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Hello, I recently bought a iPhone 12 - 2 weeks ago. I have noticed any photos I take from sunset to night time (when the light is changing) green dots are appearing on certain photos. Can anyone advise if my camera could be faulty or am I doing something wrong?
iPhone 12, iOS 14
They do, you just haven't noticed.
On other threads I have posted examples of this occurring on iPhones at least as far back as the iPhone 6.
Here's another instructive graphic showing lens flare on both the iPhone 12 Pro Max and the Samsung Galaxy S21.
Here it is on an iPhone 8 Plus:
also:
This is from a video uploaded to YouTube shot with a Panasonic digital video camera:
You get the idea.
They do, you just haven't noticed.
On other threads I have posted examples of this occurring on iPhones at least as far back as the iPhone 6.
Here's another instructive graphic showing lens flare on both the iPhone 12 Pro Max and the Samsung Galaxy S21.
Here it is on an iPhone 8 Plus:
also:
This is from a video uploaded to YouTube shot with a Panasonic digital video camera:
You get the idea.
Expanding on the information Dogcow-Moof provided -
What is lens flare?
Thank you for your response. No other camera has done this, and my boyfriends iPhone 13 doesn’t do this ?
Is there a way to stop this from happening?
Considering it’s a relatively expensive camera/phone if these green dots are normal - would there not be some Apple guidance about this?
Absolutely every camera ever built does this including DSLR cameras that cost thousands of dollars. This is a law of physics, not how much your camera costs.
Your camera on your phone is not expensive, you have camera built into your phone that is probably worth $50 at best. Again read this article about what lens flare is -
What is lens flare?
$40,000 digital cinema camera with a $6000 lens:
It's optics and physics, not an Apple issue.
It's normal, it's lens flare, reflections internal to the camera lens from bright objects in the camera frame.
Thank you everyone for the explanation. If this is normal why haven’t my other iPhones ever done this?
Because you've never noticed it before.
If you're still convinced other phones never did this, then by all means post shots from this exact location of your older phones.
iPhone 12 Green dots on night images
