Iphone 11 Pro Extreme lens flare

So has anyone had a successful lens swap or phone replacement and can definitively say that after the lens swap or replacement of the phone that the flare issues has gone away? And if so can you post before and after pictures?

Yes I saw that user, DigitalMonkeys, said that initially but then later in the thread they said it didn’t fix it. So again, can anyone who has had a lens swap or phone replacement confirm that their new lens or phone no longer has the flare issues?

If you think a different iPhone would not do the same, you’d be WRONG. That is NORMAL lens flare, when you are taking a photo with the camera capturing the sun so directly. My $2,000 DSLR with a $1500 lens would do the VERY SAME thing.

Your expectation is unrealistic with such a photo, taken on a cell phone. There really is no camera which wouldn’t produce lens flare like this under the conditions you took this photo.

wow! Didn’t know that.

I take responsibility for not researching potential issues with this Camera before purchasing. Just disappointed that I’m stuck with a POS that can’t take decent holiday photos.

Sounds like my expectations and understanding of lens flare is wrong, and I’m ok with that. If this is the way the camera performs, so be it and I’ll learn to work around it. BUT what’s confusing me is people here, namely DigitalMonkeys, saying that they were able to do a lens swap which fixed the flare. At the end of the day, I’m trying to determine if I’ve got a defective phone with flare or if this is just the way the camera performs. And I’m hearing answers both ways.

Not sure what you are saying is BS, but can you please post a picture showing your lack of lens flare and share your experience of how the lens swap fixed the flare issues for you? Again, all I am trying to determine is if the iPhone 11 has lens flare by design or if the flare is a defect that can be fixed with a replacement of the phone or lens.

What you’re seeing in many posts are people using the wrong camera for the wrong purpose. Lens physics cannot eliminate flare. Period. In the photo you posted, the lens flare is actually a nice artifact. It’s not something to be concerned about, to be honest. But lens flare is normal and cannot be eliminated totally.

Kironet asked:

So, let's say this is normal. How would you avoid the lens flare on picture posted by LAD72?

That would be my question as well. I’m shooting in portrait mode at 1x and can literally see the blueish/white reflection of the tree lights on my subjects face and body. How would I eliminate it?

To avoid the green dots on the subject under the tree I have to change the angle of the lens to the subject slightly. In her case I would stand a little higher which would move the green dots to below her waistline.

Slight angle changes move the dots a great distance.

Yes it’s annoying. The Note 10+ does it too. Just not quite as bad. The Pro does have a bit more flare than I care to live with and I might return it and wait one more generation to see if they can reduce it some. Or I might just accept the limitations of the device and start practicing work arounds.

See, this is the issue that really bugs me. I can deal with the green dots by adjusting the angle a little, but the ghosting/double images I can’t control. I’ve tried lowering exposure but I still ended up with the same results. I honestly do not recall my 7 Plus producing ghost/double images and that’s what frustrates me.

Those dots can be much bigger, and if you change in the angle of the Len and Using a different lens and zooming in and out.

I have attached two videos, one showing the flare because I was trying to a protester watching the protester from beginning to end.

this video here shows the problem I was having because I want to get the protester but I couldn't avoid the lighting. So the reflection was horrible.

https://youtu.be/N4RO3iscZA4

In this video, it's beginning to end you will see there is no lens problem at the beginning is because I was taking the camera, zooming in and pointing down so the reflection fell below the lens in the video area, I was still getting the reflection but was able to move it off the screen. You will see me I have an a problem when the protester moves up the stage up to the back with security, then I couldn't avoid the lights.

https://youtu.be/nydXvgB7TcE

by zooming in and shifting your lines, you can avoid a lot of this but you really miss out on the whole picture of what you're trying to take.

I can't avoid that either, it's so annoying. No matter what I do. If you have dark, and you have a light, you have the annoying ghosting. In the first slide on this video, the screen was actually blue, there's no way I could adjust it. I had the low lighting off. Anything with light was reflecting horribly https://youtu.be/HAUb-gKR34A.

so why i have never noticed anything like that using iPhone 8 for about year? I was lucky with angles lights etc. and now I am not ? I didn’t know what is flare before I bought the pro because this is first time when I see something like that and i needed to dig what is that. This normal because this is how they designed ? So... flares destroyed the hour of recording but it is ok because this is how they designed it, designed to destroyed the recording so it is ok😂

iPhone 11, 256gb same problem. So annoying!!! Had not have this with other iPhones. 1000€ for this?! So unaccaptable, they have to offer a repair program, so many peole were fooled with a good dark mode!

Exusprimee wrote:

so why i have never noticed anything like that using iPhone 8 for about year?

The iPhone 8 had a different sensor and a different lens; there are numerous ways the iPhone 11's cameras are better than the 8's as well.

Ultimately, you as the photographer/videographer are responsible for knowing the capabilities of your device as well as its limitations.

If you use a $4000 DSLR to capture video, you can get much better results than with an iPhone, but only if you plan ahead and use it carefully. That doesn't mean the DSLR is garbage, it means knowing its limitations in detail and working around them.

iPhones are the same.