iPhone 8 Plus horrible lens flare and reflections

All cameras with lenses have lens flare. It is a reflection of light on the highly polished lenses. It is actually desired in certain photography. The best way to avoid it is to avoid taking photos towards bright lights. It is normal and not broken in any way.

A2ua wrote:

Today I recognized the same problem on my iPhone 8 and am very upset that it’s “normal”...

Do all 8 and 8 plus have this effect?

ALL Lenses, including $1,000 lenses on high end DSLR cameras exhibit Lens Flare. ALL. People want higher resolution cameras, so now we have 12 megapixel cameras on our phones. They show MORE detail, including artifacts we don't want. It's simply the nature of photography. Instead of being "very upset" learn about photography. Invest in photo editing software so you can remove unwanted artifacts from your photos. But don't blame Apple for not being to change optic dynamics. My $2,000 Nikon DSLR, with a $1,000 lens attached shows lens flare.

You all can reset your phones till cows fly, but your pictures demonstrate normal lens flare. Lens flare is most prominent in low light situations when the lens sees bright lights, such as your photos demonstrate. My VERY expensive DSLR and lens that cost more than an iPhone do the very same thing. Your expectations are unrealistic.

Hey I am sorry they just passed off your detailed post like the Genius Bar is going to make or break this issue. I spoke with a Senior Advisor and it produces the green orbs as some of the other posters have shown. The color of the streaks you have are the exact same when eyeballing it and I’m about 99% sure if the photos were pulled into Lightroom/Photoshop, Luminar, etc. and selected the color from the streak and the green blob from the original poster they would be the same.

There is some refraction of light. The blobs make sense and so do the streaks for what defines lens flare. My father’s iPhone 6S Plus does this and my friend’s X does this. My father and I shoot Canon 5D IV & 6D with high end Tamron SP or Canon L Lenses. My buddy Alex shoots a Sony a7Riii and Zeiss or G- Master Sony lenses. The poi t of mentioning that is that we know Photography and gear. The sensor capturing the photons of light to make your photo into an image is only as strong or weak as the glass used I front of it and on the lenses.

The 6S Plus, the 8 you have, and the 8 Plus have one commonality. There is gorilla glass or sapphire in front of the lens that bulges out from the phone. Thus, it’s like shooting through a window. Also, Apple Support could not confirm any nano coating or ant-reflective coating used on the X or the other phones we are discussing.

Kit lenses that come with lower end starter cameras like the Canon Rebel T3/T6, Nikon D3300, Sony a6000, etc. have these issues and Chromatoc Aberatuon with a Purple, Green, or Grey fringing in areas with high contrast or dynamic range differences.

If you are a photographer and get all of this cool. I’m not trying to be a know it all or talk above or down to anyone. It’s a real issue and it can be replicated multiple times. The issue is not excusable because it is a phone or Apple’s marketing strategy to use Computational Photography to produce studio lighting and a DSLR/Interchangable Lens Mirrorless Camera falls on its face. This is sometimes the only camera people have on them from amateur hobbyist to pro.

I would strongly suggest going to Apple.com/feedback or submitting feedback via the Feedbacks App if you are running a Beta iOS.

The only thing that has me prepplexed is your photos show streaks and not blobs. They both have incoming light sources that are relatively small (not the sun or a speed light/strobe), but they are bright in comparison to the scene, which would be absent of light if they were not there. I would almost think this is more of an issue of reflection or refraction of the light hitting the aperture blades or another part of the lens before being captured by the sensor. - All of which should have been addressed before the phones released.

I mean if Phil was taking about deep trench isolation when they bumped up the megapixels for pixel density issues and light bleed on a small sensor then this should be a non issue many phone generations later.

I have the same issue on my iphone 8 plus. I was frightened my iphone 8 plus is broken.

So i contact the apple support (still in contact). The answer was to do some tests. Reset the iphone and set it up as a new one.

Because first i don't want to do this effort. I made some tries on other iphones (5s, 6s, 7).

All models have the same issue. So i think we must life with them or hope it's a software issue, they can fix.

Every replacement phone will do the same thing. It is normal for all lensed camera to do that.

There's nothing that can be done to eliminate Lens Flare. You're also dealing with the limitations of a small lens. Albeit a pretty good small lens, but a small lens none-the-less. If you want better pictures, you should use a better camera. The camera and lens on the 8 Plus and X is about as good as it gets with phone cameras.

Once again this is just ignorance on the consumer side. Essentially what you are saying is you want a lower quality lens. The fact that it’s higher quality means it will have this particular issue when directly pointed towards lights in low light scenarios. DSLR cameras (not phones) would then use a filter for this issue.

So if you look at all your pictures they have to do with the same setting, a night scene with lights. This is normal for all high quality lenses..

This is a user to user only forum. If you think there's something wrong with your phone, make an appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar for evaluation.

The lens flare is very obvious in night view whenever there's a strong source of light on the edge of the photo. I contacted the Apple support staff, they told me to reset my iPhone to factory setting before they come to the conclusion, which is acceptable to me since I have many data in my phone. However, I contacted an engineer that I know, he said the the reason causing the lens flare on iPhone 8 might be the upgrade of camera sensor. It became more sensitive to light, including the reflection of lens.

hi bro,i have smaller iphone 8 with same ugly flare,i also have iphone 7 and se,both didnt have this flare,i am very angry now at apple,such a ugly flare on such expansive device,sorry for my bad english,i already ordered 5 inch pixel 2...

Me and my mom we were having the same problem with iPhone 8. I’ve tested out the iPhone 6 and 6s cameras and instead the quality is not so good they don’t have this ugly reflections at the photo. Apple should give an attention to that!

This is not a lens flare issue. These instances are direct reflections of the source of light. I am experiencing this with my iphone8. I had previous versions of iphones, and never have seen this. Not acceptable Apple!