For those having an issue with regards to the purple flare or haze popping up in snaps clicked using the iPhone 5 camera, the Cupertino-based company has justified its stand on the matter. What’s interesting here is that the manufacturer finds the color effect a normal behavior for the 8MP iSight HD primary snapper.
A week ago, there were reports about Apple addressing this issue through an email sent to a user who inquired about it. The statement recommended customers to position their smartphones away from the light source while capturing images. So could this problem arise just because the snapper faces the source directly? Well, here’s what the company has to say; most cameras display some form of haze at the edges of the frame while taking shots that face towards the sun or any other light source. This is mainly due to the reflection caused between the internal surfaces of the camera module and the sensor.
And to resolve this crisis, users can position the camera slightly away from the source to reduce the amount of light entering into the aperture. If this doesn’t work, customers have the option of shielding the lens with a hand in order to minimize or eliminate the effect. The handset being talked about tags along a similar snapper that’s seen in its predecessor, says Mac Rumors. However, the thickness is reduced by 20 percent to make it fit within the slimmer 6th generation iPhone. The company has even switched the original lens cover with a sapphire one to enhance signal processing and noise reduction.
To sum it all up, iPhone 5 owners have no other option to do away with the purple flare, but to alter the position in order to avoid the effect from occurring.
