OnePlus messed up. 

"The phone's camera can see through plastic" Im pretty sure the kardashians were the first to report this problem

This IR camera will allow you to see hidden security cameras. Imagine your staying at a hotel, you use the camera to discover a hidden camera. Sounds like a great feature to me.

"This will make your photos stand out." *Gallery full of seeing through clothes.*

"it can see through bin bags" oh. so it makes Jake paul invisible

Now I can find out the amount of lays in a packet

Oneplus : Removes the feature Xda Devs : im gonna do whats called a pro gamer move

OnePlus : We're Going To Disable One Of Our Camera Lens *XDA : We Gonna Enable That Thing*

"This camera can see through clothes" *So how much is this phone again?*

"People at the airports see through clothing." Hold up...

oneplus: oops we need to remove that XDA developers: LET'S GET TO WORK BOYS

XDA Developers : "Allow us to introduce ourselves"

"The camera can go through clothing"lemme try this real quick Edit: tf why is this trash comment my most liked comment

Damn that color filter camera went from useless to interesting fast

*One plus camera can see through plastic* Kim Kardashian: *sweats nervously*

People had the same reaction when cameras were first invented. There were newspapers dedicated to how they would just be used for spying and unapproved photos and there would be no other purpose for cameras. Well, we can see that they are used for good purposes in the overwhelming majority of cases, now that we understand how useful the technology is. Likewise, everyone's ignoring how useful infrared cameras can be. Detecting gas leaks, certain electrical applications, in emergencies like fires being able to tell if that doorknob is singing hot or not, if you're staying overnight in a hotel use an infrared camera to look at the room to make sure it's sanitary/safe, just to name a few uses. There's so much this tech can be used for when it's portable and seeing the idea scrapped because of these types of concerns just doesn't seem right to me.

1) It's insane to sell something then patch away features. 2) I'd prefer something actually useful, like an IR LED.

Crush: Hey! That's a fancy phone right there... Can you take my pic? Me: 😏

OnePlus: we gonna disable x-ray feature XDA: my time has come.

Me: I think I broke my arm. Doctor: Hold up let me get my ONEPLUS 8 PRO.

That camera is the only thing making me kinda want this phone

Everybody be like: Xda developers gonna bring it back don’t worry

First: The Colour Filter is useless. Then: The colour filter can see through objects. Cool! Now: OnePlus removes the feature, making the colour filter useless again.

Oneplus: *removes the camera* XDA Developers: It's showtime.

Haha! Sony did this with a camcorder 22 years ago!

Tony stark is the Brand ambassador for Oneplus... So this makes sense 😂

Imagine going to the airport and instead of a metal detector, there's a OnePlus 8 pro

One plus' camera: *can see trough plastic* Kardashians: our time has come

With infrared we can see clear in night so taking pictures during night time should be the main purpose of this camera

JERRYRIGEVERYTHING: POSTS A VIDEO Me: Goes Quick JUST A SECOND LATER: Mrwhosetheboss posts Me: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

OnePlus 8 can see through Plastics The Kardashians : Literally invisible

People : Why add this camera ? OnePlus : IT'S COOOOL

Technically, it's the heat that's shining through the objects. So the camera is not seeing through the object, but the object making itself transparent

If I can see my invisible girlfriend with it, then I'm buying it

Honestly the ir camera is insanely cool. I get the issues, but it seems like a game changer

OnePlus : releases a update removing the feature XDA developers: OnePlus camera Mod

One plus tried to hide what the camera is really capable of doing Mrwhosetheboss:We don't do that here

OnePlus: We messed up HTC: Newbies

Everybody gangsta, until you see your teddy bear with the phone and you see a blinking light.

One plus camera can see trough plastic Politician: our time has come.

This would be a good phone for seeing through items in a shop, then you can tell how much chips (crisps, for you brits) are really in a bag.

Oh my god my 13-year-old friend got this phone saying that he specifically picked it out but he wouldn’t tell us why I think I know the reason now

I’m more interested how they’re going to introduce infrared proof bikinis

Apple : We make phones for privacy. OnePlus : Time to uno reverse that.

Infrared photography has always interested me to the point that having that camera feature makes me very interested in buying this phone. People are drastically overstating the use of an "x-ray camera" that can see through clothing. This is the Sony video camera all over again

This colour filter reminds of those messed up "negative" filters that Nokias had ages ago lol.

OnePlus: "yo we gon' disable that cam" XDA: say no more

Wow the one time a camera advancement that actually interests me comes out it gets banned

Got 10pro last month, now thinking to switch to the 8pro, it's just too cool

Me after buying the new phone:"time to head to the beach"

OnePlus: Deactivates camera. XDA developers: I am gonna ruin this mans whole career.

Mrwhosetheboss is great at creating attracting title and thumbnail

I remember when cameras were first put in phones, people were worried about invasions of privacy, because everyone carries phones and could now photo anyone anywhere. Now no one minds them. It’s possible this could head the same way, if it becomes widely used.

Imagine designing a camera so good, you have to ban it yourself

Crush: can you make a photo of me? I forgot my phone Me: Pulls out OnePlus 8

2017: "3 camera's on a smartphone? what's next, xray camera?" 2020: Hold my beer..

I don´t use that feature all that much, but I would be kinda mad if they could take it away with a software update or something. I also paid for this feature knowingly, or unknowingly. So if they take something I paid for I would want something of equal value in exchange, because my phone is now worth less in my eyes.

They messed up when they switched from budget friendly to Apple prices

*The camera can see through plastic* Instagram models been real quite after this

Phone can see through plastic. Kardashians disliked that.....

I find this interesting and pretty neat. Sure you'll have people misuse it like everything else but then you'll also have others who use it to take interesting photos.

Camera: Can see through plastic. Kardashians: This is an avengers level threat.

Marques when recording video: **Wear his Nike Jordan** Arun: *_Hippity Hippoty the flip flop it is_*

The color filter camera is obviously used to detect ghosts

I mean I don't mind seeing through clothes

XDA Developers: It's showtime.

I never realized how much people could see with those infrared scanners at the airport. I feel violated! Haha.

I love how he doesn’t talk sh*t just goes straight to the point.

EXPLANATION: How an IR camera could be useful to normal photography. I remember seeing a SIGGRAPH video on RU-vid, called "Dark flash photography (SIGGRAPH 2009 Presentation)." The idea was you take a normal color photo in a low light setting, and at the same time, you take a photo using a camera that captures a flash of light from outside the visible range. Then you process the additional data to remove noise and improve detail to the color image. From what I remember, the paper was discussing creating a camera sensor that had extra sensors build in alongside the RGB sensors to detect IR and UV such that the sensors would all share the same lens and location making image processing easy. Maybe OnePlus was attempting to do something similar (perhaps with machine learning to overcome the challenge of using a separate camera) but for one reason or another the idea went unused after the hardware was already designed to include the camera. But since it was already included in the hardware, maybe they figured that they would make a small feature out of it (letting users directly use the camera) instead of redesigning or retooling. Of course, my suggestion of OnePlus's intentions are pure speculation, but in principal an IR camera could be useful to everyday photography in the way I mentioned.

OnePlus : We will disable IR lenses XDA : WE GONNA IMPROVE THAT THING INTO REAL XRAY

One Plus: we gonna have a software update. Maniac people: *disable the software update

@Mrwhosetheboss, this exact scenario played out in the early 2000's with camcorders equipped with IR modes such as Sony's "Nightshot". Once it was realised that the feture could be used to see through clothes, manufacturers started pulling the feature from most entry level camcorders.

IT'S THE ONLY CAMERA WHERE NO KARDASHIAN IS WILLING TO STAND IN FRONT OF IT..

I've played around quite extensively with IR light and cameras for computer vision security projects and I have never ever seen a camera like that see through clothes. This is a complete non-issue.

*whosetheboss entertains and talks with hand motions* My eyes: hey that tv looks pretty cool

I mean if they're blocking that camera they should give partial refunds to everyone that bought it. You bought a phone with 4 cameras and all the features for a price, if you reduce the quantity of features afterwards, it's only fair to give something back.

If they're gonna disable my hardware I want a refund.

OnePlus meeting: So.. what should we do in camera departament? Employee 1: 8k video Employee 2: 5x optical zoom Employee 3: Colour filter Employee 1 and 2: What’s that for? Employee 3: I don’t really know. Pete: Great! Let’s do it!

OnePlus - we'll remove this by ota update Developers at XDA - 🥱😌

you can do very similar stuff with those flir infrared temperature display cameras. nobody is flipping their shit at that, even though it's quite litterally the same technology but focused on another particular niche.

Oneplus : "We are going to disable the camera in the future updates" XDA : "NO YOU DON'T

Ah yes ghost porn, the one thing I needed during this quarantine

XDA developers: IT’S SHOWTIMEEE

The security cameras at the airport are millimetre wave cameras used to see hidden objects - TOTALLY different to infra red, which is mainly useful for night vision - not seeing through things. !

"the camera can see through clothing" yeah... and it's not particularly good at it. so... why are we concerned about this?

OnePlus: We messed up HTC: Then what about us?

Besides the rise in IR Photography and it's large following as "art", the color-filter lens from OnePlus was for the security of users traveling, as there is a rise in hidden cameras in hotels/motels/AirBNBs. The color filter allows the user to spot IR glow coming from the lenses of active cameras.

This was the issue in the nineties when sony released camcorders with this feature. It was quickly pulled of the market when people found out you could use it as "x-ray glasses"

People: omg, this feature is dangerous Photographers: _really?_

The old days we all thought an Xray app was legit. OnePlus : It would be an amazing functional new function. It's one of a kind. Also OnePlus: We did it, we made it happen. =D Ohh my god, we need to hide this feature.

Before watching this: No way im buying 1+ 8pro... After watching: Maybe I do...

A camera that can go through clothes has been my worst nightmare. When I was 5-6, I used to be scared when someone took my photo and I used to think, "What if they have a camera that sees through clothes?" This is my worst nightmare come true

Camera goes through plastic Kardashians OH My GAWd Dacter Help Meeeeee

oneplus removes the feature me: time to root my device and download a mod for the camera to see the invisible.

Apple: "The new pro triple camera, revolution!" Oneplus: *announces phone with IR camera and didnt even tell about it

Just a point about where you mentioned IR lens filters for DSLR cameras - they don't actually give the same effect as an IR camera, like it seems the OnePlus has. You can't just put a filter over a regular camera and give it the ability to pick up and process IR light that was previously invisible to it: this is why special infrared cameras exist. E.g. you can buy certain DSLRs that have been professionally converted to IR cameras. You can't do the same with a lens filter though - all this will do is restrict it so that the tiny fraction of infrared that is visible to all cameras normally (like a standard phone camera being able to 'see' a TV remote's IR diode flashing) is ALL that can be seen through. This will mean in a normal room, a standard camera with an IR lens filter on the front will just show a quite dark image where you can't see much at all, but the IR diode in the TV remote will be visible as a dim spot of light. Effectively it's just isolating the little bit of 'visual IR light' the camera could already see - not letting in all the normal visual light frequencies too. But this simply won't be the same as a purpose built IR camera, in which you're seeing all the invsible IR light being processed into something us humans can understand: white light. I'm not an expert, so please do your own Googling if this interests you - but I believe the actual sensor of an IR camera is different from the sensor of a standard camera. This means that IR cameras can actually take in ALL the IR light, not just the tiny bit that standard cameras can see, and process it into a black and white looking image where the parts that are lit white are an interpretation of it actually being lit with infrared light. I realise this is a quite long-winded comment, so sorry :D. Also if I've misunderstood the point you were trying to make, sorry again! I just thought it was worth mentioning, as I know a little about it after wondering why night-vision goggles that use IR cameras are so expensive! Surely if you can just buy an IR filter, you can make your own non-electronic goggles cheap? Only after looking into it did I realise you can't magically make the human eye or a standard camera sensor have the ability to 'see' frequencies of light that are invisible to it. You need a special sensor to take that invisible light and then it can be processed into visible light that we CAN see :). Fun fact: if you have an Oculus Quest VR headset, it's got pretty decent IR cameras for hand tracking, so you could use it as a night-vision headset, especially in combination with a powerful infrared flashlight!

One plus: our camera can see through plastic Celebs: gets nervous

Even if they block that camera, I'm pretty sure XDA developers will come up with a solution to enable it.

Everyone who already owns one.... HIDE IT. HIRE BEFORE THE FBI FINDS IT 😂

To quote many famous people. If you got nothing to hide then what's the problem. We live in a post privacy age.

2021 Apple: We got new camera technology xray camera 2020 1+: Hold my beer