Seen it? Of course, it‘s a camera, just as I’ve seen it on every iPhone (and Android, Symbian, Palm OS and feature phone) I’ve ever owned, all the way back t the beginning of camera phones. Just as I see it on my Panasonic Mirrorless camera and my DSLR before it and on.... well, you get the point.
Lens flare isn’t new, it isn’t exclusive to iPhones, or for that matter, phones in general. It’s just something that happens under certain lighting conditions, heck, certain photographers and filmmakers like to deliberately (over) use the lens flare effect in their productions.
It can be avoided completely by choosing the best angle of your shot, the best position, using lens filters and if none of that is possible, the best time of day.
Lens flare isn’t new, it isn’t exclusive to iPhones, or for that matter, phones in general. It’s just something that happens under certain lighting conditions, heck, certain photographers and filmmakers like to deliberately (over) use the lens flare effect in their productions.
It can be avoided completely by choosing the best angle of your shot, the best position, using lens filters and if none of that is possible, the best time of day.