IPhone 12 Pro Max Lens flare

Hi guys, got the same problem with the iPhone 12 pro and it’s annoying as is a £1000 phone and they shouldn’t have these issues at this price.

is their fault and they should resolve this ASAP

not everybody is a professional photographer that’s why some people bought the phone to have a device which shot decent pictures or videos .

I know that you can trick the flares adjusting the position of the camera but is too much struggle and you can’t always do this as for example you want to take a pic to a Christmas tree,you won’t be able .

here a test done last night and is a massive dot full of dots 😂

i am wondering if a lens protector will stop the flares? Or a UV lens protector?

And they break. The only drop this phone had was off a nightstand onto a wood floor on day 2 of ownership. But never inspected phone after drop. Discovered break day 4 into ownership. My phone does never go in pants pocket with keys and metal objects. This iPhone pro max in the Apple recommended clear MagSafe case and Belkin screen protector. Thought I was bullet proof. Thanks Apple Care + and $99 more.

Pretty sad when you can't even take a simple picture of a Christmas tree. No, this neither normal nor is it "easily avoided using basic photographic techniques." Raw amateurs take photos of Christmas trees all of the time without any lens flares. But not with this camera. Changing angle does not help.

This was a test shot, using a DJI Osmo 4. Nice unit, works well with the iPhone Pro Max. I found no trouble mounting the phone with its Apple leather case. But the flares are still there.

These are not flares, these are reflections of images with light sources. I discovered this while taking pictures of shop signs. I have had iPhones for over since iPhone 5 and never saw such refections. Pictures below say it all.

Is there a chance the shiny rings around the lens cause this issue? The iPhone 12 has a matt lenses rings and seems to produce less or non light dots. , I know you are talking about the glass itself but anyway, just giving my thoughts

iphone 12 black, taken through car window

I have the same problem with an iPhone 12 Mini.

First of all I can't understand why so many Apple defend here. It’s a great telephone but....

No, it is not normal for a mobile phone camera to reflect a light source this heavy in the picture, be it on a pole, in the sky or anywhere else in the picture. We are not talking about a simple lense flare...we are talking about copying the light source randomly anywhere in the Foto and make it useless.

This was also confirmed by Apple support when I showed photos.

I was connected up to a higher ranking technician who said it must be defect and the device needed to be replaced.

What do I say... the new one of course has the same problem since it is obviously a problem of the whole 12 series.

I'm sorry, a single point in the picture may be normal but not what is happening here. I also find it hard to believe that no one in any product quality tests notices something like this before so that FOUR new models are are launched this way and are almost useless at night. (I know it sounds drastic but it's really like this... the ones, that film with their phone will confirm it). And this ,with a product that is often bought because of the good camera.

by the way... the problem completely disappeares with the ultra wide lense.

In my opinion, Apple must react with a solution...

This was one example.

There are several Android photos with multiple dots posted to this very thread if you really want to view them; generally its one reflection per filament for multiple bulb photos or per intense reflection for sun photos.

Here's a photo from a Google Pixel 4:

If you look around for Samsung flare examples, there are many.

Every other premium smart phone shows the same "green globs"; here are two Android examples:

Likewise, Tokina glass shows something similar; again the top image is from an iPhone 12 Pro Max, the bottom from a $5000 Canon DSLR with a Tokina wide angle lens.

I think the cameras on the 12 pro max are quite good, but if you can’t shoot into direct light, you won’t be able to shoot sunrises and sunsets if the sun is above the horizon. Shooting at night directly into a light source is not something I do much, but how would you feel if you shot a total eclipse of the sun and it had green spots and ghosting?

This is so disappointing, I spent big money on 12 Pro max just for the camera and its low light night picture capability and this happens? completely ruined all my kids birthday pictures, anyone here saying oh it is a common problem for all cameras is nonsense. I have all other phones and SLRS they do have minor flare problems but none of them are this worse, especially when apple is touting that is low light genius. I have contacted apple for a replacement and see if this problems still exists, if it does, I will ask for a refund. stop saying that this is a common problem and you should bear with it crap!

Guys

the lense flare is terrible and horrible it is all over the face when you trying to take picture ! I swapped my pro max with a new one with APPLE and same thing happened ! I always been using iPhone and this never happen before . My husband is using Huawei also great camera and his phone doesn’t have these green dot

this is unacceptable quality of phones I will call Apple till the end of it

linyu144 wrote:

My husband is using Huawei also great camera and his phone doesn’t have these green dot

Huawei P30:

This is normal for all high end smart phone cameras.

If you believe the 12 Pro Max is worse than others, return it for a refund and purchase something else.

From Apple’s beautiful short film. One example when you see it (not easy) is in this picture it’s obvious even when watching the film at normal speed. There are a couple of other very small dots in other scenes. I suspect filters were used to reduce the brightness of dots and ghosting. Still “shot with an iPhone”. Even world renowned professionals couldn’t eliminate the behavior of the lens, even with post production efforts.

A FB friend posted this picture, and it came through my feed. After seeing the spot I asked if what equipment did he use? There was no indication if it was a camera or a phone. His response was that it was shot with n iPhone 12 PM. It’s so obvious that I could identify it as being shot with a 12 PM. I am a member of a number of photographic FB pages and never have been able ID the equipment used.

iPhone 12 MaX 2. Huawei mate 10 and 3. Max how to avoid flare , but again this is sigle point situation , more light more flare more time to play with it , sometimes not possible, Xr later this week.