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iPhone 12 camera flicker on video recording

Hi!

I recently bought the new iPhone 12 Pro Max.

I have noticed that when I shoot video's in the dark (with the lights on in the house), there is some kind of flickering visible in the video.

Apparently it is possible that due to very fast flickering of lights, slowmo video's make this kind of flickering visible when you can not see it with the naked eye.

I however have this problem with normal video's as well. I have compared it with the video's on my iPhone X and it is definitely worse in my iPhone 12 video's.

I noticed that this happens while recording video on HD (or 4K) at 60 FPS, if you switch to 30 FPS this doesn't happen.

Anyone else that has this problem?

Thanks!

iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 15, 2020 12:13 AM

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Joserratlv Author

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Posted on Dec 7, 2020 3:10 AM

As for the issue of light flickering, studying a little this whole issue I have been able to verify one thing.

This only happens to people who live in countries with PAL format (like Spain), where artificial light works with FPS multiples of 25. In many other places like the US it does not happen because they work with FPS multiples of 30.

I have downloaded the RCam app, which allows you to vary the FPS and I have been able to verify that in video recording with 30FPS and 60FPS this flickering of the light occurs when recording video, which does not happen if I set the recording to 25FPS or 50FPS.

I know Apple is going to introduce 25FPS recording and would ask if they can introduce 50FPS in the future for better and smoother recordings.

Setting the camera's FPS to 25FPS or 50FPS eliminates this problem. so... PROBLEM SOLVED!

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Jan 29, 2021 2:46 PM in response to Joserratlv

exactly

Jan 30, 2021 10:44 AM in response to giedrius274

Video flickering in both.Apple fix this ASAP!!

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Jan 30, 2021 3:23 PM in response to giedrius274

The same 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Shame on you Apple!

Feb 3, 2021 11:46 AM in response to Joserratlv

I have the same problem on a 12 Pro Max...

Feb 18, 2021 11:03 AM in response to raminta224

So all have this problem with iPhone 12 Pro Max? Its very annoying!!!

AndyAnt

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Feb 18, 2021 11:42 AM in response to stefiran85

i have the same problem on iphone 12 pro

Feb 22, 2021 4:45 AM in response to AndyAnt

Is there a workaround?

Sshasan

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Mar 11, 2021 2:08 AM in response to Joserratlv

Hi guys

I’m having a flicking problem, indoor under lights and my slow I is terrible when it comes to flashing...

I can see this trend has been around since Nov ... any resolve yet?

Mar 11, 2021 7:01 AM in response to Sshasan

Not fixed yet.Not even in next version also seems like.They keep removing my comments and there is nothing inappropriate.5 months and no fix.No more iPhone for me. Very disappointed

Mar 11, 2021 1:33 PM in response to MisterNo2019

probably my last iPhone too...

Mar 11, 2021 3:09 PM in response to Dogcow-Moof

That article is irrelevant to my situation.I am recording at the beach under natural lighting and it flickers all over .It’s most visible if I am recording and moving around also.walking etc

Mar 16, 2021 12:59 AM in response to Dogcow-Moof

So why my wifes’ iPhone X doesn’t have that problem? Conditions are the same...

AndyAnt

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Mar 16, 2021 4:46 AM in response to arkadiusz69

awesome question!!!

agree 100%

Mar 16, 2021 7:09 AM in response to AndyAnt

Still no patch from Apple.I started to think maybe this is a hardware issue

Dogcow-Moof

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Mar 17, 2021 6:30 AM in response to arkadiusz69

If you're seeing flicker due to a power frequency/FPS mismatch, you will see it on both phones.

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