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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Mar 17, 2021 5:18 PM in response to Joserratlv

Yes bro! same problem here in iphone 12 pro. It flickers also in outdoor (daylight, snow and cloudy, sunny). I return it to the store to fix the camera flickering issue but they replace it with a new one. I try the camera of the new one but still the same, it flickers again.


As a content creator I am sad and disappointed on IP12 pro camera issue, if one of my viewers watch my videos flickering, and one of them has an Illness called Epilepsy it's dangerous for them.


I think all of the Iphone 12 - Pro Max has common issue. I watch different kind of reviews in youtube, try to search it, so many issue on camera flickering. I also notice the flickering on their videos in outdoor. Hopefully apple fix this camera hardware issue, because we spent a lot of money on the phone, because I know apple knows the issue before they sell it.

Mar 30, 2021 1:18 PM in response to giedrius274

agree but problem wouldn't be solved by apple, its a fact. They probably don't care about Europe where is 50 Hz as for many years and have never made any iPhone with frame 50


How about Android phones? Do they have the same problem? I use it many years ago for 6 months and wasn't happy and switched forever to iPhones as for my opinion it was simplest and understandable phones especially when Steve Jobs was alive. After he died iPhones started to have more similarities as androids phones, especially design

Apr 23, 2021 5:42 PM in response to giedrius274

I do agree with you. Before 12PM i was using xs max it had no problems at all it was a perfect phone. Display was good camera was not having these flickering issues. But this new 12PM have green tint and dim glow and also this camera issue. I regret selling my xs max to buy this, is should have waited and year, i think last year Apple quality control was very bad due to COVID-19 time. Very disappointed apple.

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