Panasonic apologizes after being caught using photo taken on Canon and Nikon kit

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Didn't Samsung get caught doing this too?

How do I search the Internet to find that story? News search is heavily biased towards recency rather than match. And regular search results are filled with blog spam about the latest cool Samsung phone.

https://mashable.com/article/samsung-using-dslr-stock-photo-...

Samsung caught using stock photo taken with DSLR to showcase Galaxy A8 camera

(query was "Samsung sample images taken with dslr" and there were 3 relevant pages in the top 10 results)

Oh, sneaky. You have to know it's a DSLR. I used "competitor image sensor" and similar, and well, no luck. Thanks.

I can see how this can happen at a large corporation. The way companies operate, they usually order somebody (most likely a contractor) to create media. Then pass these to another team that creates website, press materials, etc. A picture is a picture is a picture, and information about which camera took it is probably not passed.

Don’t you think a camera company would ensure the advertised camera took the photo? It’s like Ford running an ad showing a Toyota’s tires performing on rough terrain. The primary product being promoted should matter.

What should and what does happen at large companies are completely different things. I worked for a lot of large companies and I can tell you things like this happen every day, usually not out of malice. Corporate behaviour at all scales is not necessarily governed by logic.

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