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Green dot in iPhone 14

Why is this green dot in pictures taken in iOS 16.1.1 in iPhone 14 … it’s so irritating and how to fix this ?? Software update ??is it a Product bug

Posted on Nov 25, 2022 9:17 AM

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Posted on Jan 2, 2023 11:38 AM

Sorry, Duc999, Apple, as big as they are, do not control the laws of physics. That’s the result of lens flare, which will happen with EVERY camera (not just an iPhone) when there is a light source in the image or just outside the image and falling on the lens. It is caused by reflections between the elements of the lens.

Here is an article from Photography magazine about it→What is Lens Flare and How to Deal with it in Photography

And some examples from other cameras→iPhone Camera Lens Flare and Reflections - Apple Community. If you click on this link you will see over a dozen examples of standalone cameras and cameras in other smartphones, as well as a $50,000 professional video camera, that all exhibit the same phenomena.


As far as your other cameras and droids are concerned, you are wrong. They all exhibited lens flare under some circumstances, as you will see in the 2nd link I posted, which included several different droids. There are a few cameras that have single element lenses where it isn’t as bad because there is only one lens element. But they take truly lousy photos.

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Jan 2, 2023 11:38 AM in response to Duc999

Sorry, Duc999, Apple, as big as they are, do not control the laws of physics. That’s the result of lens flare, which will happen with EVERY camera (not just an iPhone) when there is a light source in the image or just outside the image and falling on the lens. It is caused by reflections between the elements of the lens.

Here is an article from Photography magazine about it→What is Lens Flare and How to Deal with it in Photography

And some examples from other cameras→iPhone Camera Lens Flare and Reflections - Apple Community. If you click on this link you will see over a dozen examples of standalone cameras and cameras in other smartphones, as well as a $50,000 professional video camera, that all exhibit the same phenomena.


As far as your other cameras and droids are concerned, you are wrong. They all exhibited lens flare under some circumstances, as you will see in the 2nd link I posted, which included several different droids. There are a few cameras that have single element lenses where it isn’t as bad because there is only one lens element. But they take truly lousy photos.

Nov 25, 2022 9:38 AM in response to sarina253

That’s the result of lens flare, which will happen with any camera (not just an iPhone) when there is a light source in the image or just outside the image and falling on the lens. It is caused by reflections between the elements of the lens.


Here is an article from Photography magazine about it→What is Lens Flare and How to Deal with it in Photography


And some examples from other cameras→iPhone Camera Lens Flare and Reflections - Apple Community

Jan 2, 2023 10:49 AM in response to sarina253

Sorry Apple this is just inexcusable. I have a 12pro and most photos with sun or moon or any kind of lights are destroyed by this idiotic reflection of the source light bouncing back to be recorded. It’s not acceptable- you guys knew this when you added multiple cameras and just didn’t care. None of my earlier iPhones or droids had this issue. Get it solved on the software to remove it or go back to 1 camera.

Green dot in iPhone 14

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