iPhone 16 Pro Max Night Photos with Flares and White Points

Please post a recent photo showing the issue? Are you handholding your iPhone or using a tripod? What app are you editing photos in? Can you also post the metadata for the image you post?

YES, seriously. I gave you an example of what repositioning the camera relative to lights can do for you. If you think your phone should recognize and remove lens flare when taking photos at night with lights in the scene, then you have completely unrealistic expectations and you will constantly disappointed. Either take the time to deal with lens flare which is completely normal or be disappointed. That's your choice.

Lens Flare is completely normal when photographing at night with lights. But they can also be reduced or eliminated. Before you took the photos, you could see them on your iPhone screen. You likely didn't notice them. Angling the camera differently could have completely eliminated them.

Below are two photos. In the first photo of lights on my deck, you'll see lens flare above the lights:

Without moving my feet or location, by angling the camera and watching the flares, I was able to take a photo, without lens flare:

You are the photography and it's up to you to notice things like flares when taking night photos. Taking the time to angle the camera better, will help you capture photos with little to no lens flare. But to expect your camera to fix this isn't going to happen. Even my Nikon DSLR, which costs appreciably more than my iPhone with a fast lens, which cost even more than the camera captures lens flare at night against lights.

>>I do not edit photos in any application, whether I rest the phone without moving and with exposure for 3 seconds or without exposure, the effect is similar, light flares, all strong light sources are reflected and transferred to the photo in another place, it is the fault of optics and bad coatings, bad angles<<

OK, so no tripod and handheld images. Please post a photo showing the settings for each image. Something like this.

dariusz234 wrote:

W żadnej aplikacji nie edytuję zdjęć , czy to opieram telefon bez poruszenia i z naświetleniem 3 sekundy czy to bez naświetlania efekt podobny , flary świetlne , wszystkie mocne źródła światła są odbite i przeniesione na zdjęcie w innym miejscu , to wina optyki i złych powłok , złych kątòw

?? Are we supposed to have a clue what you said here?

>>Do you see these lights moved above, this is not a difficult setting for the phone, believe many phones costing 1/3 of it do not have this effect and it is not normal, it is not normal that the glare remains in the photos , it is completely unacceptable , error in the design of the lens<<

Are you using the native Apple Camera app or a third party app. I’ve seen odd double images before with third party app. Are you shooting HDR? I’ve seen odd images caused by HDR combining multiple photos.

I still have not seen the information for any of your images.

That photo is fine, thank you. Many people use camera apps from companies other than Apple, for various reasons.

I notice you’re using the Fusion Camera. The Fusion camera combines a 48 megapixel image with a 12 megapixel to create a 24 megapixel image. If you discontinue use of Fusion Camera, just use 48 Megapixel, I suspect the unusual reflections will be gone.

This may limit your nighttime photography to just the use of the 24mm 1X camera. I suspect all nighttime photos using 13mm .5X camera are going to default to Fusion Camera.

The purple haze you suggest are the lights reflecting off my deck which is stained a light gray. The photo is actually true to color in this regard. I don't think you understand that much about taking photos at night. Most people don't yet they expect the small cameras in an iPhone to defeat the physics and limitations of cell phone cameras. The fact you can actually take a decent photograph at night with an iPhone is a remarkable achievement. Expecting perfection from a handheld shot, when there are lights involved is as I said, unrealistic. Unless you take the time to notice the flares and angle the camera differently to reduce or eliminate them you will surely capture them in your photos. Until you understand this, there really is nothing anyone here can do to help you make your night time photos better.

A final comment: Once you capture the flares, why don't you use the Cleanup Tool in the photos app, which was made available with Apple Intelligence? You could remove the flares.