iPhone 4s camera flash hazy?

[WhatThe?]

it's just a phone not a professional grade camera, don't worry about it

That's the stupidest thing I've ever read.

I had a white 4S. Light leaks though the white glass much more than the black and causes this problem.

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It's not the color of the phone.

Some of my shots are washed out, some are not- even from the same shooting sequence. This tells me that for some shots the auto mode made an aperture adjustment to compensate for the flash firing too far from the subject.

I agree it could take better photos with the flash, but look at the size and resulting distribution of the iPhone flash, then look at a point and shoot. It's a difference of magnitudes.

It IS the color of the phone. White glass lets A LOT more light bleed through and it's messing up the exposures. I replaced mine with a black phone and the issue disappeared. BTW, I went through 3 white phones and all had the exact same issue.

 

[dowork84]

i have had no problems with the camera till just now.. i noticed that in my room light the camera took a washed out picture but i noticed when i switched it to HDR it changed and the pictures came out good

 

[ecwhite4S]

This is weird because my friends white 4 seems to have this problem, but my 4S camera seems fine. I too thought it was because the white glass, but my white 4S again seems to take pictures fine. Even in very low lighting with flash on.

 

[carpediem9]

It is the Verizon case!!!

All these people going back with bad information (leaked light on the white 4s - that was an early version of the 4 that was never release), fingers in the way, etc. It is this case from Verizon:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...ryDetails&archetypeId=12485&accessoryId=47347

The way the case is shaped around the flash causes reflective glare during flash photos. If you take the case off and take the same picture, you will find that it is fine.

 

[k3roro]

Come to think of it, I never actually take any pictures with flash.

 

[Magicdancinija]

OMG I feel like such an idot now. After I bought the phone I allows the sales woman to clean and to put my phone into the case. I didn't even think of the back protective screen. For the last several days I could not understand why in the world my pics were big white blobs unless the flash was off. It's amazing what something so small can do!!

 

[Christyberry]

All my photos with a flash were as you described - very hazy and the eyes are bright white. After reading some of these posts I thought I would just take my phone back for a replacement but figured I'd try removing the case first. What do you know, without my case the pics look 100 times better. My phone is a white 4s, and the case was a low profile plastic case in white with some designs on the back. Soo happy my issue is resolved. Thanks!!

 

[JerseyDoug]

Ha! Just figured out why some of my pics taken in a cavern in pitch black were washed out on the top portion of the photo. Flash reflected off my finger above the lens.

Just replicated it at home.

Thanks for bring this thread back.

 

[Batgirl2980]

I know this is an older thread but I have a white 4S and my camera has never worked right. No finger prints, no cover etc. I've made apple swap it 4 times even though I go in they take a pic with theirs in their nice fluorescent lit store and a pic with mine and tell me see the pics look fine it must be you. I show them pic after pic where my kids and cats look demonic with evil eyes. My camera crashes constantly when they run diagnostics it tells them so. The only apps that crash are camera the old Facebook app and usaa my bank. I don't use my phone as a toy to play apps and games and stuff so it's not some random software causing it like they insist.
They first made me restore as new. I did that and even after using it with no cloud backup the camera did the same thing. It's not just flash pics. It can't keep focus and my videos are horrible. My husband has a black one he has occasional issues but nothing like mine. 4 phones later tells me it's the white phone not user error for sure. I'm a photographer and I could snap pics with my 4 (black) without taking time to focus holding it as still as possible etc at concerts that I felt were pretty good considering I'm used to pro quality results. My 3 year olds fisher price camera is better than this. I've given up hope. It's definitely a defect in the device so don't feel stupid if you left plastic on it would have been the same deal.
I have apple car plus on this phone and feel like it'll never be decent. Other than Siri I'd take my 4 back in a heartbeat but target had a deal hat you could trace in a 4 for $200 toward anything in electronics so we did that for hubs upgrade to 4s which made it basically free minus the $100 for apple care we added.
I'm awaiting my 5. I hope this hyped camera is better. I don't carry my Canon 7D everywhere I go and would like to capture the quick random moments that deserve remembering.

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Oh and my pics ate the same with or without a case. My flash recently started to auto dim since ios6 when it should give more light it doesn't. It's like a badly underexposed pic that if it were in raw format I could fix somewhat.

 

[Rosamacr]

Iphone 5 camera blurry pics

I have been having the same problem with my iphone 5 in dim or dark environments. After getting ****** off at a friend's dinner last night, I made an appointment to see the "genius" before reading all these threads. After reading the threads, I rechecked my iphone.

I took pictures in a dim room with and without flash, phone in case. Problem with flash still there. I have a silver Zagg ifrogz glaze case that incorporates a mirror in the back (thought it was cute and gave in to a moment of female vanity). Case So then I flipped the mirror portion open and away from the phone. Retook all pics.. problem gone. Pictures no longer foggy, hazy or blurry. So now.. hmmm I have to open the mirror when taking dim location pics?? :-(. Since I have a gopro I dive with, and had to blacken around the lens for a similar problem, I had an "aha" moment. I used a sharpie to blacken the camera opening of the mirror portion. Closed it and retook the pics in the closed case...problem solved..no haze.

So I would suggest as simple work throughs:

1. Make sure plastic film is gone.
2. If in a case, retake the pics without the case.. that is most likely the problem.
3. If it is the case creating the problem, blacken the CASE camera opening on the inside and the internal perimeter. Be careful not to mark the iphone lens cover. You don't have to blacken the outside of the case. Hopefully that will save you having to buy a new case.

Canceled my genius appointment

 

[kristoffel]

This is ridiculous.

No, we are not putting our fingers in the way.
No, we are not trying to take photos with some cover still on. If it was that simple, why come to this site?
No, the plastic film is not still on the back.
No, I'm not going to just "suck it up" after paying 100 dollars and a new contract, the 4S pictures should be at least as good as those on the 4,for which the flash worked fine.
Yes, the phone is white.
I sat with a friend who had a black 4S and we took the same shots with the same app in the same room from the same spot. His pics looks great/"normal". Mine had a white haze on the left/top half of every photo when the flash was on. This effect only shows up in low light -- which, oh my gosh -- are the same conditions in which you need a flash.