Major iPhone 5 Camera Issue Is Causing Purple Halo Effect On Photos | Cult of Mac

Michael Harris · September 2012

It's not the lens, Apple eliminated the IR cut filter and in some cases that causes some shades of black to be purple. They did it for cost or thinness. Leica did it with their first digital rangefinder camera and it had the same effect. It can't be fixed with software, Leica had to actually send IR filters to people who purchased the camera. Unfortunately you can't put a screw-on filter to a cell phone.

Sean Liu · September 2012

dick_richie said:
Wait you mean images look bad when you take a picture where the bright light is in front of you instead of behind? Isn't that like day one lesson one in Photography 101?!?! Ever since "antennae gate" every release of an iPhone has had these so called issues that only a minority experience. Squeaky wheel I guess. I love my Cinco. I think the journalistic integrity is at odds with accounting for web traffic. That is all.

From the article: Lens flair is a common occurrence with all camera lenses, but it’s generally not purple and this issue never happened with the iPhone 4 or iPhone 4s which is why many iPhone 5 users have been upset by the purple halo discovery.

Normal non-purple flare is fine, and can be used creatively. No one is saying this is ruins the phone, but it is an issue for iphone photography.

Also, why do people keep acting outraged about "journalistic integrity" on cult of mac. If you want well edited, fact checked, thought out, noninflammatory tech journalism, you wouldn't be here.

theobserving · September 2012

Oh everything's major if it'll get you some clicks.

geeduhb · September 2012

I see the same issue on my old iPhone 4, though not as pronounced.

Cgs101 · September 2012

Free filter! yay

technochick · September 2012

Unlike Buster and the crap ass excuse for experts posing as journalists that write on this blog, I actually do a little research before I state something is 'fact'

Today on set I conferred with our cinematographers who are knowledged professional photographers and have worked on major films like Avengers, Transformers etc and this effect has nothing to do with any iPhone flaw but is inherent to all smaller cameras. Chromatic aberations, as the pros call it, typically present as a violet color due to wavelengths.

baby_Twitty · September 2012

It's just a lens flare.

CurrentNewsMeme · October 2012

It's nice that Apple realizes the purple haze is an issue, but it's something that only hipsters would create an uproar about.
I made some memes about this situation that are pretty funny.
http://cmemes.com/iphone-5-purple-color-tinthaze-memes/

mediaadvantages · November 2012

Is the purple haze on the iPhone 5 Camera that big of a deal? You can make that happen if you try it but how many pictures do you really take directly at the sun. I wish they would fix the zoom though. I have been using lenses designed for the iPhone to get better pictures.

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