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Iphone 5 camera zoom shifts images to the left

After ruining a day's worth of soccer pictures, I tested this glitch on two different Iphone 5s to confirm.


Steps to reproduce:

1) Focus on a distant object keeping it in the center and zoom all the way in with your camera.

2) Take a picture and see if the image has shifted to the left or remains how you saw it in the viewfinder. If its still on center, you probably haven't used the video selection.

3) Switch to video mode and then switch back to camera.

4) Repeat steps 1 and 2. On both of my Iphones, the centered image shifted left, cutting off the left side of the frame and adding to the right.


The defective pictures will persist until you turn off your phone and turn it back on. Then the camera will take on-center pictures using full zoom.

Note that as soon as you switch to and from video mode, the problem is back.


I contacted Apple Support on 11/15 and they did not have this problem as a known issue before now. Both phones are operating on iOS 6.01.


Hope this helps...just FYI.

iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Nov 18, 2012 6:23 PM

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Sep 7, 2013 7:44 AM in response to slagger7

Don't know if you're going to see this, but thanks so much for your posting. As of September 7, 2013, iOS 6.1.4, this issue is STILL unknown and undocumented with Apple tech support. I called them today to let them know of YOUR posting in Apple Support Communities. Why they don't regularly check here is beyond me! Hopefully, now that it has been reported, the next update will have a fix; I won't, however, hold my breath.

Iphone 5 camera zoom shifts images to the left

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