The "green dot" lens flare in the iPhone 7 / iPhone 7 Plus

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The "green dot" lens flare in the iPhone 7 / iPhone 7 Plus

I wrote about the "green dot" lens flare issues I have with my iPhone 6 Plus. See Green dots in iPhone 6 Plus photos - is it something that can be fixed? for example photos.

I was hoping this problem was fixed with the new iPhones, two years later. But as I see in this review of the iPhone 7 - http://www.techconnect.com/article/3122614/iphone-ipad/iphone-7-review.html?utm_ source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_cam… - if you look at the first two car photos the author shows the "green dot" lens flare is present in both the iPhone 6S and iPhone 7 photos.

So I'm disappointed to see that problem has not gone away.

Does anybody know if this is also the same with the iPhone 7 Plus, which has two lenses?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), i5, 512 GB SSD, 16 GB RAM

Posted on Sep 21, 2016 4:50 PM

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McLach

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Mar 14, 2017 5:04 AM in response to Doug Lerner2

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McLach

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Mar 14, 2017 10:39 AM in response to McLach

Green Lens Flare with IPhone 7+. If i use other Lens, the Green dot became biger. Got lägest iOS ob Model NM4W2ZD/A

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Doug Lerner2 Author

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Sep 25, 2016 4:32 PM in response to Doug Lerner2

Just wondering if any iPhone 7 Plus users have been able to test this.

Before upgrading, I would like to know if the "green dot" lens flare problem which exists with the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and apparently also with the iPhone 7 also happens with the iPhone 7 Plus.

It has a different lens system, so I'm curious if that problem still occurs or not.

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tyates21

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Sep 29, 2016 6:19 PM in response to Doug Lerner2

NNope it is still there I'm happy with it.. My iphone 7+ is only 4 days old. Sorry they are upside down but they have not fixed it yet

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Doug Lerner2 Author

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Sep 30, 2016 6:13 AM in response to tyates21

Thanks for your reply. It's too bad they weren't able to fix that between 2 lenses. Maybe it's physically impossible to avoid with lenses that thin. That was one theory I read.

I have the iPhone 6 Plus, and two years have passed, so I'm debating. I was hoping that was one thing they had managed to fix.

In your photos the green dots look more like ovals. In my photos and others I've seen they are essentially circular. I wonder why that's different.

Anyway, thanks for confirming this. I haven't been able to find out elsewhere at all.

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Nov 1, 2016 4:44 AM in response to Doug Lerner2

Hi Doug take a look on this post iPhone 7 Plus Camera Problem against Direct light

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Doug Lerner2 Author

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Nov 1, 2016 4:55 AM in response to Mathias Brito

Yes, it seems to happen with all of them. My solution? The TouchRetouch app. Solves those flare dots in an instant. Here is a blog post I wrote about it last week:

http://lerner.net/touchretouch-a-great-iphone-app-to-clear-up-lens-flare-and-oth er-photo-problems-and-unwanted-objects-easily/

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Dec 13, 2016 8:32 AM in response to Doug Lerner2

Yes it's still an issue. I have

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