covering the week's top textbooks like Linux bias when the 1+8 Pro was first announced the photo chrome mode appeared to be little more than an artistic color filter while it produces some interesting results when photographing trees and plants as it turns out it allows the users to see through smoke or fog or clothing the filter seems to work by capturing infrared light that is otherwise invisible to the naked eye there are many professional uses for cameras that can see infrared light such as allowing firefighters to see through smoke but it's less common in a consumer device like a smartphone although the company has stressed that the photo chrome filter cannot see through thick materials it apologized for creating privacy concerns and causing troubles for oneplus users and other netizens the company said in a statement on its english-language forum while we think this camera gives users the ability to get more creative with the smartphone photography we also understand the concerns that have been raised oneplus will remove the accidental x-ray functionality from its oneplus pro 8 Pro phone in an upcoming over-the-air update the company said Tuesday it's also temporarily disabling the camera filter they can see through plastic and clothing in the Chinese version of its operating system until the update is released choosing to leave it operational in its global OS