alright apparently even the google android camera on my old ass pixel 4a uses an AI image optimization that cannot be disabled. there are things you just cannot capture with that camera. its like "oh, uh, reality? nah. you're gonna see what we think you want to see"
i first went down this rabbit hole during the wildfires - i wanted to take pictures without any white balance adjustments. not possible! which is silly. but then i started finding other things with the camera that it will try to eliminate. light flares, fog, whatever it deems as a Mistake. i believe technology should be thrown into a hole
