Apple issues a statement about the iPhone 5 purple lens flare concerns

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We are fairly certain that most of the readers here have heard about the purple lens flare issues with the iPhone 5. And well, given the popularity of the topic, Apple has since stepped up with an official support document on that very subject. But before anyone gets super excited about a software update to fix the issue — it seems you may be doing it wrong. Yup, Apple has offered up a statement on the purple lens flare and is basically telling everyone that this issue happens with “most small” cameras and that you should “move the camera” to minimize the effect if you see it happening. Anyway, here is how Apple has chosen to deal with the issue;



What can we really say here, while we do not fully agree with the statement, we can agree in that this is not an issue specific to the iPhone 5, it does actually effect other cameras. The problem is that when you sell as many devices as Apple did with the iPhone 5 in such a short period of time — the issues tend to seem larger than they actually are. Bottom line, if you have an iPhone 5, shoot pictures with some care and extra effort.

Via [Apple]

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