Huawei Apologizes After Claiming DSLR Photos Were Taken Using Smartphone Camera
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Huawei has issued an apology after it was caught using DSLR photos to promote its smartphone photography contest.
The phone brand is currently running a contest for its users in China in a bid to promote the quality of its new smartphone camera on the Huawei P40 Pro.
The company shared a video on Chinese social network Weibo that featured a series of breathtaking photos claiming to have been shot using its smartphones. One Weibo user however, noticed that one of the shots looked eerily familiar. It turns out, the same photo can be found on photography-sharing platform 500px.
According to Apple Insider, the original shots were taken by Su Tie and were actually captured using a Nikon D850 DSLR camera worth more that US$3,000. South China Morning Post also pointed out that two shots in the video were taken by Tie.
Huawei delivered an apology on Weibo, clarifying that the photos were supposed to be featured on Huawei’s Next-Image community where users are allowed to upload photos taken by any device, including cameras, per Abacus. The community is meant to be an alternative site to popular platforms such as Flickr and 500px.
However, it is still not clear if Huawei had received permission from Su Tie to feature the photos in the video.
Huawei 'accidentally' claims DSLR photos were shot on its smartphones (yet again): https://t.co/iZ9JFgSIke pic.twitter.com/sMDgtyxv72
— PetaPixel (@petapixel) April 21, 2020
Huawei using DSLR photos to market a phone photography contest https://t.co/PhLtmgOF6G pic.twitter.com/7CPGbfhP9i
— Android Community (@Androids) April 21, 2020
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