This is super common with proper lenses, especially when using filtration of any kind. You can spot this phenomena in a lot of films, particularly the Wally Pfister lensed Chris Nolan films like The Dark Knight. Not a big deal at all.
Yours must be one in one billion as I checked all iPhone X demo units at two Apple Stores and they all exhibited the flare I have. Also, two of my friends X’s are the same.I'm not seeing this on my X. I would return yours.
Yours must be another one in a billion (or the 2nd one) out there. Tested all units at 2 Apple Stores and 2 friends’ and they all exhibited the lens flares.I was just out on the boat taking pictures of the setting sun and did not notice a 'lens flare'. Came home and saw this post and reviewed all my pictures. After reading this, I also took several indoor shots of HiIntensity LEDs ( 1700 lumens ) and outdoor 5000k CFLs ( 1600 lumens ).
I do not see any lens flares in any of my iPhoneX shots.
Could it just be an oily fingerprint on the outside or worse inside of your lens?
PS. I did get lens flare if I really tried with the Pentax K5 II. My goal was the get lens flare with the Pentax, but didn't think about it for the iPhoneX
Prove it’s on every X. Your sample size of 1 means nothing until you prove it.It’s impacting all iPhone X cameras. Prove me wrong. And I didn’t post that on reddit. Came across the post. Replacing the phone won’t make a difference.
Here to add more speculation that it’s affecting all iPhone X’s. Been to 2 Apple Stores and tried out all demos with the same lens flare results!Prove it’s on every X. Your sample size of 1 means nothing until you prove it.
Nice shot!This was taken with a $3500 Leica lens...
It’s impacting all iPhone X cameras. Prove me wrong. And I didn’t post that on reddit. Came across the post. Replacing the phone won’t make a difference.
Ugh. More FUD garbage. Pure drivel.
If you point even a Leica lens at any strong point source, in the OP's case a ceiling light, you will get flare.
The cheapest Leica lens is $2000. No camera. Just the lens.
This was taken with a $3500 Leica lens...
So for half the price of the cheapest Leica lens, you're getting a phone that connects to the internet, plays games, has TWO lenses, and a camera too.
You simply don't get to complain about lens flare on a telephone, sorry.
Are we done now?
Easy fix. Sell your phone and get something that doesn’t disappoint you so much.I’m a photographer for a living and often leave my $15K Pro gear at home when going out for walks with my dog, relying instead on my iPhone to get photos of the city. I’ve been doing this since iPhone cameras reached a reasonable level of quality, probably around the iPhone 5.
I’ve never had an issue with lens flare like I have with the iPhone X. It’s just unacceptable for such an expensive phone. An no, this is not normal. This is not typical lens flare. It’s something else entirely. It’s a reflection and is a design flaw that is completely preventable.
It has to do with the camera housing. There’s a flat plate of sapphire over both camera lenses. It’s not the lens itself creating the flare, it’s a reflection of the lights on the flat glass in front of the lens.
This is a serious flaw that’ll affect almost any photo with lights, even though it might be somewhat masked in brighter photos. Any lights, regardless of how small and insignificant will be reflected on to different parts of the picture.
There’s no immediate solution to this other than to recall all phones and remove the glass housing, leaving the lenses exposed. Of course this isn’t going to happen. I imagine we’ll be hearing about this sometime in the near future. In the meantime, I’m stuck with a nearly $2,000 phone whose camera is useless to me. I love the iPhone X but this is a major disappointment to me as a photographer.
Easy fix. Sell your phone and get something that doesn’t disappoint you so much.
I’m a photographer for a living and often leave my $15K Pro gear at home when going out for walks with my dog, relying instead on my iPhone to get photos of the city. I’ve been doing this since iPhone cameras reached a reasonable level of quality, probably around the iPhone 5.
I’ve never had an issue with lens flare like I have with the iPhone X. It’s just unacceptable for such an expensive phone. An no, this is not normal. This is not typical lens flare. It’s something else entirely. It’s a reflection and is a design flaw that is completely preventable.
It has to do with the camera housing. There’s a flat plate of sapphire over both camera lenses. It’s not the lens itself creating the flare, it’s a reflection of the lights on the flat glass in front of the lens.
This is a serious flaw that’ll affect almost any photo with lights, even though it might be somewhat masked in brighter photos. Any lights, regardless of how small and insignificant will be reflected on to different parts of the picture.
There’s no immediate solution to this other than to recall all phones and remove the glass housing, leaving the lenses exposed. Of course this isn’t going to happen. I imagine we’ll be hearing about this sometime in the near future. In the meantime, I’m stuck with a nearly $2,000 phone whose camera is useless to me. I love the iPhone X but this is a major disappointment to me as a photographer.
I’m a photographer for a living and often leave my $15K Pro gear at home when going out for walks with my dog, relying instead on my iPhone to get photos of the city. I’ve been doing this since iPhone cameras reached a reasonable level of quality, probably around the iPhone 5.
I’ve never had an issue with lens flare like I have with the iPhone X. It’s just unacceptable for such an expensive phone. An no, this is not normal. This is not typical lens flare. It’s something else entirely. It’s a reflection and is a design flaw that is completely preventable.
It has to do with the camera housing. There’s a flat plate of sapphire over both camera lenses. It’s not the lens itself creating the flare, it’s a reflection of the lights on the flat glass in front of the lens.
This is a serious flaw that’ll affect almost any photo with lights, even though it might be somewhat masked in brighter photos. Any lights, regardless of how small and insignificant will be reflected on to different parts of the picture.
There’s no immediate solution to this other than to recall all phones and remove the glass housing, leaving the lenses exposed. Of course this isn’t going to happen. I imagine we’ll be hearing about this sometime in the near future. In the meantime, I’m stuck with a nearly $2,000 phone whose camera is useless to me. I love the iPhone X but this is a major disappointment to me as a photographer.
Did you try any other model iPhone? Or any other make of phone at all?Here to add more speculation that it’s affecting all iPhone X’s. Been to 2 Apple Stores and tried out all demos with the same lens flare results!
Did you try any other model iPhone? Or any other make of phone at all?
Saying it affects all X’s but leaving out the fact that it affects ALL phone cameras is a bit misleading.
Don't do that! It won't allow people to bash the X and only the X! Next week it will be something different to bash.
Sorry but your response to my comment is confussing. I am talking about my iPhone X compared to the same iPhone X demo units in the Apple Store. I have not tried any other phone makers’ cameras.Did you try any other model iPhone? Or any other make of phone at all?
Saying it affects all X’s but leaving out the fact that it affects ALL phone cameras is a bit misleading.
Can we stop saying lens flare? This isn't that and it just confuses the issue. This is an actual issue.