Iphone 11 Pro Extreme lens flare

I disagree considering the butterfly keyboard was in the MacBook line for 4 years and the recall program was released 2 years in and once the new model got released in 2018 with the same keyboard Apple added that MacBook to the program day one of its release

And if you know how to use professional equipment this isn’t a big deal. Apple uses other brand components for its phones. Sony cameras, Samsung displays, etc. If a car manufacturer for example uses different brand tires and they end up with a higher failure rate, is that the car manufactures fault or the company that made the tire?

In the night is visible. But as well when trying to make pictures of sunsets or just sun.

I had before an iPhone 7 Plus and never had this horrible experience as with the 11 pro max.

something is very wrong in them. And phones (other brands) offering better cameras for a pair of hundred dollar whilst this one is above the thousand irritates me. I love apple products but not the latest addition. 🙁

iphone 11 pro camera is amazing except this stupid flares/ghosting. You can do more or less amazing photos at daylight, but if you want to do sunset/sunrise or take a picture at night(Christmas season) its horrible and almost impossible to edit...

Pretty sure that these ghost images are not normal like some people state they are. For a flagship phone to have this issue is ridiculous, especially at its price point. Luckily for me I have not been taking as many pictures like I did with my iPhone 7 Plus otherwise I’d have contacted Apple support for this already.

The 11 pro does have more ghosting and dot issues than current flagship phones, but with that said, you cannot defy physics, even high-end DSLR and Mirror-less cameras struggle with flaring, but professionals understand flaring enough to avoid it, whether with studio lighting, or just basic camera adjustments, they manage to make stunning shots, and you can see that with several commercials filmed with the 11 Pro.

Phone manufactures are able to accomplish the quality they produce because of the software and AI they use, where as a dedicated Camera relies 100% on the hardware they have. The lenses in 99% of phones is a fraction of a standard lens, and this can cause limitations that AI is not currently capable of handling.

If you have any fingerprints, dust, etc on any part of the lens, it will create blooming or flare spikes as examples have demonstrated. As DigitalMonkeys has stated, the lens gets dirty quickly, even after the replacement, which tells me this camera setup, whatever coating is used, attracts dust particles, and builds up FAST. Atleast for me, I just wipe the lens down with a micro-fiber cloth and afterwards I don't have any issues with bright lights

Me to....sigh. Low light shooting is why I bought it. I’m so disappointed. Nobody really reported on it except Popular Photography. They said it’s a by product of have a bunch of lenses too close together. https://www.popphoto.com/iphone-11-pro-camera-review/

A good amount of them aren’t, since Apple is very very selective. SuperSaf is a good one to watch to see if the flare is present on other phones. I watched a comparison of the Pixel 4 and noticed both having it in the scene even if it wasn’t mentioned.

I’ve been looking for an option to this iPhone pro since I have until Jan 8th to return it. Seems like all the flagship phones are having issues with flare. I don’t know what to do. Excessive flare wasn’t even on my radar when I picked this thing up.

I went to a local Apple Store and every single iPhone 11 on display has this exact problem. All you need is to find a bright LED spotlight in the shop and point the camera directly at it. Instagram and FB are full of ruined photos and videos in which this defect manifests itself.

Whoever in Apple was responsible for this camera should be fired immediately.

I just bought a Galaxy S10+ and no such issues whatsoever, so please don't start about the laws of physics.

I owned the Note 10 which is the step up from your s10 .If were talking about the smear effect you’re seeing fingerprints and dust. If we’re talking about dots, all phone cameras do it, but the 11 pro has it worse due to design choice. I pointed at the Sun, and unless you have magnesium you don’t have nearly as bright. I got a single dot, no smear, and honestly you can avoid that with a little knowledge on photography.

Please, no need to be patronizing, I am a photographer, it's impossible to take a photo at night in places like Christmas market. Yes, I agree with the sun you can adjust an angle and avoid it, but not at night. And no, my 10+ does not have green dots. The problem is, I don't really like 10+ but now I am forced to carry it for night shots.

iPhone 11 is just one big false advertisement. Photos and videos in ads are amazing, probably not even shot on iphone. Phone looks "scratch resistant" on the video(starts 0:27)

but in real life you can blow on your phone and get scratches...

exactly, they have over promised and under delivered. They must’ve Photoshop the **** out of their images that they’ve used for advertising, the video, I can’t achieve any of that in any situation. I have severe buyers regrets. I was in the Apple Store showing them the pictures after the lens replacement. It’s actually worse. The manager says, that’s the way it is, we’re not going to do anything else. It’s a shame, a $1200 disappointment.

I did that too and got the same results. Then I noticed my iPhone SE does it and their 7 and 8 on display did it, (not as extreme).

So I went to a larger Best Buy, cleaned the lens on every phone and tried to induce it there. I could easily induce it on every single Samsung (S10, S10+, S10e, Note 10, 10+) along with every Apple and Pixel on display (22 phones). Again, not as extreme as my 11 Pro. The Best Buy test was extremely harsh mimics my backlit landscape and sunset shots. But it was also not dark enough to simulate the night shots.

Are the Samsung’s any better at night with street scenes? This 11 Pro is getting on my nerves. It does some amazing pictures at night then again it does some amazingly irritating ones as well.