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Apple Publicly Responds to Complaints of Purple Lens Flare on iPhone 5 Photos
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Why all the reply with people standing up for apple? Make them accountable for once! I'm tired of the half ass products they have been turning out that we all have become accomed to! We shouldn't, make them fix this problem, it's not normal or fair so make them stand behind their product! I have exchanged 1 of mine for a different reason but my other has this problem and apple admitted themselves they would change out my unit. Unfortunately it's 3 hours away or I would have done it already! But I will soon enough. I'm tired of these half ass products because they are in such a rush to push them out. And apple would "never" say anything about it unless it was a real issue, just like the antenna on the 4. Quit making excuses and exchange until you get a good one!! Or they will keep up this procedure that is no good for any of us!!
Of all the examples posted here, I have not seen one where both pics were taken in the same position or with the same lighting. This set is possibly the worst so far.
Wonder what apples perfect customer is. Seems year by year they dumb down.
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Nah. It's called physics. We are all stuck with it on a daily basis.
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iPhone 4S Fails.
Nah. It's called physics. We are all stuck with it on a daily basis.
It's physics
You could buy a $8000 DSLR camera and the lenses will still come with a little cup of plastic to stick round them to stop the glare and lens flare; it's called a lens hood. If a high quality full frame DSLR sensor with $3000 glass attached to it needs a bit of plastic to keep the sun out, what made *anyone* think that a phone with a $20 camera would be immune to basic physics.
You could buy a $8000 DSLR camera and the lenses will still come with a little cup of plastic to stick round them to stop the glare and lens flare; it's called a lens hood. If a high quality full frame DSLR sensor with $3000 glass attached to it needs a bit of plastic to keep the sun out, what made *anyone* think that a phone with a $20 camera would be immune to basic physics.
Maybe, just maybe Apple tweaked iOS 6 to produce the 4S's purple flare so it would hide the flaw in iPhone 5.... :], joking of course.
Purple bit = lens flare.
I'm not personally blaming apple for this camera thing, I think it's a normal characteristic of light interacting with the lens after I was able to duplicate it on my stand-alone digi-cam... That said, your position on this is utterly retarded. By your definition, we can't blame apple for anything since they don't make any of the components.
Exactly, more people making excuses! Flare is flare! Fare is NOT purple!! Quit making excuses like this guy sats too! It gets old, fast!
Yep, sticking a lens hood on a phone camera may be tricky, but no doubt some enterprising company will come up with a solution to attach one!
Go read about Chromatic Aberrations! What you see in those images is NOT that.
That's clearly a fault of the iPhone lens, I've NEVER seen this anywere else that sun rays get purple like this!
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"That's normal. You're holding it wrong, stupid!"
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If it was just about the lens flare.... *sigh*... unfortunately we're talking about a freakin' purple light!
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Some people should just shut up when they have no ****in' clue what they're talking about: this is NOT Chromatic aberration!
I took these photos today. No trimming nor after effects.
And yet another 'comparison' taken from two different positions ...
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No, you should say, "Why weren't these pictures taken from the same spot?"
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I have a TAG watch that has a sapphire crystal face, the same scratch-proof material Apple have used for the iPhone 5 and when it's in the sun you get that purple tint, it's normal.
Just don't point the camera at the sun! I am siding with Apple on this one.
Just don't point the camera at the sun! I am siding with Apple on this one.
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When you start looking for it you see it elsewhere. I've seen it in a documentary filmed with expensive HD cameras in the outdoors. Once the sun came into shot and moved out of picture there was a purple flare in the corner, just like the iPhone pictures.
Lens coatings are in fact used to limit this effect. If you want to take a photo with the sun slightly out of frame with any camera your screwed. That is why DSLR lenses have detachable lens hoods to limit this effect.
Its not just taking a picture in direct sunlight, the sun must also be at a specific range of angles to the lens for this to happen.
Maybe. These particular forums tend to be amazingly polarized. I expect that if it was Samsung, etc that there would still be reasonable people talking about physics. In threads like these (including the map threads), I'd break it down like this:
47.5% - Just want to take a whack at the vendor (whether it is Apple or Samsung or...). Could be for a variety of reasons - the vendor kicked their puppy, it's just de rigeur to do it, etc. Mob mentality...
47.5% - Just want to defend the vendor (whether it is Apple or Samsung or...). More mob mentality.
5% - Actually want to discuss the merits of the thread topic. This includes both making statements that appear to "support" a vendor and to "disparage" the vendor.
At least it seems that way.
Any camera lens will have issues.
Professional grade cameras/lens leave it to the professional to correct using (physical) filters, edit through advanced photo editing software.
However cheap(Apple spin: Small) cameras implement software filter built-in to reduce issues like purple flare to the extent possible. There are hundreds of cheap cameras reviewed every year, the one with maximum flare will not make the list.
Professional grade cameras/lens leave it to the professional to correct using (physical) filters, edit through advanced photo editing software.
However cheap(Apple spin: Small) cameras implement software filter built-in to reduce issues like purple flare to the extent possible. There are hundreds of cheap cameras reviewed every year, the one with maximum flare will not make the list.
Most (if not all) cameras or phones will produce flare if the sun or a bright light is in the frame, it's not exclusive to Apple, IMHO the colour is due to the lens coating, doesn't matter what colour it is, it's still flare. A lens hood would help but that is not really practical on a phone, just try not to have a bright light in the frame.
Don't ruin a good Apple bashing story with facts.
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The picture isn't framed the same, nice try.
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This story is about the camera not the antenna. Lens flare is an issue with every camera in the world, give the angle of the light hitting the lens. That is why lens have hoods.... to reduce the amount of light that hits the lens at angles that cause flare.