Green orb in iPhone camera

I have had my fair share of issues with Apple, to say the least. Odd things occurred for a while but that was linked to something else.


This is odd enough for me to post about. In the last 4 months - I have taken probably 200 videos. There is a green orb floating around in 4 of those. One was taken at night, two during the day and one through a glass window. I experimented with following it (to see if it was a defect in the camera) but it bounces around and will disappear eventually.


Not sure what my question is except - anyone else?




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Posted on Nov 14, 2020 7:35 PM

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Posted on Mar 22, 2021 8:01 AM

In every one of those images you are shooting into the sun or a bright source of light. Any photographer, professional or amateur, will tell you that is a huge no-no. What is happening is the image of the sun is reflecting back and forth between the lens elements in the camera. This will happen with any camera, from an iPhone to a $10,000 professional DSLR.


The only way to avoid it, with any camera, is to keep a light source out of the image, either off to the side or behind the photographer.

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Nov 22, 2020 2:11 PM in response to Standclearofclosingdoorsplease

Hello Standclearofclosingdoorsplease ,


Welcome to Apple Support Communities. It looks like you have a green orb when taking videos with your iPhone 7 camera. We want to make sure we provide you with the help and support you need. To help, we’d like the following details: 


- Do you notice these camera quality issues within the built-in Camera app, another app, or all apps that use the camera? If a specific app/apps, which app(s)?

- Is this happening with both the rear and front cameras?

- Do you have anything covering the camera such as an attachment or screen protector? If so, let’s remove it, please.


Please check out this helpful link:


If you see a flare, haze, or spot near the edge of your photo or video



Let us know those extra details, and we’ll continue moving forward from there.














We hope this information is useful. Kind regards.

Nov 22, 2020 3:10 PM in response to karina184

Thanks for your reply! Front and back camera. It’s not a reflection because it doesn’t follow a direct pattern. I have saved all of the videos showing it. Taken through glass looking outside, take outside at night, taken outside in day time. This is through apples built in camera.


see attached. As you can see, it’s in the foreground of the video and then comes up to my arm the camera remained still and recording the whole time

Nov 22, 2020 5:46 PM in response to lobsterghost1

This is for photos. My issues are videos. Taken day or night. Taken through glass. Taken in my car. And i will hold the phone, not move it, record and the light will bounce around by itself or all together disappear. I mean - when I do notice it, i try to catch up to it and mirror it to ensure it’s not a lens flare. Mirroring it doesn’t work. I end up following it around and is moves in odd directions and then disappears. Sometimes it’ll come back - like out of the bottom right of the screen. Again - this is all video.

Feb 12, 2021 12:34 PM in response to Standclearofclosingdoorsplease

so I have been experiencing the same thing for months but not just on my device but on 5 others of family and friends. All only while recording my horses and being filmed from different iPhone devices at the same time and it’s a green orb looking light shooting around then disappears and comes back . Very strange. I have loads of photos and videos taken in all different lighting and it’s still there?

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