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I Was just taking a photo of the moon and noticed a green dot on my photos, that's also visible in the photo itself, not just the view Finder.
I had my partner start his camera and he has the exact same issue. See attached photos. To the top right of the moon and on the rock.
Not sure if this is software or hardware. I'd hope it's not hardware considering both iPhones have the issue.
Any ideas?
Worth noting I cannot seem to reproduce this indoors or in decent light.
Which phone are you using? I'd compare but it's cloudy here right now. If you can see it on the phone's screen does the dot move as you pan?
It's the iPhone 6 plus. The dot does move as I pan yes. In a rather sporadic manner.
I held my 6 up to a small bright light and can see it on my 6 as well. For grins I tested it on my 4 and a spot appears on it too only magenta in colour. What it is is internal reflections on the lens elements. If memory serves me correctly the phones use a 6 element lens. There's not much you can do about it other than try to keep bright points of light out of the image. As good as the camera is it's still a camera in a phone. More elaborate lenses can have the same problem only not quite as easily.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ve0ga9lczlm6g4/Video%2002-10-2014%2020%2010%2048.mov? dl=0
check the video. That is totally unacceptable. It makes the phone unusable in low light.
It is what it is, a camera in a phone. If you want better results use a good dedicated camera. The phone is just too thin to have multiples of elements like an SLR.
Most cameras, including DSLR cameras are not very good in low light. I looked at your dropbox link and to be honest with you, it's pretty darn good from a teeny tiny phone lens in low light. If you want significantly better, you'll need spend a lot more money on a camera with better IQ in low light. However, even my $1300 Nikon D7100, with a $1000 lens won't do that much better. I think your expectation is a bit off for what a small lens in a phone is capable of doing.
Surely you're kidding me? I have owned every iphone from day 1, I've owned camera phones since they first come out and ive never had a
bright green light on my photos and videos. How is this acceptable? My iPhone 5s didn't do it. The HTC one m8 does not and neither does the galaxy S5. This is supposedly the best camera phone and yet in low light I have one to four bright green dots in the way of my shots.
Oh dear.
I'm not going to argue with you. It makes no difference if the phone has the best camera for a phone or not. It has limitations and you just found out what it is. I'll test the 5S tonight when my wife returns and post the results using the same light source.
I can only see the picture, not watch the video, but in the picture, I don't see any bright dots. I'll look when I get home from my laptop and see if I can see them. Maybe I'm just not seeing what you can see. I see lens flare from the street lamp, which isn't odd or unusual.
Fairly sure this is a defect, not a limitation. If no other phone on the market has this issue, I can't see how it's anything but a defect.
What I'd like to know is if all 6 plus suffer this issue or not.
I'm a Nikon user myself. Here's an article on what you are seeing: https://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/59147/~/why-can-i-se e-ghost-reflections-in-my-image%3F
The last picture shows the green dot. I would have the phone looked at by Apple.
rbrylawski wrote:
The last picture shows the green dot. I would have the phone looked at by Apple.
Had he framed differently the dot would have moved one way or the other. The difference between his green dot and my magenta one is the size of the bright light relative to the frame and the type of coating on the lens.
Green dot when taking photos
