I'm having major issues with exposing images and videos properly with the iPhone 7. In most cases it severely overcompensates for bright light by imposing this dark gradient on top of my images. The iPhone 6 camera didn't do this. It seems like the 7 is trying to falsely lower the exposure by introducing a gradient on top of the image. These are two undoctored examples (screenshots from video).
- Make sure that there’s nothing blocking the camera lens. If you’re using a case, try removing it.
- Force the app to close, then open the Camera app again.
- Restart your device, then open the Camera app again.
- If your device has a front and rear camera, try both cameras by tapping
. If you see the closed lens or black screen on only one camera, take your device to an Apple Retail Store or Authorized Service Providerfor more help.
Hi Chris. Thanks for the response. Those troubleshooting steps are not applicable in this situation. Here's some more screenshots to better illustrate what's happening.
In the first shot here, I tap and hold on the sky (Where it's bright) and the camera greatly overcompensates for the brightness and falsely lowers the exposure turning the the whites to an odd grey color. In addition, off to the right you can see there's a strange black blob/gradient present in the shadows.
In this second shot, I tap and hold on the plant. I then swipe down to manually lower the exposure using the controls to expose the sky properly. This image looks good, and is what is expected. In addition, you can still see the details of the plant leaves on the right hand side of the screen as expected.
With the iPhone 6, if I were to tap on the sky it would adjust the exposure properly (as best as it could) and then I would just swipe up or down to adjust it to where it should be. With the iPhone 7 it just gets it completely wrong when trying to expose bright areas, and I need to focus/expose a darker area and THEN adjust manually to get it to look correct.
iPhone 7 camera exposure issues
