Apple Publicly Responds to Complaints of Purple Lens Flare on iPhone 5 Photos

Purple Haze. . .

Purple flares?, those photos indicate a chromatic aberration inherent to lenses. Any amateur astronomer who has ever looked through a cheap, fast (<f7), Chinese made achromatic refracting telescope recognizes that symptom for what is immediately. It's all about balancing the indices of refraction of differing type optical transmission media. The steeper the curves of the lenses the greater the challenge to bring all available wavelengths to a common focus. One technique used is add a third element to create an apochromatic lens system.
The lens system used in this device could in fact be a singular lens, similar to the telescope used by Galileo. That however would spectacularly colorful not merely purple hazed.

{my two cents}; whaddya' think?

I think Samsung has a team of marketing staff equipped with every Apple product with them just to find out small glitches that can be put on the headlines of tech sites. Lens flare, wow wow we wow, I knew that when I point the camera at an angle towards the sun there will be lens flare when I was a few years old!

Abazigal said:

So I am holding it wrong...all over again?

They must have an "antennae-gate" template on their macs somewhere; their response even reads the same as Steve's now-famous response.

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For the record, Steve was absolutely right. There was nothing wrong with the phone.

Once again, uneducated people are trying to pretend that their ignorance is a defect on Apple's part.

If you think you're rubbing salt in Apple's wound here, you're mistaken, quite the reverse!

Stupid Response from Apple

I guess that Apple had pegged their customers as photographically ignorant. Yes, flare is normal. No, purple flare is not normal.

HTC phones (just for instance) do the SAME damn thing. Tempest, meet teapot.
But to the Apple haters it's now known as PurpleGate. Tired of the "gate" reference and it's getting old. Time to think of some other witty and mostly useless remark. (That';s my rant for the week. Hope you loved/despised it. Carry on)

http://www.macworld.com/article/2011007/the-iphone-5s-problem-with-purple-haze.html

econgeek said:

I think its astounding that people are taking bad photos and blaming it on Apple.

Lens flare happens with every camera in the world. It is intrinsic to the physics of glass and light. It is intrinsic to photography.

People getting upset about this--like those idiots complaining about Apple maps-- just show me that people really *are* getting stupider as time goes on.

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Just like now people judge a smartphone just by the screen size. If it's gigantic it's great. If it's not, even if it's actually more powerful, it's crap.

Wait a sec. People are taking pictures with a lens not much bigger than a grain of sugar, using a camera that's worth under $10, and they're surprised there's too much chromatic aberration?

If you want to take a grab of a price label at a store, whip out your iPhone. If you want a picture, use a real camera.

Don't blame apple because you don't know how to pick the right tool for the right job. It's a CELL PHONE.

My camera doesn't have a phone in it, but it captures images like it was made for the job!

Remember when forums and customer service used to involve a joining of minds to find solutions to problems that actually existed?

Me either.

Mmmmm

ghboard2010 said:

Purple flares?, those photos indicate a chromatic aberration inherent to lenses. Any amateur astronomer who has ever looked through a cheap, fast (<f7), Chinese made achromatic refracting telescope recognizes that symptom for what is immediately. It's all about balancing the indices of refraction of differing type optical transmission media. The steeper the curves of the lenses the greater the challenge to bring all available wavelengths to a common focus. One technique used is add a third element to create an apochromatic lens system.
The lens system used in this device could in fact be a singular lens, similar to the telescope used by Galileo. That however would spectacularly colorful not merely purple hazed.

{my two cents}; whaddya' think?

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I think you copied/pasted this from a book or something...

wordoflife said:

So basically... you're holding it the wrong way

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Yes.

My Canon DSLR has crappy cell phone reception. Canon sucks.

violaboy said:

My Canon DSLR has crappy cell phone reception. Canon sucks.

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My microwave cannot make any calls or play blu-rays therefor it sucks too.

I suggest that everyone spend some time staring at the sun.

taedouni said:

I love Apple but I think that they have a lot of ignorant fans. Lens flare is not a new thing. Does it really matter what color the flare is?

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Apple has always been about making technology for the masses, keeping it simple so that you don't need to know anything... it just works and all that. Now that Apple is gaining a lot of consumers, it's only natural that the percentage of people who don't know anything about "how and why" will increase.

Never mind that there are already too many people in the world that are impatient and just want everything simple, instant, perfect *and* cheap.

Apple Poptart said:

People should really spend a few minutes reading on the dynamics of light, lenses, and cameras before they criticize something they don't understand.

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No way Jose. That takes too much time.
Besides, it's now more popular to bash Apple products than to like them.

TheWhiteBox said:

What the hell? People will find anything to complain about.

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And others will make excuses for any Apple flaw.

Relax. JJ Abrams spends a lot of time and money to do what you can now do with your iPhone. Be thankful.

i.e. "Live with it." .

BobCollins said:

I guess that Apple had pegged their customers as photographically ignorant. Yes, flare is normal. No, purple flare is not normal.

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Why don't you look at the 4S picture at the beginning of the article?

I don't have this problem at all... this was taken with my 5... but I was indoors taking a picture out my office window.

Don't mind the stupid rainbow.

You are holding it wrong. Again

yup

Imagine that... as iPhone's camera gets better people start to notice their own bad photography more and more. Heh, go figure.

AppleScruff1 said:

And others will make excuses for any Apple flaw.

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And some others will take any opportunity to complain about Apple fans.

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MrXiro said:

I don't have this problem at all... this was taken with my 5... but I was indoors taking a picture out my office window.

Don't mind the stupid rainbow.

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The stupid rainbow is obviously an Apple design flaw.

/satire

Actually. . .

bryanescuela said:

I think you copied/pasted this from a book or something...

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Actually I am one of amateurs I spoke of. . .

econgeek said:

For the record, Steve was absolutely right. There was nothing wrong with the phone.

Once again, uneducated people are trying to pretend that their ignorance is a defect on Apple's part.

If you think you're rubbing salt in Apple's wound here, you're mistaken, quite the reverse!

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Yes, there was nothing wrong. That's why Apple decided to revise the antennae design in their 4s, where they were now shifted to the top and bottom of the phone (so there is no way you can hold them by mistake) and relegate the 2 metal bands by the sides to just that - metal strips with no impact on the functionality of the iphone.

But here's the funny thing - if purple flares are apparently so common, why have I not heard or seen this being mentioned in any article on any website ever? You would think some disgruntled anti-apple user would have brought it up when ip4 or 4s was released, or some smartphone user casually wondering about this phenomenon in his photos. Why did it wait until the iphone5 was released before people decided it was newsworthy of kicking up a fuss? You mean to tell me that Samsung was simply "storing ammo" for 2 years?