Samsung Caught (Again) Using DSLR Photo To Advertise Smartphone Camera (theverge.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Over at DIYPhotography (which we spotted via Daring Fireball), writer and photographer Dunja Djudjic says that she caught Samsung Malaysia using one of her photos to advertise the portrait mode capabilities of the Galaxy A8 Star, a midrange phone that came out over the summer. Djudjic suspects that Samsung licensed the picture from her through the photo site EyeEm, so payment isn't necessarily a problem. But Djudjic does say that the photo wasn't taken with an A8 Star. Instead, it was taken with an (unnamed) DSLR she owns.

Samsung doesn't state outright that the photo was taken on the A8 Star, but it's certainly implied by the page it's on, which is meant to illustrate the phone's capabilities. The page doesn't note that the images are simulated, and after showing Djudjic's photo, it proceeds to show the A8's dual rear cameras, implying a connection.

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Re:If you want a laugh...

[Anonymous Coward]

In this day and age? Actually, I'm sure people would expect to be able to get that quality. No phone will compare to a DSLR, but with a skilled photographer modern phones really can take impressive photos. The 80's ads were dishonest, but it's even worse now that the differences are more subtle and to many people it's no longer seemingly out of the realm of possibility for phone cameras to be that good. Still boggles my mind that a company as large as Samsung doesn't have a skilled photographer or can't work with a freelance one to do it right. I don't know anyone who trusts ads, but I also don't think that's an excuse to let companies get away with lying; long way to go there though, deceptive ads aren't something unique to Samsung...