Just received my iPhone 7 Plus and, as seen in the photo bellow, when taking photos, I'm getting a blue reflection of the lamp when they are in the picture frame... this is annoying. I already tried with two different lamps and I get the same result. Anyone experiencing the same problem?
I think it’s a physical limitation of having a very thin lens. The Google Pixel and Samsung experience the same issue.
There is a cool app called TouchRetouch at the App Store which fixes such dots due to lens flare very easily. It can be used to also remove other unwanted objects, like wires and poles
Festival of lights in Berlin, nothing better to get desapointed with this problem... and it is clear for me now how big it is.... some pictures...
Very disappointing situation....
Paid such huge price and in return what we are getting is worst then what we have already....
Apple should re-call the sets with this issue and replace them with new one free of cost if this is hardware issue & if software then should fix in there immediate update...
Hey Mathias Brito,
I am seeing many of my photos with the same artifact. Have you raised a bug report with Apple?
I don't have very good news. I went last Saturday to Berlin's Apple Store. The technician after discusses with colleagues and realise that all the demo phones in the store was showing exactly the same problem - the Apple store proved to be a nice place to reproduce the problem - they told me that this is a hardware issue, however that this is not a problem, and this could be due to the new aperture lens, glasses, blablabla. Fact is that all phones are affected, they suggested me to avoid direct pointing to light sources. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND THAT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING.
I had an appointment at Apple Store in Sydney last week, but I did not go. My wife has 7, I have got 7 plus and we own iPad Pro 9.7. They all have this problem. I knew I will get a similar answer like you Mathias. Surely everybody has the same problem. What should we expect from Apple? Nothing! Even if they change the phone for you, it will be the same!!
Veeeery very disappointing! I have been Apple user all my life. Not sure where Apple is heading with this. Many will not follow!
I have really nice photos taken indoors, but lot of them got this blue reflex... destroying my photos... shame...
Same here. Very flawed camera. I bought this iphone for one reason only and it was for the camera that was supposed to be awsome but i think it is the complete opposit. Apple needs to find a solution to this issue that it seams that alot of people are having.
Alas, it seems to be a problem up and down the iPhone line - perhaps an intrinsic problem with all very thin smart phone lenses.
However - I found a fantastic app - TouchRetouch - that fixes it and more! I wrote about it on my blog. I'm still using the iPhone 6 Plus.
I have this same problem on my 7 plus
I have exactly the same problem... Apple can you respond to us?
Taken with iPhone 7
Look at that annoyingly blue dot.
Just moved from Android to Apple, bad impression. 😟
Seriously, Apple?
Actually, this kind of lens flare problem turns out to be an issue with all thin smart phone lenses. I have seen photos showing this occurs with the new Google Pixel as well.
It's an optical problem having to do with bouncing photons.
I do highly highly recommend that TouchRetouch app mentioned above. Then you don't have to worry about it.
Also, with the new iPhone 7 Plus you can see the dots prior to taking the picture, so you can adjust your angle a bit before shooting to avoid them, when possible.
Yes, sir.
TouchRetouch app should be great alternative for this issue, especially for people who's capture & edit first.
But it's kind of major issue, because some of the people most likely to capture-and-share. 😟
From the articles I read on the issue though, it seems like a problem of nature itself. The optics of the very thin lenses required for a tiny camera in a thin cell phone simply has physical limits. Photons get in and under certain direct lighting situation they can bounce.
You know you can edit using TouchRetouch right from within the Photos Camera Roll, right? You don't have to go into a separate app and load the picture and fix it, etc. You can edit it just like with all the other editing features built in to Photos, like cropping the picture, and adjusting the exposure.
Hi , I don't agree that this persist in all the thin smart phones. I have been a Sony user my entire life and I have got an iPhone 7 recently which has the blue dot issues and I have never faced the same with my Sony smartphones which are thin phones as well.
iPhone 7 Plus Camera Problem against Direct light
