Flash Bleeding: is Sony going to something about it? - Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I have this phone for 3 weeks, and I think it's a great phone but simply can't stand the fact that when I shoot in low light condictions I got that flash bleeding simply destroing picture quality.
I've used the marker trick, but after a week or so the coloring has gone away and I had to do it againg.
Guys, so frustrating you need to paint a 400£ phone once a week come on....
Will Sony do something about it, or they consider just enough they've said "You're shooting it wrong" like reportend on Talk Sony Mobile forum?
Will they just tact as if nothing has happened and fix this on Z2 Compact?
Always loved Sony for the way they are different form Samsung, Lg etc. but really disappointed this time...

Ever heard of HTC One purple tint issue on camera? I'm pretty sure it's a hundred fold worse than this camera issue and up to now HTC didn't provide any official recall or fix for this problem. AFAIK this issue only shows up on situations where an image would be worthless. I mean who takes picture of a black sky without any objects? Or takes a picture on a empty dark room without any focused subject nor takes a portrait picture of an object which is on a far distance than normal. All I can say is take it easy... Just use the camera normally and you won't encounter the issue. I've done low light pictures from the compact already from night concerts, Selfies on night, low light shots on some friends and stuff and I haven't encountered the light bleed issue. The only way I can reproduce it is if I take a picture of the sky, taking a picture of something a few meters away from me or taking picture on a empty dark room(ghost hunting? ).
GiveMe2Beers said:
Hi guys,
I have this phone for 3 weeks, and I think it's a great phone but simply can't stand the fact that when I shoot in low light condictions I got that flash bleeding simply destroing picture quality.
I've used the marker trick, but after a week or so the coloring has gone away and I had to do it againg.
Guys, so frustrating you need to paint a 400£ phone once a week come on....
Will Sony do something about it, or they consider just enough they've said "You're shooting it wrong" like reportend on Talk Sony Mobile forum?
Will they just take our money and fix this on Z2 Compact?
Always loved Sony for the way they are different form Samsung, Lg etc. but really disappointed this time...
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Riyal said:
Ever heard of HTC One purple tint issue on camera? I'm pretty sure it's a hundred fold worse than this camera issue and up to now HTC didn't provide any official recall or fix for this problem. AFAIK this issue only shows up on situations where an image would be worthless. I mean who takes picture of a black sky without any objects? Or takes a picture on a empty dark room without any focused subject nor takes a portrait picture of an object which is on a far distance than normal. All I can say is take it easy... Just use the camera normally and you won't encounter the issue. I've done low light pictures from the compact already from night concerts, Selfies on night, low light shots on some friends and stuff and I haven't encountered the light bleed issue. The only way I can reproduce it is if I take a picture of the sky, taking a picture of something a few meters away from me or taking picture on a empty dark room(ghost hunting? ).
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My HTC One and also a friend of mine's were replaced because of the purple tint camera issue. That was a hardware issue with the camera itself (or perhaps the assembly process) on the first batch, this unfortunately is 'just' a back problem probably due to the last minute change from glass to plastic and not the camera itself.

we can only speculate. They wont fix it with a fw update. Changing the back panels are the only thing sony could do. are they gona do it? i dont know, and i dont think so
ps: i also had to repaint it, but now its fixed. the paint stays longer on the second or third time that you paint it.
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Riyal said:
Ever heard of HTC One purple tint issue on camera? I'm pretty sure it's a hundred fold worse than this camera issue and up to now HTC didn't provide any official recall or fix for this problem. AFAIK this issue only shows up on situations where an image would be worthless. I mean who takes picture of a black sky without any objects? Or takes a picture on a empty dark room without any focused subject nor takes a portrait picture of an object which is on a far distance than normal. All I can say is take it easy... Just use the camera normally and you won't encounter the issue. I've done low light pictures from the compact already from night concerts, Selfies on night, low light shots on some friends and stuff and I haven't encountered the light bleed issue. The only way I can reproduce it is if I take a picture of the sky, taking a picture of something a few meters away from me or taking picture on a empty dark room(ghost hunting? ).
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i disagree. yes this bleed is a lot worse when taking a nightsky pic, or in a complete dark room, wich are things that you probably wont do. but you can also reproduce it under situation that you might come in the future where light is low, but not complete dark.

profyler said:
we can only speculate. They wont fix it with a fw update. Changing the back panels are the only thing sony could do. are they gona do it? i dont know, and i dont think so
ps: i also had to repaint it, but now its fixed. the paint stays longer on the second or third time that you paint it.
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i disagree. yes this bleed is a lot worse when taking a nightsky pic, or in a complete dark room, wich are things that you probably wont do. but you can also reproduce it under situation that you might come in the future where light is low, but not complete dark.
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Yeah,i had blue tint in 2m my dark room and on potrait of guitar in dark pub so you can reproduce it quite easy(painting did the job after though)

Ok so I guess the color of the phone does indeed matter. Since I really can't reproduce the light bleed easily without that much effort. Also with HTC One issue. For previous owners we know that it took HTC almost a year before recognizing it as a hardware issue and keep denying it for months right? And yeah they didn't provide any recall. They just simply say that it's a software issue and will be fixed on future updates and is only fixing phones that are sent to their service centre.

on HTC One X we have green tint when using flash , but it can be fix by a software http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36287923&postcount=1

No light bleed here but I have black.

Riyal said:
Ok so I guess the color of the phone does indeed matter. Since I really can't reproduce the light bleed easily without that much effort. Also with HTC One issue. For previous owners we know that it took HTC almost a year before recognizing it as a hardware issue and keep denying it for months right? And yeah they didn't provide any recall. They just simply say that it's a software issue and will be fixed on future updates and is only fixing phones that are sent to their service centre.
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What color is your device mate?

gabi11 said:
What color is your device mate?
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Same as @Arup ZR color black.

Arup ZR said:
No light bleed here but I have black.
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How is that possible that you don't have the light bleed issue? Did you make that photograph as described (i.e. of the sky at night with flash on)? When did you buy your phone (or what is its manufacturing date)?

Riyal said:
Ok so I guess the color of the phone does indeed matter. Since I really can't reproduce the light bleed easily without that much effort. Also with HTC One issue. For previous owners we know that it took HTC almost a year before recognizing it as a hardware issue and keep denying it for months right? And yeah they didn't provide any recall. They just simply say that it's a software issue and will be fixed on future updates and is only fixing phones that are sent to their service centre.
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Actually my HTC didn't have the problem at first, it only started after the 4.3 update. Then I just waited for 4.4 in hope of a fix, obviously nothing happened so I sent it for repairs. My friend's had this issue since the beginning on 4.2.
Anyway, I think we are being a bit off topic here

vetko said:
How is that possible that you don't have the light bleed issue? Did you make that photograph as described (i.e. of the sky at night with flash on)? When did you buy your phone (or what is its manufacturing date)?
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Yes will post it later but bear in mind I have it in black and also use the included leather case.

Arup ZR said:
Yes will post it later but bear in mind I have it in black and also use the included leather case.
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I also plan to buy the black one, but all users are reporting flash bleed even with that. Also, I don't think the leather case would change anything, because the light finds its way into the camera through the plastic back, which the leather case can not prevent. Just to be sure, could you try taking those photos without the leather case?
I really hope that Sony fixed this (at least quietly in the background). When did you purchase it?

vetko said:
I also plan to buy the black one, but all users are reporting flash bleed even with that. Also, I don't think the leather case would change anything, because the light finds its way into the camera through the plastic back, which the leather case can not prevent. Just to be sure, could you try taking those photos without the leather case?
I really hope that Sony fixed this (at least quietly in the background). When did you purchase it?
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Few days back.

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Few days back.
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:good: So that may be really good news for all of us if you really don't have the bleed . Could you post those photos somewhen today? Thanks.

I was talking with the support about these cam and beelding problems.
The short version is: sony gives a fack about these problems. So dont except any update for that.

vetko said:
:good: So that may be really good news for all of us if you really don't have the bleed . Could you post those photos somewhen today? Thanks.
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Will try........overall am very pleased with this phone and its cam, I do own a 808 and spate of SLRs so this one is competing very well with them. Only thing thats needed is RAW support and more controls in manual mode, truly lacking compared to my 808.

Milltach said:
I was talking with the support about these cam and beelding problems.
The short version is: sony gives a fack about these problems. So dont except any update for that.
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Or they just don't want to make it official/public, so that they don't have to replace all already sold models. (As in case of the earlier mentioned HTC issue)

other forum do said sony has an updated version of this that solve the problem few weeks back. Not sure about credibility

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How warm is your warm display? (colour)

Just got a One X and thankfully all the reported 'defects' don't seem to be there. However the screen colours are far too warm. The biggest problem is with flesh tones looking very reddish. Its best illustrated by taking a picture of my hand with the camera, which shows up very red indeed. However if I import the picture to my PC its acceptable. My screen is Acer which supposedly runs colder than Sharp and Sony, but thats not my case.
Should I exchange my unit? I have 48hours to return the phone with no questions asked. Its perfect otherwise and I heard that the warmness disappears over time. If true, how long does it take for the warmness to normalize. Also is there a software available now or in the near future that would solve this (rom, mod, etc.)?
PS> I'm still on 1.28.415.9 because I haven't received an update yet.
I just tried using "Screen Adjuster" from the Play Store, but the results were horrible. I really need to know whether the warmness subsides overtime because otherwise I have a perfect unit and don't wanna gamble it away for a creaky, ripply, dead pixel unit.
I passed by the store and compared my phone to the two display models and a sealed unit. All three had the excessive red hue warm colors as mine. When I say excessive I mean very excessive. Its best viewed with the Mirror application. It almost makes me look like I'm fluorescent pink Almost the color of this icon.
Someone please chime in. How red do you look in the Mirror app?
I'm begging here, someone please acknowledge my existence and answer my simple question. Does the Mirror app make you look red/pink like your are badly sunburned?
SOMEONE PULLLLLEAHSE ANSWER
Hello, i just tried and have the same problem.
I didn't try outside on daylight ...
Looks like my skin is too vascularised ...
DanRZ said:
Hello, i just tried and have the same problem.
I didn't try outside on daylight ...
Looks like my skin is too vascularised ...
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Thanks so much for answering me. Vascularised is a great way of putting it. I can almost see the blood flowing through my capillaries. I hope this is just a software issue. Outside in daylight its much much better.
HTC should have added a light in front panel.
And after "vascularised" it has a litlle "drunk" effect.
After ZombieBooth, HTC just invented DrunkBooth ...
I tested the front camera some more using Skype. It seems that there are two reasons for the red hue. The camera software is messed up, and so is the screen itself. When using Skype the image from the front camera looks very red on the phone, but it doesn't look as bad on the PC (although still red). This leads me to believe that the camera software is not calibrated, and the screen further compounds the problem. I'm hoping 1.29 update will help a bit.
I just ordered this phone as lost my optimistic 3d. If this is a problem with all sets I can't understand its not mentioned in any of the reviews I've seen. Hopefully means forward is a bit messed up
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I just ordered this phone as lost my optimistic 3d. If this is a problem with all sets I can't understand its not mentioned in any of the reviews I've seen. Hopefully means forward is a bit messed up
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Well as far as I'm concerned I have not seen, or heard of, any One X unit that doesn't have this problem. So far I have personally examined 6 phones that have this problem (all worse than my phone). Also three XDA users have also confirmed this (one on this thread and two in other threads). I have yet to see or hear that a One X exists out there which does not have an extremely red hued front camera.
Until someone confirms otherwise, it seems to me to affect ALL One X's.
In camera settings, put the saturation to -1, this looks far more realistic. However, I don't know if it looks the same on another device as is does for me. For all I know, it could be making my hand white for the pc.
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thom109 said:
In camera settings, put the saturation to -1, this looks far more realistic. However, I don't know if it looks the same on another device as is does for me. For all I know, it could be making my hand white for the pc.
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Thanks that helps a bit. I'm sure HTC will have to fix up the camera software in an upcoming update because this is just unacceptable.

Sigh... is this what everyone was talking about?

Just got my phone back from being S-OFF'd and decided to check my camera for a purple tint: http://imgur.com/a/NrAvJ#0. Is this what everyone's been talking about? If so, looks like I have a crappy unit.
What does the purple tint actually affect? I've noticed that my pictures with flash off turn out a bit blurrier, but I don't know if this is one of the side effects. I'd really like to trade in my unit for one that does NOT have this problem, but then I'd have to pay for S-OFF again.
Is that what happens when you cover the lense with your finger ?
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dottat said:
Is that what happens when you cover the lense with your finger ?
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This was with my phone lying flat down on a black leather chair. When I cover the lens with my finger, it just looks like the color of my finger because light is still getting in. If I cup the phone with my hand to block off the light, it's black and then I slowly see blue noise creep in after some time.
I personally believe this to be a software issue and will be fixed in an OTA..
andybones said:
I personally believe this to be a software issue and will be fixed in an OTA..
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I'm really hoping this is the case, but I've read that it doesn't exactly make sense that it's a software issue since some units are on the exact same software without this purple tint? I'd hate for it to be a hardware issue that's simply swept under the rug by tweaking the software.
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I'm really hoping this is the case, but I've read that it doesn't exactly make sense that it's a software issue since some units are on the exact same software without this purple tint? I'd hate for it to be a hardware issue that's simply swept under the rug by tweaking the software.
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Not every phone is the same, there are multiple instances where one phone acts one way and another phone differently.
IF it is hardware I wont settle for anything but a brand new phone not taking a refurb on this phone.
I thought other people were seeing the purple tint in normal pictures. the images you posted just looks like low light noise. I normally see this type of low light noise when the sensor is pushed to hard by the software or the software is artificiality trying to add contrast in low light. I bet it is probably a combination of the sensor in your camera and the software. With any luck HTC can find a software fix for OTA. I know Motorola fixed the blue tint on my Droid 3 with a software update....
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Not every phone is the same, there are multiple instances where one phone acts one way and another phone differently.
IF it is hardware I wont settle for anything but a brand new phone not taking a refurb on this phone.
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I really hope someone smarter than I am can get to the root of the purple tint problem and hold HTC accountable for it if it is indeed hardware related. I bought this phone off contract and I expect a return on every penny.
Anthrax79 said:
I thought other people were seeing the purple tint in normal pictures. the images you posted just looks like low light noise. I normally see this type of low light noise when the sensor is pushed to hard by the software or the software is artificiality trying to add contrast in low light. I bet it is probably a combination of the sensor in your camera and the software. With any luck HTC can find a software fix for OTA. I know Motorola fixed the blue tint on my Droid 3 with a software update....
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This gives hope, thank you!
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raphytaffy said:
I really hope someone smarter than I am can get to the root of the purple tint problem and hold HTC accountable for it if it is indeed hardware related. I bought this phone off contract and I expect a return on every penny.
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I agree, I sincerely hope that the VZW HTC One didn't use any cost cutting measures and this is a result of that and why it took so f*****g long to get to us.
and now I'm out $150 for being a loyal customer and buying my phone 1st day, had it been second day, I could have returned it but noooooooo.
I should have known they'd drop the price, but SO SOON!
HTC One Maxx must be REAL close..
Your phone isn't defective. That is the software trying to artificially induce contrast - if you take your phone and try some lowlight pictures you'll see it jump to a blue/purple/red tint as it tries to do its ultrapixel lowlight "magic". I can see this happen on mine too. The problematic phones are MARKEDLY worse.
I think a software fix will rectify the situation, and since HTC has acknowledged the issue, it will come in the next update. Unlike Samsung, whose sh*t Galaxy Nexus screens were so poorly made, yet they refused to acknowledge the problem.
raphytaffy said:
I really hope someone smarter than I am can get to the root of the purple tint problem and hold HTC accountable for it if it is indeed hardware related. I bought this phone off contract and I expect a return on every penny.
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The sensor is too good at what it does. Even with no light it is still trying to "sense up". Same effect seen on other ultra low lux cameras. Easily rectified with better software. It might just be that the sensors that exhibit this effect are actually better than the ones that don't.
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Install the stock 4.3 camera APK. Fixes the problem.
Sonic2756 said:
Install the stock 4.3 camera APK. Fixes the problem.
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Is it possible to install the stock 4.3 camera AND keep the stock HTC camera?
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Is it possible to install the stock 4.3 camera AND keep the stock HTC camera?
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Yup!
Those pics look about normal. The noise I've seen on defective cameras were bright purple or red. Very very bright.
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Those pics look about normal. The noise I've seen on defective cameras were bright purple or red. Very very bright.
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Yep...this whole thread reminds me of my DSLR days and the Dpreview forums. Go take some real pictures and see what you get. If you still see purple casting on the picts then it is probably software. Now, you may see some purple fringing when there is bright light (ie sun) just off the edge. This happens with most phone cameras (and many regular). It would just be the bright light that would be purple though.
I am no expert but I cannot see how anything S-off would cause a purple tint/fringe.
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Install the stock 4.3 camera APK. Fixes the problem.
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I just took this pic with the gpe camera and still got the blue hue. Really hoping it's software and not hardware on this one. Are you referring to a 4.3 leak sense camera? If so could you point me in the right direction to find it please?
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Joanni said:
I just took this pic with the gpe camera and still got the blue hue. Really hoping it's software and not hardware on this one. Are you referring to a 4.3 leak sense camera? If so could you point me in the right direction to find it please?
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He may mean the camera.apk from the CM 10.2 ROM but I am not sure either.
Sorry
Turn the iso down... What happens is the lens tries to open too much and is catching the ends of the light spectrum. Ex. Reds and blues. Other phones might not get these colors because the RF Stopper won't allow the lens to open up enough to start getting those colors
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I saw at least one person mention that their camera wouldn't capture focus on anything further than 3 feet away. I was experience that problem too. This evening I was at a football game and was getting CRAP focus on the field. I was getting the people three feet in front of me in focus. I wondered if the lens was dirty. I wiped the lens with the camera app open and it forced a refocus and it finally grabbed focus out on the field. I tried shifting focus to other areas and focus was crap until I covered the lens and then let it refocus on the new item. Then it would grab a crisp image. If anyone else is encountering this issue, with the focal length not adjusting, I was curious what would happen if you tried the same thing.
Obviously this isn't ideal but it at least provides hope that software could remedy the issue.

Dust on rear camera

Hey Fairphoners,
I guess you've heard about the problem of having dust inside the phone and on the camera (see main fairphone post or https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/communities/public/questions/200997773-dust-inside-phone).
How are you dealing with this? I myself had to open my phone recently to clean it and now, a few weeks later, my camera can't focus again..
If many people are affected by this problem one could (and should) get in touch with the fairphone staff.
Greetings!
Bump!
I won't believe that no one else experienced this problem yet, so let me ask this: how many of you still use their cam since the beginning without having cleaned it.
Don't be so shy
I do, though it might be my low standards.
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Bump!
I won't believe that no one else experienced this problem yet, so let me ask this: how many of you still use their cam since the beginning without having cleaned it.
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I did it yesterday after I finally got me the fitting tools.
It's way better again and the pictures are better. You see it best, when looking at details (I compared a dusty one with the cleaned one, when taking a picture from the same object)
But since then my microphoe is really almost silent. I have to speak really loud so the other side will hear me...
I did not do anything to the microphone...
Anyone an idea?
@Vinnl: So, did I get it right that your camera still focuses correctly (especially when you are close to the object)? Or did you mean that you are not really using the camera..?
@haiag: Hmm.. I did not experience nor hear about such a difference in the microphone sensitivity - maybe some of the connectors/connecting parts on the motherboard have been touched?
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@Vinnl: So, did I get it right that your camera still focuses correctly (especially when you are close to the object)? Or did you mean that you are not really using the camera..?
@haiag: Hmm.. I did not experience nor hear about such a difference in the microphone sensitivity - maybe some of the connectors/connecting parts on the motherboard have been touched?
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I don't know what "correctly" is, but most of the times is focuses, sometimes it doesn't, but I guess that is normal? I use it now and then, but not that extensively.
I got my FP1 in January and took a number of pictures since then (~700 or so). Never had problems, no dust, no focus issues, no red tinting. I even can't remember where I put my Casio Cam as the FP1 makes faster and better snapshots. But I think that won't help you anyway now, does it?
Argh, you guys have been lucky with the phone..
But thanks for the answers, 'cause any answer is better than no answer
PS: To test your focus just take a picture of a text and see if it's sharp/readable afterwards.
Mine can't focus a text on a piece of paper anymore.. Either it shows the red rectangle and it doesn't take the pic or the green one but then the pic is not readable/completely blurred (and I mean like *completely*)
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Argh, you guys have been lucky with the phone..
But thanks for the answers, 'cause any answer is better than no answer
PS: To test your focus just take a picture of a text and see if it's sharp/readable afterwards.
Mine can't focus a text on a piece of paper anymore.. Either it shows the red rectangle and it doesn't take the pic or the green one but then the pic is not readable/completely blurred (and I mean like *completely*)
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This is what I get: https://i.imgur.com/0rAk4nS.png
(If I move the camera closer to the paper it cannot focus either, but I suppose that is to be expected at some point.)
^that looks good, compared to my pics

Pink tint in centre of camera when in low light - faulty?

I've seen cameras in the past that exhibited a pink tone in the centre of the image. My G4 does this too, though it is only noticeable in low light. For example if I take a photo of the grey of my cord trousers in low light the very centre of the image will have an obvious pink tint. If I take a photo in average to normal light it's not visible.
Does anyone else have this issue? Mine is an O2 UK phone, brown leather back.
The same photos taken on my S6 have no tint at all.
it looks like a faulty phone ,-, try to get a replacement for it
I've just taken it back. Might wait till I can get it for a better price for the time being, especially now I've got it out of my system
I'm wondering if the pink you're seeing in your low light pics could possibly be the infrared auto focus? It could be that the camera snaps the photo b4 the light goes out. That would explain why you see it in low light photos only.
You cannot see infrared light with your naked eyes, but a cell phone camera can. Have a friend watch you through another cell phone or camcorder as they stand in front of you, while you snap a photo of them. Tell them to look for a flickering red light coming from your camera.
If that's the case, it can be fixed with a software update. The light needs to go out b4 the shutter opens.
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I can't remember if the G4 has manual focus, but if it does, try using it for the same test. Maybe the infrared light won't come on and the pink will not show up.
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I'm wondering if the pink you're seeing in your low light pics could possibly be the infrared auto focus? It could be that the camera snaps the photo b4 the light goes out. That would explain why you see it in low light photos only.
You cannot see infrared light with your naked eyes, but a cell phone camera can. Have a friend watch you through another cell phone or camcorder as they stand in front of you, while you snap a photo of them. Tell them to look for a flickering red light coming from your camera.
If that's the case, it can be fixed with a software update. The light needs to go out b4 the shutter opens.
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I can't remember if the G4 has manual focus, but if it does, try using it for the same test. Maybe the infrared light won't come on and the pink will not show up.
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Already considered that idea but the simple test was to cover the IR port up with my finger. It still showed up. Thanks anyway
Um, I don't think the camera uses that IR port. That is for controlling your TV.
For example, many smartphones do not have an IR port, yet they have auto focus. Try what I suggested b4 dismissing it. At least try taking a pic of yourself in front of a mirror. The pic should not catch the red IR light. If it does, there's some kind of timing issue.
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Um, I don't think the camera uses that IR port. That is for controlling your TV.
For example, many smartphones do not have an IR port, yet they have auto focus. Try what I suggested b4 dismissing it. At least try taking a pic of yourself in front of a mirror. The pic should not catch the red IR light. If it does, there's some kind of timing issue.
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I mean the IR port on the back, not the top! The one that blinks. I've tried covering all the sensors and there's still a pink tint.
Think your phone is a broke one, call you agent and get a new one
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Has this been resolved by a replacement? I have the same issue with the pink tint/hue in the camera and I have the T-Mobile 811. I'm wondering if others have the same issue
Reminds me of the pink tint issue with the M7s. Did you feel any heat around the lens area?
In the case of the M7 it was crappy heat issues. If this happens again on the G4, I'll be getting rid of this real quick
The phone was cool and it still showed. I don't think is the heat because when I took pictures outside there was no pink tint. It's on low light conditions that it happens. I also had an issue with random dimming erratically with the auto brightness off. I did a warranty exchange and getting it tomorrow. I am hoping it doesn't have the same issues.
Got the replacement by and still has the pink center hue in the camera. This is bs. I believe people have this issue and they don't realize it. This can't be a coincidence. I don't even know what to do now. I can't return the phone since I'm past the return period.
I had the same nagging opinion with my first LG G4. I tried comparing it to the LG in my T-Mobile store but it was hard to replicate.
In the end, I replaced it for a different issue. There is still a pinkish hue near the center in some photos, particularly in lower lighting, though maybe a little better than the first (could be placebo effect)? I'm satisfied in it being just a quirk of this phone under some conditions.
Take a look at the "Post your LG photos" thread. Post some of your photos here or on that thread.
Not happy with the replacement. I still have the pink center. You definitely notice it on a white background . The crappy part is when to take video or pictures, the pink shows up. I used manual controls to change white balance to make the pink go away but it becomes way too white and unnatural. I'm going to open up a thread in the T-mobile section. I'm also going to contact LG and see what nonsense they are going to spew.
That's not pink, it's magenta, tmobiles signature colour.
If i remember correctly, lots of Xperia z3 users had the exact same issue, maybe they found a solution that can be transferred over to the g4?
There is a thread about green spots appearing in pictures for some people.
It seems that the green spots do not appear in the actual RAW (DNG) files themselves. Meaning that the green was not captured by the image sensor, and was instead added during the image processing that created the JPG.
Note that you will likely need to pull the DNG over to a computer and view it in appropriate software that can display DNG files (UFRaw is free). You will still see it on the screen/gallery on the phone, as those are showing the JPG.
Please try taking a picture in Manual, with JPG+DNG output, and check if the DNG shows the pink.
Edit: Other thread, about the green spots issue:
LG G4 green spot appearing in photos
It has nothing to do with the M7 purple tint thingy, this is something I saw in numerous old phones I had, mainly Sony Ericsson ones and perhaps Desire HD. Any white background(like walls) indoors will give the pink spot on older phones, I wonder how it's showing on G4
i tested and verified this pink spot in same conditions 10 minutes ago. lots of z3s also have the same problem afaik. i m starting to guess this problem originates from the lovely sony lenses. does anyone know which lens lg camera uses?
solventh said:
i tested and verified this pink spot in same conditions 10 minutes ago. lots of z3s also have the same problem afaik. i m starting to guess this problem originates from the lovely sony lenses. does anyone know which lens lg camera uses?
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IMX 234 RS
LG G4
now i m sure. sony destroys everything.

Duplicated light source / ghost lights in photos

Hello,
Today when taking photos I've noticed that light sources like lightbulbs and chandeliers appear twice in photo. It's hard to describe, but attached photos should clarify what I'm talking about.
I've checked on other phone, Honor 8X and it's same.
And here's my question to you: do you observe the same behaviour, or my device is flawed?
Shogun91 said:
Hello,
Today when taking photos I've noticed that light sources like lightbulbs and chandeliers appear twice in photo. It's hard to describe, but attached photos should clarify what I'm talking about.
I've checked on other phone, Honor 8X and it's same.
And here's my question to you: do you observe the same behaviour, or my device is flawed?
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That's odd....I have to see if my phone does the same.
Are you on Auto mode?
SantinoInc said:
That's odd....I have to see if my phone does the same.
Are you on Auto mode?
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Yes, I'm on Auto. I've gone also through pro mode settings, but none of them seem to reduce it.
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Yes, I'm on Auto. I've gone also through pro mode settings, but none of them seem to reduce it.
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And Honor 8x does the same? Thought that the camera lenses cover has some reflecting residue like oil etc...it is strange.
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And Honor 8x does the same? Thought that the camera lenses cover has some reflecting residue like oil etc...it is strange.
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Yes, Honor does the same. Actually I've just checked LG V30 and Huawei P10 Lite, and it's almost the same.
I'm kinda shocked I haven't noticed it before.
Can you please check on your phones?
I don't know if it's worth using warranty with my Note 10+ if it's the general issue.
I took a direct photo of my desk lamp and there's nothing wrong, I'll try again later tonight using different angles/sources.
I googled it and this problem is widely commented on:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=phone+camera+ghost+reflections+of+light+sources
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I took a direct photo of my desk lamp and there's nothing wrong, I'll try again later tonight using different angles/sources.
I googled it and this problem is widely commented on:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=phone+camera+ghost+reflections+of+light+sources
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Thank you for the link. So it seems like this can be considered "normal".
However I'm still curious what will be result of your tests. Please share what was the outcome, whether you were able to reproduce this.
It depends on the angle, sometimes you will see this, some times not, I have seen this in dedicated cameras as well
Thank you for your response.
As I'm testing it more, it seems very hard to take photo without ghost lights when not pointing straight into light source, attached few more sample files.
Maybe I'll get over it, if not I'll give it a go, and use warranty, they'll do something with this or not.
Hello,
That's amazing to see this post today, just the day i noticed exactely the same.
I noticed that when doing a video test, through windows stores (the room was in the dark, light going thru the little holes in the stores). I had exactely the same kind of little lights reproduced in the left quarter of the frame.
I thought it was due to the shape of the lens, some kind of light reflexion on it, but now i am wondering because that is the EXACT same thing as your description.
I would not send to warranty... since i had exactely the same 'problem'. I believe it is due to lens design.
mafy31 said:
Hello,
That's amazing to see this post today, just the day i noticed exactely the same.
I noticed that when doing a video test, through windows stores (the room was in the dark, light going thru the little holes in the stores). I had exactely the same kind of little lights reproduced in the left quarter of the frame.
I thought it was due to the shape of the lens, some kind of light reflexion on it, but now i am wondering because that is the EXACT same thing as your description.
I would not send to warranty... since i had exactely the same 'problem'. I believe it is due to lens design.
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I believe you have the same, but don't know how often you see these lights.
I can understand this can be seen in some conditions, but as I'm testing it more, I almost can't take any photo without it.
I've looked through YouTube reviews with some night shots and can't see it there.
Attaching last two samples, to not spam this thread, as maybe I'm now oversensitive on this
I'll go to the store today, and see what they'll say.
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Thank you for the link. So it seems like this can be considered "normal".
However I'm still curious what will be result of your tests. Please share what was the outcome, whether you were able to reproduce this.
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Went on tonight to my favorite night photography places and the full moon was the perfect source of light to look into the "ghosting" thing. It's really easy to see what's happening with the light when moving the camera around its axis. Note 10 has a rather thick glass covering/protecting the lenses and the light entering the camera is being distorted by the inner and outer surfaces of the glass plate depending on the angle of entry.
I was having really boring Sunday today so I'm glad I found something to do because of that, and I even made a little drawing using the S-Pen(love the s-pen!) to illustrate directional changes of light while entering/exiting a medium of different densities (air/glass)
We know that light will get reflected by a glass at certain degree because of different density between air and glass. Basic physics. Our camera is made of multiple layers of lens with variables angle. So if 99% of light goes through the lens, 1% get reflected. We won't see it for normal light. But if the light source is very bright, even 1% will be visible on photo.
That's my hypothesis.
Happens all the time when facing a lamp light directly, with wide and zoom lens. But seems to be less visible with ultra-wide.
This looks like an internal reflection within the camera it's self.
Internal reflections are common on multi-element lens.
You pay big bucks for coated elements and engineering to suppress this effect in pro lens.
Internal reflections can also happen between the cmos sensor and any of the internal optics.
In the case the cover element is a prime suspect.
Lol, you can thousands for a pro shooting system and you will still find this.

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