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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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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Nov 22, 2020 6:02 AM in response to Joserratlv

No se podria decir que es 100% corregido con una actualizaciòn de software porque se han enviado informes a Apple y podria sacar un programa de remplazo lote de moviles( como lo han hecho anteriormente) si no les funciona con software. Debido a que no solo es en las camaras sino en las pantallas que parpadean y pues ya eso a mi como profesional me hacer decir con propiedad que no lo solventan con un update. Voy a buscar la manera que me regresen mi dinero porque esto es INDIGNANTE en un equipo tan costoso y más para los que trabajamos con ediciòn, etc ya que prácticamente no se puede utilizar. Hoy voy a una Apple Store a plantear mi problema. Luego les contaré espero tener suerte..!

Nov 25, 2020 12:57 AM in response to jimmyfontana16

Exacto! También, precisamente por eso, deberíamos de escribir los post en inglés, para llegar a mucha más comunidad y que se haga más viral ya que, normalmente yo busco posts similares y les redirijo a este post o a https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252043911

Lo que te sucede con la pantalla... es mucho más extraño... y espero que no sea un problema en el hardware.

Yo el único problema que tengo con la pantalla es que por debajo del 90% de brillo aparece como un poco amarillenta y por debajo del 10% se vuelve verdosa

Dec 28, 2020 5:42 PM in response to MisterNo2019

That first video, wow that was bad. The second still has some shortcomings, especially with what appears to be dropped frames. In the start of the second you can still see the HDR effect trying to do its thing, but much less pronounced.


My wife has an 11 and I’ve put these phones side by side, it’s very upsetting how wrong they got it this time. The 60 FPS performance is far exceptional on the 11 vs the 12 pro.


If anyone at Apple is listening, please remove the gimmicks, take us back to when things simply worked, I feel like I’m using an Android.

Jan 4, 2021 6:49 AM in response to Flack01

Hi! thanks for the information provided :) Please let us know anything they tell you from Apple support.

I did the same 2 months ago, I submitted a report ticket with proof videos and... days ago they closed me the report ticket telling me this:

Recent Similar Reports: Less than 10

Resolution: Investigation complete - Works as currently designed


We need to make this hear, because this isn't working as "currently designed"...

Jan 12, 2021 8:06 AM in response to Tomcat__88

Thanks for sharing those videos, really nice compare.


One thing that is glaringly apparent is the dropped frames in the 60 FPS on the 12. Once you pan past the TV it stutters and this is a software issue. I may need to do the same side by side with an 11 and my 12, the stuttering is not present on the 11. I’m not sure what Apple’s attempting to accomplish, but it’s not working in their favor for content creators.

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