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Re:I/O 2022 by scardycat on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:22PM (#31345980)
The Pixel 6 Pro camera, which they showcase and market as capable of representing true skin tone [1], has been a pain in the neck for me. I am a brown skinned person with a balding head and the camera preview and final product are completely different. The final product adds random blotches of dark tones on my face and head. None of the photos are usable. This is 100% reproducible especially in bright day light. I filed a bug report with offer to send in my pictures as samples, not a single response, its been 4+ months.

1. https://store.google.com/intl/en/discover/realtone/

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Re:I/O 2022 by The_Colonel on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:32PM (#31346101)
It's a catastrophe for white people as well. My wife has blue eyes, and the camera pretty consistently makes them black. Skin usually turns gray. The portrait looks fine in the preview, but the algorithm messes it up.
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Re:I/O 2022 by uuyi on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:08PM (#31346503)
Similar weird problems in portrait mode on my iPhone 13 Pro. My youngest daughter comes out looking like an unholy tellytubby on crack for some reason.

Got fed up of trying to negotiate with the bastard thing and bought a Nikon mirrorless instead. Absolutely no regrets.

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