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iPhone 17 Pro Max Frustrated with Apple regarding iPhone Cameras
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I haven’t had the same flare issues on my 15PM, but I’m sure there are shots whereby the flare can be replicated.
My red ring canon lenses also exhibit lens flare.
My red ring canon lenses also exhibit lens flare.
as do my white Canon lenses
iPhone (and other smartphone) cameras are actually amazing, compare that to the old film days ... you get instant results, you can re-shoot a "fixed scene" (like the examples shown in this thread) ...
They aren’t amazing at all though, any pictures of any lights cause chaos.as do my white Canon lenses
iPhone (and other smartphone) cameras are actually amazing, compare that to the old film days ... you get instant results, you can re-shoot a "fixed scene" (like the examples shown in this thread) ...
As soon as there’s lights or as soon as the sun goes down there’s ghosting, reflections and lens flare everywhere, and I’ve never known any other phone to be as bad as the iPhone.
It’s a very long time issue that needs sorting.
I took a picture with the 5x zoom lens indoors with my Daughters phone the other day and it looks beyond horrible, also those pics I posted the other day on the previous page were absolutely awful.
Also took these:
Understand the physical limitations, the tiny sensors and the room available for lenses, given all that, smartphones take amazing photos.
Understanding the constraints, focus on what you can do under those constraints, and continuous learning will get you better results than quite frankly bickering.
There are plenty threads of photos taken with iPhones and/or smartphones, I'm sure you'll find plenty low light, sun down, street light photos...
People shouldn’t make excuses for Apple.
I’ve seen it a lot where people say it’s normal and it should be like that.
If that was true then why do loads of other phones not have this issue?
It’s either a defect in the design or the lens aren’t coated properly, if the lens aren’t coated properly then Apple are cheaping out and aren’t spending money on coating them as they should be. It’s got to be one or the other, or cheap lens they are using.
It’s not acceptable at all to have a swarm of UFO’s flying around the screen whenever there’s lights around.
I did that many times a few years ago and apparently a lot of other people gave feedback too, but here we are with the same issues from 2019 or earlier, they aren’t going to fix it because people will buy iPhones regardless, so they are making money and I don’t think they actually care enough about it.
If this bothers you that much, and you think that other smartphones do better - get the tool that works best for you, simple as that, problem solved, esp since Apple is “cheating out”.