Overexposed video using iPhone 4

I have the same problem.

To some extent, touching an area to focus will also adjust the exposure in both the camera and video (in my experience of all of 2 weeks!), but that does not work in the specific situation we are having (me too!). On a huge dark stage, the focus area is too large and does not compensate for the huge lighting differential and of course the constantly moving elements in the scene.

I have not found an app for the iphone 4 video (yet...) that allows you to manually set the exposure. I am assuming that the phone is too new and an app with a manual exposure override will show up eventually... or maybe someone will come and advertise one here 🙂

Same here, but not all of the time. Some clips are perfectly exposed, some are overexposed. And, very odd, some clips look just fine in iPhone but transferred to iMovie on mac they are way too bright. Will look more into it later this week.

Lighting... It's always about lighting. Dark hall, bright stage? You need to meter an object that gives the best balance. In this case i would think it would have been the faces. Just tap the object you want to look right. If that doesn't get you what you want yo may need to tap other objects to find a balance that works. Some other cameras are better at this but the Ip4 camera can take great video if you learn it's ways. That said i believe if you have a case that covers the camera lens you can get strange behavior. Also I would find another person that has an iP4 and do some side by side tests. If yours is different then take it back. I have shot some wonderful low light video with this phone. A great one in a concert setting. Bright stage lights are tricky. The dynamic range of light is pretty big. If the camera is metered for a mellow stage then a spot catches a costume or a face it will blow out. I find I re-meter, tap an object I want right, a lot during a shoot.

No this is not about lighting, I'm a photographer myself and know something about it. This is about iPhone being quite unpredictable when it comes to exposure, and that what's shown on the screen is not the same as shown in iMovie on the mac. I have clips that are perfect in exposure, followed by a clip 30 s later of same subject which is at least 1 step too bright.

See if you can find another iP4 user. Or return yours for another. I agree keeping the light right on these is tricky. Certainly not automatic. Also you can send feedback to Apple. May be a feature request for an auto exposure mode that tracks changes better.

Try the app called "AlmostDSLR". It has separate Exposure, Focus and WB controls for both still images and video
I'm sure there are other apps too but that's the only one I've downloaded and used

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Try the app called "AlmostDSLR". It has separate Exposure, Focus and WB controls for both still images and video
I'm sure there are other apps too but that's the only one I've downloaded and used

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Bought it, this seems like a good companion. At least it gives some control over exposure. Thanks for the tip!