Sony has a camera legacy that most brands, regardless of whether they make cameras or smartphones, dream of. The company rewrote what full-frame sensors could do with its Alpha series .  That particular rendering of skin tones, that restraint with saturation, the commitment to accurate white balance; the company’s color science is precisely why cinematographers, videographers, and photographers like me, in the consumer tech space, swear by its color science and camera hardware.  So when the official Sony Xperia X account posted “Origin vs. AI Camera Assistant” side-by-side comparisons, particularly to promote the Xperia Intelligence on the company’s new Xperia 1 VIII, I kept staring at my screen for minutes. Not in admiration, but in genuine disbelief. I’d say this bluntly: whoever approved those samples has either never used a Sony Alpha series camera, or never spoken to someone who does.  Sony / X What exactly is Sony’s Xperia Intelligence actually doing to these images?…