My 4, my dad's 4S both do this. So does my girlfriends point and shoot nikon. I don't see this as an issue on the 5. Give up people....Stop trying to find something to complain about.
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Apple Publicly Responds to Complaints of Purple Lens Flare on iPhone 5 Photos
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It's very important to take pictures of the sun, so that you can flood the web with photos which demonstrate the purple lens flare that occurs in iPhones, in order to convince gadget hypochondriacs that something is terribly wrong with their phones. You know all those people who got off the plane in the final episode of Friends because there was "something wrong with the left filange"? Apple users, all of'em.Who In the world wants to take a picture of the sun. ?
Nice pic!
I've owned a lot of camera over the years, many of them medium format, and can honestly say they could all produce lens flare of some sort. The idiots posting here saying it has never happened to them are either dishonest or not very prolific with their photography.
The other thing people don't realize is that off scene light sources can impact picture quality in other ways that might not appear as flair. Reduced contrast being one effect.
The purple tint in iPhone 5 shots is neither chromatic aberration nor the lens flair. Here is how chromatic aberration looks like (courtesy Wikipedia):
What exactly does it have in common with iPhone 5 purples? Nothing.
And this is a lens flair:
It never gets purple on "normal" lenses (like Samsung Galaxy Nexus for example
)And I challenge everyone defending iPhone 5 camera to produce a shot that looks like the following one using a non iPhone 5 camera:
This picture was posted here on Macrumors by our fellow member nandopr.
Just to make sure I've got this straight. iPhone 5 comes out of the box with scratches and scratches easily, but it's aluminum and supposed to scratch easily. The map app is quite poor and in many cases not accurate, but Apple will refine it in the next few years. At least they got rid of Google, which is most important to the consumer. The wifi performance has been reported as poor, but it's the users fault; they should get a better wifi set up or use cellular instead. The camera has a purple flair, but that's ok, people are just getting really picky about the iPhone's flaws. Apple continues to launch iPhone 5 in other countries yet they can't meet the demand in the US.
Of course none of this is a big deal and anyone complaining is just a whiner. And all the apologists would feel the same way about these flaws if it was a competing product, wouldn't they?
Of course none of this is a big deal and anyone complaining is just a whiner. And all the apologists would feel the same way about these flaws if it was a competing product, wouldn't they?
People who are complaining about this are idiots! Look at the three pictures in this post. I took all three one right after another. The difference in the pics? I touched a different part of the screen to change the exposure. I've taken literally dozens (if not over a hundred) of pictures facing into the sun on my iPhone 5 since I received it. The one in the middle of that grouping is the only one I've taken with "purple flare." It has to do with the part of the light spectrum that happens to get caught in the lens. It's one of the reasons that professional photographers bracket. Every camera is going to give you similar results if you put them in the right situation.
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Flare is one thing. What's being discussed here is dramatic purple flare. I find it almost impossible to avoid flare shooting in to the sun but i can create some nice effects.
Picture taken with my Iphone 3gs.
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I had a look at some of the example pictures posted online (like the one below), and yeah, it does appear to go beyond normal lens flare. It blasts your picture with magenta, and good luck trying to remove it in Photoshop etc. Prince should love it though.
I've had this happen a few months ago on my iPad 3. I took a picture at night, and I got purple flare. Except the only thing was I was pointing it NEXT to where the light source was (it was off camera). I also did the same thing thing on a fourth gen iPod touch, but it was fine.
Spend some time on the camera review web sites!
Lens flare is addressed in just about every legitimate lens/camera review out there. The difference is such publications target educated people that know or at least understand the physical limitations of optics. The reality is this, NO LENS IS PERFECT. In fact every lens has measurable aberrations. Even Nokias latest super cell phone cam suffers from flare as do many lens for pro cameras. It is an attribute or defect if you want, that varies with lens design.
Ask yourself this, what is one of the functions of the lens hoods seen on pro cameras?
I've owned an iPhone 4 for years and have yet to have a problem with it.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?
Lens flare is addressed in just about every legitimate lens/camera review out there. The difference is such publications target educated people that know or at least understand the physical limitations of optics. The reality is this, NO LENS IS PERFECT. In fact every lens has measurable aberrations. Even Nokias latest super cell phone cam suffers from flare as do many lens for pro cameras. It is an attribute or defect if you want, that varies with lens design.
Ask yourself this, what is one of the functions of the lens hoods seen on pro cameras?
It's a big difference, is not it? One expects sun light to be white not purple. Purple tint simply ruins the pictures. Also, it's not just the color. iPhone 5 "flairs" too easy and the flair tends to cover huge areas of the picture.
Apple is right about one thing. It's not a defect (as in "manufacturing defect"). It's a design flaw. They wanted "thin" phone. They got it. Purple tint is just a side effect of that.
Good to hear. Can you show us one? Not all professionals bracket since it often requires a tripod and flare is flare even if you bracket.
Hang on a minute. Gizmodo knows all about flare. Furthermore, they were all for it, before they were against it
Exhibit A:
In 2010, Gizmodo ran a competition to see who could come up with the most creative and interesting use of lens flare:
And here's the gallery of entries. Quite a few 'proper' cameras listed. Canon, Nikon, Olympus. Take yer pick:
Exhibit B:
That same year, Gizmodo posted a gallery of lens flare wallpapers for their readers' enjoyment:
More flares than a 70's glam rock concert.
Exhibit A:
In 2010, Gizmodo ran a competition to see who could come up with the most creative and interesting use of lens flare:
And here's the gallery of entries. Quite a few 'proper' cameras listed. Canon, Nikon, Olympus. Take yer pick:
http://gizmodo.com/5562538/shooting-challenge-lens-flare-gallery-part-one
http://gizmodo.com/5562574/shooting-challenge-lens-flare-gallery-part-two
http://gizmodo.com/5562574/shooting-challenge-lens-flare-gallery-part-two
Exhibit B:
That same year, Gizmodo posted a gallery of lens flare wallpapers for their readers' enjoyment:
More flares than a 70's glam rock concert.
And those of us who are even *remotely* knowledgeable about the subject area will simply point out that this is a common effect in camera systems. Even *lenses* more expensive than the iPhone will show this to some degree. (It will be a significantly lesser degree, because those lenses have larger lenses, and have room for internal baffles and such to minimize light reflection inside the lens assembly, but it will still be present.)
Claiming that this is, in any way, and 'Apple flaw', is simply parading your own ignorance.
The purple tint in iPhone 5 shots is neither chromatic aberration nor the lens flair. Here is how chromatic aberration looks like (courtesy Wikipedia):
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What exactly does it have in common with iPhone 5 purples? Nothing.
And this is a lens flair:
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It never gets purple on "normal" lenses (like Samsung Galaxy Nexus for example
And I challenge everyone defending iPhone 5 camera to produce a shot that looks like the following one using a non iPhone 5 camera:
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This picture was posted here on Macrumors by our fellow member nandopr.
I'm not defending it, but I can get one (I have one stored somewhere that I took a few months ago with the iPad).
Exposure totally changing image colors? That would be some brand new design flaw. Well, it kind of is but I am pretty sure that the reason some of your shots have purple tint and some don't is because of different angle towards the sun and not exposure.
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?
Here's the funny thing. You *did* see mentions of it before the iPhone 5. Specifically with the iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, and just about every camera phone ever made. You just had to be looking at camera review sites, because (for whatever reason) nobody completely ignorant of optical systems decided to blow it out of proportion.
iPhone 4 antenna problem
Apple responses "every phone does. You hold it wrong way"
Image retention on MBP retina
Apple responses "it is normal on IPS display."
Flare lens on iPhone 5
Apple responses "it is normal on iPhone 5 camera."
Easily scratches on iPhone 5 body
Apple responses "it is normal"
It seem to be Apple has never be wrong in any situation.
Apple responses "every phone does. You hold it wrong way"
Image retention on MBP retina
Apple responses "it is normal on IPS display."
Flare lens on iPhone 5
Apple responses "it is normal on iPhone 5 camera."
Easily scratches on iPhone 5 body
Apple responses "it is normal"
It seem to be Apple has never be wrong in any situation.
If you went to certain areas, such as the Faroe Islands, you would have had a big, legitimate reason to complain about Apple Maps. However, they've fixed a lot of it, including the Faroe Islands.
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Yeah, I agree.
Ugh...
After about the 100th "you're holding it wrong comment", I had to stop reading and make a post. It's been over two years, let it go.... If antennagate made you that angry, why are you stilling buying an iPhone?
There are definitely more issues than lens flare iPhone (under iOS 6) users should be more concerned about. I would say the majority of iPhone users (including myself) are not professional photographers. It shouldn't be a big deal to not point the iPhone at a direct light source when taking a picture. If your taking important pictures, a cellphone isn't the best tool to use.
After about the 100th "you're holding it wrong comment", I had to stop reading and make a post. It's been over two years, let it go.... If antennagate made you that angry, why are you stilling buying an iPhone?
There are definitely more issues than lens flare iPhone (under iOS 6) users should be more concerned about. I would say the majority of iPhone users (including myself) are not professional photographers. It shouldn't be a big deal to not point the iPhone at a direct light source when taking a picture. If your taking important pictures, a cellphone isn't the best tool to use.
This phenomena is *highly* dependent upon the angle of incidence of the light entering the camera. Note that the photos in that article are *not* all framed the same way. (Simply look at the relative position of the road and the left-hand tree for the most obvious indicators of the differences.)
If you took the two 'non-iPhone 5' pictures using the iPhone 5, you likely wouldn't see the chromatic aberration in them either.
Likewise. Look at the position of the corner of the room. Drastically different. No reason for that since the light is stationary. You point the camera differently, the light enters the camera differently. The light enters the camera differently, it has a different effect inside the lens.
There's nothing unexpected about that.
The pictures at the top of this article have *two* sets of distinct differences, though the framing of the photo subjects are quite similar. First, there was significant time laps between the two photos (see the different position of the cranes, and the *completely* different cloud cover). Second, the iPhone 4s photo is focused on the window pane between the photographer and the scene, while the iPhone 5 photo is actually focused on the scene outside.
As for the photos in the main body of the article, the *should* be more tightly controlled, since they were taken *specifically* to show the difference between the cameras in question. Unfortunately, the guy with the camera seems to be incapable of framing the photos even *remotely* similar. This is *painfully* apparent due to the different position of the light in each and every photo.
Yes, this issue is blown out of proportion. And, yet, even while acknowledging this, while responding to the same advice you'd get from a *professional photographer, using a camera costing several times more than an iPhone 5, you seem more than willing to blow that advice off as a 'cavalier attitude toward design flaws' that don't exist.
If you're trying to get a lens flare, you're not doing it right. The sun has to be on the edge.