Dodgy iPhone 6 camera

[Da1e85]

Is this normal when taking a picture with sunlight or in a picture facing a bulb my picture seems to exhibit green dots the following picture is a bit extreme pointing at the lamp but I'm sure my old phones didn't do this

 

[Da1e85]

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[hrv888]

That's what they call lens flare. Learned that from here too. Haha

 

[Da1e85]

So that's normal then

 

[hrv888]

Yeah. That's what they told me. But I find it annoying as well. Didn't have it on my 5 before. Now I just move the angle a bit to lessen the flare.

 

[Da1e85]

I'm certain my last iPhone 6 didn't have this problem this is a new phone as the last one had dust in the front camera

 

[hrv888]

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6544849

I'm going to read through this right now. You might want to take a look too.

 

[jldesutter83]

It's a lens flare. It's when there's a lot of light coming in when the shutter is wider or slower. Like photographing the sun. In the second pic you can see the brightest ball in the reflection. The green dot is the flare from that bright ball.

 

[Da1e85]

So it's normal it happens slightly on my girlfriends htc one m8 but not as pronounced and I can't recall it being like this on my last ip6

 

[Da1e85]

Is it worth another Genius Bar appointment

 

[jldesutter83]

It's normal I think. I tried to test it on my iPhone 6 last night but I didn't get the flare. Idk if my lights weren't bright enough to cause the flare or not. I know flaring is the issue in your photos but if it's normal to the iPhone 6 idk for sure. I remember using cameras before and having the flare and it being normal. It wouldn't hurt to keep your appt just to be sure as I am not an expert.

 

[Gathomblipoob]

That's what they call lens flare. Learned that from here too. Haha

I learned about lens flare from watching J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (2009).

 

[Tobias Funke]

That's why pros have hoods on the end of their lenses.

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I learned about lens flare from watching J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (2009).

That was CGI lens flare!

 

[techspin]

Is it worth another Genius Bar appointment

It's normal. I'd say not it's not worth another trip to the store to risk getting a replacement with potential problems.

 

[Da1e85]

It's normal I think. I tried to test it on my iPhone 6 last night but I didn't get the flare. Idk if my lights weren't bright enough to cause the flare or not. I know flaring is the issue in your photos but if it's normal to the iPhone 6 idk for sure. I remember using cameras before and having the flare and it being normal. It wouldn't hurt to keep your appt just to be sure as I am not an expert.

I got this also with just the normal lamp in the bathroom and the other pic is with a brighter halogen bulb for my reptile. If you can't recreate it then I'm thinking it could be a problem

 

[Gmcube]

Is it worth another Genius Bar appointment

There's nothing they can do about it. Maybe someone makes someone out there makes a lens hood for it though to minimize it.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I got this also with just the normal lamp in the bathroom and the other pic is with a brighter halogen bulb for my reptile. If you can't recreate it then I'm thinking it could be a problem

I get lens flare on my £2000 Nikon Lenses. Just don't point your camera at a light source like a bare bulb (cause they don't look good anyway) and you should be fine.