Sony is trying to make it clear that its AI camera assistant isn’t bad

After Sony attracted some unwanted attention for a post detailing its AI camera assistant on the Xperia 1 XIII, it’s trying to clarify how the feature works. The company says it doesn’t edit photos, but makes suggestions based on lighting, depth, and subject matter. Point the camera at something, and it’ll give you four options to change exposure, color, and blur the background.

The AI ​​camera assistant will also suggest “the most attractive angle,” Sony says in its product video. Although the clip only appears to suggest someone zooming in, which is not to suggest a camera angle.

The examples Sony posted for the X, while better than the ones it posted on May 14, are still pretty terrible. It’s not washed out like a sandwich or overly exposed like the picture in the meadow. But every suggestion in the grid below has serious problems and looks worse than the original one. The first suggestion is too saturated, the second is flat and over-processed, the third makes it look as if the food was photoshopped into the frame, and the contrast in all four is too high.

If you’re using an Xperia 1 XIII, your best bet is probably to ignore the AI ​​Camera Assistant’s suggestions for now.