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damn that green dot is everywhere

Fluorescent light + mediocre camera software + light background = green blotch in the middle of every shot. It can probably be fixed with a software update. Either way, it's never a great idea to take photographs under fluorescent light.

This is also not new to the iPhone 4 - many other camera phones have had this problem.

Here is one, for example: http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000...n-spot-in-camera-and-photo-shot/#entry1184965
 
i notice as good as the camera is, the pictures never look as good on the computer as they do on the phone's screen lol
 
i notice as good as the camera is, the pictures never look as good on the computer as they do on the phone's screen lol

I also suspect that many MR members have some skill in post-processing with Photoshop or a similar tool. Post-processing is extremely important with real photography (DSLR photography, for example) and it is just as important with camera phone photography, especially with iPhone 4 shots. They're large resolution by default but still have lots of stuff that can be cleaned up, improved, and fixed with some good post-processing.

I suspect a lot of the shots in this thread are heavily post-processed, and that's not a bad thing. Just shows you what the camera is really capable of when used by a photography enthusiast (read: good things).

Just don't take photos under fluorescent light. :p
 
FWIW, none of mine went through any post-processing. I just assumed that that was "cheating," since these are there to evaluate the iPhone 4's camera as-is. But maybe that was just me.
 
FWIW, none of mine went through any post-processing. I just assumed that that was "cheating," since these are there to evaluate the iPhone 4's camera as-is. But maybe that was just me.

Yeah, but at the same rate post-processing is extremely important. It would be like judging a video that has not been cut/edited/etc. It's just as important for photos to crop/edit/adjust colors and such as it is for videos.

That said, here's a completely unprocessed photograph (purely resized down from full size) that I took with my phone this weekend just after the sun had set. It doesn't look bad, but it sure ain't great. Worlds better than what my 3GS would have done in the same conditions, but still not on par with unprocessed DSLR shots (obviously, but some people seem to think this camera is THAT good).

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