iPhone 11 Pro Bad lens reflection when using the ultra wide angle on the iPhone 11 Pro max?

[Eric1489]

Is anyone else experiencing this really bad lens reflection when using the ultra wide on the iPhone 11 Pro Max? I’m talking about in the center of the photo where you can clearly see the outline of what appears to be the camera lens ring.

 

[Azathoth123]

I’m not seeing any circular artifact in the center of the photo. Looks pretty good to me. I see a reflection on the upper right of the sun, that’s fairly normal with this camera I think. The tones in the center look fine.

 

[now i see it]

It's called lens flare. It's what cheap lenses do. Or tiny lenses in smart phones.
Either shade the lens or keep the sun behind you, or buy a $4000 wide angle lens from Canon (and then a Canon DSLR)

 

[Eric1489]

I’m not seeing any circular artifact in the center of the photo. Looks pretty good to me. I see a reflection on the upper right of the sun, that’s fairly normal with this camera I think. The tones in the center look fine.

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It's called lens flare. It's what cheap lenses do. Or tiny lenses in smart phones.
Either shade the lens or keep the sun behind you, or buy a $4000 wide angle lens from Canon (and then a Canon DSLR)

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Thanks, I’m familiar with lens flare as the green objects but this is a full on outline of the lens itself it appears.

 

[now i see it]

No, that's still lens flare. It's a reflection inside of the lens bouncing back to another lens. It's caused primarily by inadequate coating of the lenses inside the assembly and in this case because the lens is so tiny. A lot of optical compromises have to be made to get that sucker to fit in an iPhone

 

[Eric1489]

No, that's still lens flare. It's a reflection inside of the lens bouncing back to another lens. It's caused primarily by inadequate coating of the lenses inside the assembly and in this case because the lens is so tiny. A lot of optical compromises have to be made to get that sucker to fit in an iPhone

ok thanks for clarifying, sounds like this is just normal then

 

[Azathoth123]

Yes, it’s an iris ghost, from the aperture and it’s normal - and very faint. If you draw a line through the elliptical sun (from edge distortion) you’ll see it’s on that line.