Skarz Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Hi everyone i took this picture in Jerusalem . take a look at it its see through ... you can see everything behind me and guys its NOT PHOTOSHOP took it with my own mobile phone and there is other pictures like this how come the camera lens can see whats behind me ? how come my body didn't block the light coming for things behind me ? Please dont leave any negative comments and lets try explain this Edited June 8, 2017 by Skarz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipIngram Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 A number of fancy things get done in cell phone camera hardware and software. For one thing, extensive processing is done to the raw data, to make it have appropriate color balance, to compress it, etc. etc. etc. A .jpg file is usually stored at "less than 100% quality." In this case I think that would have to be the explanation. Another fun thing I've seen is a picture of a bus driving by - because of the way the image acquisition is done "row by row" the bus winds up looking slanted, while the trees above the top of the bus look fine. It looks like it only happens in the black areas. It's a really interesting picture just the same, and a good conversation starter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I can't see what you are seeing on my screen... Don't a lot of these modern phones use 2 cameras for focusing things up front and also behind? Maybe it is something to do with that or the way it is processed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skarz Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 KipIngram thanks for the reply can you post the picture that you are talking about and this still cant explain how come it can see whats behind me the light came through my body !!!!!!!!! if this is possible then with a little bit of hardware and software we can see whats behind walls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipIngram Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Maybe you could show it to a pretty girl in a bar and tell her you have a rare condition that's causing you to fade away, and see if she can make your final dream come true before you're completely gone. Yes, I'll try to find the picture, and when I post it I'll tell the story behind it that led me to learn that fact about phones. It fits into the general nature of this forum very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I am pretty sure the light did not 'come through your body' - it is much more likely to be a processing error or something to do with the device using 2 cameras, like most modern phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skarz Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Maybe you could show it to a pretty girl in a bar and tell her you have a rare condition that's causing you to fade away, and see if she can make your final dream come true before you're completely gone. Yes, I'll try to find the picture, and when I post it I'll tell the story behind it that led me to learn that fact about phones. It fits into the general nature of this forum very well. is this humor ?? maybe you can go look for a 16 years old girl and show her this joke .... maybe she will fall into your hands Edited June 8, 2017 by Skarz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Whatever the reason for the error in processing - the light did not go through your body. That much is obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skarz Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 I am pretty sure the light did not 'come through your body' - it is much more likely to be a processing error or something to do with the device using 2 cameras, like most modern phones. its was only one camera CAMERA Primary 3.15 MP, f/2.8, autofocus Features Geo-tagging, touch focus Video 480p@30fps Secondary No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Note that the only thing you can see "through" your body are the horizontal lines of the steps. So I am fairly sure this is a JPEG compression artefact. You can tell it is not stored at high detail. JPEG is not a lossless format. This means that it will make all sorts of assumptions about the image to reduce the amount of data stored. In this case, I guess it is assuming the the lines of steps continue right across the image (if the foreground were not solid black, this probably would be visible, so in most cases it is a reasonable approximation). This is all actually done by analysing frequencies in the signal, not really by looking at features like "steps".) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipIngram Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Here it is: So, I can't find the paper now, but the story behind this was that a guy wrote a paper on vixra where he claimed to show quantum "nonreality" using a cell phone video and a laser firing through a spinning fan blade, and a mirror and a half-silvered mirror. The crux of his claim was that there was a moment when you could see a laser dot on the wall, but at a time when the laser was clearly and visibly off. His whole tone was over-the-top arrogant and sure of himself. Anyway, I was first concerned about shutter speeds and so on and the fact that it would take some time for the beam to traverse the apparatus - some number of nanoseconds. But the "rolling shutter" behavior of typical cellphone cameras gave an even better explanation - the dot and the laser were at different vertical coordinates in the frame - he just caught a moment when the laser was on when the camera acquired the wall dot but off by the time the camera acquired the laser itself. I'm afraid I rained on his parade pretty badly. Edited June 8, 2017 by KipIngram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Anyway, I was first concerned about shutter speeds and so on and the fact that it would take some time for the beam to traverse the apparatus - some number of nanoseconds. But the "rolling shutter" behavior of typical cellphone cameras gave an even better explanation - the dot and the laser were at different vertical coordinates in the frame - he just caught a moment when the laser was on when the camera acquired the wall dot but off by the time the camera acquired the laser itself. A bit like that old school trick of appearing at both ends of the school photo by rushing round faster than the rotating panoramic camera. (People have repeated this with Google Streetview.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipIngram Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Yes, just like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 ! Moderator Note Message with just three bare links deleted. Post photos rather than links 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipIngram Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Sorry, imatfaal - I edited the post above and inserted the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Note that the only thing you can see "through" your body are the horizontal lines of the steps. And, now I have seen the other photos, "through" other vertical structures. You can also see these going across the doors in the second image. The other possibility is that it is an effect of the sensor; it could be that when the data is scanned out of the sensor it is affected by the other pixels it passes. Edited June 8, 2017 by Strange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skarz Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 how can i delete this whole post ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzkpfw Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 (edited) how can i delete this whole post [thread] ?? Generally in web forums that's not the "done thing". It's a form of revisionism, and is annoying to other people who participated. Edited June 13, 2017 by pzkpfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skarz Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Generally in web forums that's not the "done thing". It's a form of revisionism, and is annoying to other people who participated. i just dont want to share my pictures and this story anymore .... Please delete the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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