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iPhone 4 has green stain in camera. Replace or not?
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me neither, turns out mine is green and red too!
in my picture the table is supposed to be white...
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It's normal. Refer the following message by e²Studios.
Are you in a room with CFL or any sort of fluorescent lighting? Your MBP has a CFL backlight you know
Fluorescent lighting will cause the green tint, the iPhones lens or one of the elements tends to over exagerate it for some reason (if you look at the lens its already a green'ish tint). I noticed I have the same green tint at my office, outside no green tint. My house is mainly CFL, during the evening I can see a slight green tint against my wall, in the day with natural light no green tint on the same wall.
This is not an issue with the phone, its the type of lighting that you are in and its affect on the camera lens. I'm surprised a photographer hasn't already chimed in here on this considering how many of them are on this forum.
could be/likely is the lighting. take a photo under sunlight. i read of this issue and tried my phone. found that i too had the green light in my photo's.
then got to thinking about it. the light issues people have with the led flash etc. then realized from my own photography light is huge. led makes things weird sometimes and likewise fluorescent screws with things. (recall the auto or indoor modes on point and click camera's?)
anyway. i went outside with the same white piece of paper and took a picture and the green was gone. could be a different thing but probably the same as with mine.
then got to thinking about it. the light issues people have with the led flash etc. then realized from my own photography light is huge. led makes things weird sometimes and likewise fluorescent screws with things. (recall the auto or indoor modes on point and click camera's?)
anyway. i went outside with the same white piece of paper and took a picture and the green was gone. could be a different thing but probably the same as with mine.
If you were me, would you replace this iPhone 4?
1) Yes. I would replace it.
2) No. It's a phone.
3) No. All iPhone 4s are the same.
EDIT: Sunlight, no CFL lamp, no flash.
It is known as White Balance. The camera is capturing the color from the light source. Incandescent and flourescent lighting will cause this in the best of cameras but DSLR's and graphic programs can correct this tint.
There is nothing wrong with the camera. Note you do not see it with sunlight because the source is a balanced lighting (in most cases.)
I got it replaced today.
Were Apple able to replace yours right away? Do they keep replacement units on reserve??
I think this is pretty common. I heard about it a lot, and the two iP4's i saw at an Apple Store yesterday had it.
Im wondering this too. The Apple store i visited didnt have any reserve units and they gave me a paper and said they will call me when they get a new shipment in.
This is definitely not just a fluorescent or lighting issue. My camera has a really bad green tint to all of my pictures even in sunlight.
I'm posting from my phone so I don't know if I can upload a picture or not but the white wall in my bedroom is green when I take a picture with no light other than sunlight. You can actually see the white balance trying to adjust it but it never corrects itself. Also my spouse's iPhone 4 does not have this problem at all when taking a picture of the exact same wall under the same conditions.
I have a replacement ordered for mine at the Apple store.
I'm posting from my phone so I don't know if I can upload a picture or not but the white wall in my bedroom is green when I take a picture with no light other than sunlight. You can actually see the white balance trying to adjust it but it never corrects itself. Also my spouse's iPhone 4 does not have this problem at all when taking a picture of the exact same wall under the same conditions.
I have a replacement ordered for mine at the Apple store.