NO SERIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER WOULD USE AN IPHONE, so yeah there blowing smoke...Isn't it better to spend more time with your MATE, and less on a Blog? IMHO YES !
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Apple Publicly Responds to Complaints of Purple Lens Flare on iPhone 5 Photos
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NO SERIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER WOULD USE AN IPHONE, so yeah there blowing smoke...Isn't it better to spend more time with your MATE, and less on a Blog? IMHO YES !
If anything, from these sample images, the flare looks much worse on the 4S. Notice the low contrast purple haze. This too is a result of lens flare, not just the bright streaks. While the 5 exhibits the bright steaks the overall image appears to have more contrast and in fact less flare.
Wow. People are idiots.
It's like any camera: it has strengths and weaknesses. Learn how it works and make changes accordingly.
It's like any camera: it has strengths and weaknesses. Learn how it works and make changes accordingly.
So the me get this straight. The iPhone 5 comes out and the worst two things Anti-Apple people could find wrong with the phone are:
1) The back scratches easily when you scratch it forcefully with a key.
2) You get glare when you point the camera at the sun.
Haters gonna hate...
I've heard more complaints online about iOS 6 coming with it online since Maps uses Apple Maps, not Google Maps, and Apple Maps is supposedly bad. I've tried it a little, and it works fine where I am, but I guess that's not the case for everyone.
So, the 4S just has less weaknesses, according to the complainers. And the changes: use the 4S, not the 5.
I don't actually think this is true. I'm going to try to do some of my own test shots, but I seriously doubt that any camera on a phone prevents purple lens flares, and I've seen it happen all the time on other cameras. It's probably just some people finding nonexistant flaws to complain about. The iPhone 5 photo on this article looks better than the 4S photo, by the way.
The 5 looks WAY better than the 4S.
Why do you think that lens flare is a bad thing? It normally takes a nice camera to be able to achieve "artistic" lens flare.
Tried it on my iPhone 4...
Not sure why people are now complaining about it...
Apple gets slack for Maps, and scuffgate but this seems to be a problem from all the way back.
Not sure why people are now complaining about it...
Apple gets slack for Maps, and scuffgate but this seems to be a problem from all the way back.
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.
The only attenna-gate template here is in your brain.
Yes, it is blown out of proportion entirely. Completely. It would be nice if Apple -- or any other producer of small cameras which shoots movies in 1080p with an 8 MP sensor -- could somehow fix that purplish tinge that meant that my shot of the eclipse recently went all purple like this. But this would mean you're expecting Apple to defy the laws of physics. The perfectly normal explanation of the problem by Apple gets greeted by this "gate" ridiculousness. Congratulations, you found a flaw. For the record, if you want to take a picture of the sun, you need huge neutral density filters and a very long, sophisticated, multi-element lens, and a completely light-sealed backplate, with no reflections inside the camera. And each lens, and each sensor, has its own characteristics. With the iPhone 5, you get 1080p, a very good color accuracy that you're not going to get with Samsung, and a number of frankly impressive features for a tiny camera phone, that's good enough for many to stop buying anything less than a $400-up DSLR or similar standalone camera. Hey, here's a clue: stop reading Gizmodo for anything like the truth about Apple, since they had that run-in and there's bad blood there.
Ha
My $3500 camera with $2500 lens has lens flare as well. Still waiting on an apology from canon...
My $3500 camera with $2500 lens has lens flare as well. Still waiting on an apology from canon...
NO SERIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER WOULD USE AN IPHONE, so yeah there blowing smoke...Isn't it better to spend more time with your MATE, and less on a Blog? IMHO YES !
That's funny, when the 4 S came out there were people here comparing the camera to a Canon 5D MkII. What happened?
Then how come taking the same shot indoors, NOT pointing directly into a light source produces no purple lens flare with my DSLR, but does with my 5?
iPhone 5 is made with a level of precision you'd expect from a finely crafted watch - not a smartphone. http://www.apple.com/iphone/design/
But I guess that's not what it means. It means it has flaws that our loyal customers will gladly overlook and defend us against any accountability or criticism.
Want a good camera? Mobile phone camera is not it.
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Because your 5 is a phone?
How well is your conversation over your DSLR?
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But your comment makes sense..., not allowed in this forum, sir.
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Physics laws do not apply to these folks that are experts at every thing bad apple does.
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Because those people do not take pictures at the sun? And when they do, they take a second one with no flare?
Also, other phones are crappy any way, so why complain about them? None would listen nor care.
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Lens flare is OK, but it's bad when there is a purple halo. And the picture from the 5 looks better than the picture from the 4S in this case.