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Dust in lens?

Hi all,
I just noticed that my SGS4 has some small black spots in the camera. It's just in the main camera, the front camera is OK. They appear in the top quarter of the image.
I already tried cleaning the lens with a micro-fibre cloth but it did nothing.
At first I thought it could be dust beneath the lens but one thing strikes me as odd, these dots remain the same while I change focus from close to far. Shouldn't they change shape while focus distance changes if it was dust? If I zoom in the camera the spots disappear.
I attached a crop of a photo from my phone. Do you think this is dust? What can I do to solve it?

Hey. I had the same issue when I had the xperia z. It was no where near as bad though.
I never found out what it was although it did move when I was on video recording. Does it move for you also while video recording?
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When I go to video mode it stays in the same place. They only disappear when I zoom the image preview.
Could it be dust? How did it get beneath the lens? This sucks.
*boy*racer* said:
Hey. I had the same issue when I had the xperia z. It was no where near as bad though.
I never found out what it was although it did move when I was on video recording. Does it move for you also while video recording?
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AlexandreT said:
Hi all,
I just noticed that my SGS4 has some small black spots in the camera. It's just in the main camera, the front camera is OK. They appear in the top quarter of the image.
I already tried cleaning the lens with a micro-fibre cloth but it did nothing.
At first I thought it could be dust beneath the lens but one thing strikes me as odd, these dots remain the same while I change focus from close to far. Shouldn't they change shape while focus distance changes if it was dust? If I zoom in the camera the spots disappear.
I attached a crop of a photo from my phone. Do you think this is dust? What can I do to solve it?
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there is a protective plastic on camera lens. check if u have taken it off or not.
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I took it out when I bought the phone. With naked eye I can't see anything on the lens.
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there is a protective plastic on camera lens. check if u have taken it off or not.
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I ended up taking it in for service at a repair center. They replaced the camera module, under warranty. Now the problem is solved.

Dark spot on camera

I have had this phone for three months, and have taken care of the phone very carefully. Now this random dark spot appears on the none wide angle camera in photos and videos. I haven't done anything that I can think of that would cause this other than accepting this big update on my phone a week or so ago. Anyone know if it's defective, or something else like software? This is the Canadian Rogers LG G6 version. I love this phone and just got it no long ago... I have no idea what I should do, because it ruins certain videos or pictures now. Here's a video to show what I mean, https://youtu.be/31gP0E3hmwo

Weird - did you take an extended video of the sun? Also, I'm sure you already have cleaned the camera glass many times, but when you clean it, did you look closely for anything out of the ordinary, maybe trapped between the outer glass and the inner lens?

KingFatty said:
Weird - did you take an extended video of the sun? Also, I'm sure you already have cleaned the camera glass many times, but when you clean it, did you look closely for anything out of the ordinary, maybe trapped between the outer glass and the inner lens?
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No, I always avoid getting the sun into my camera for the fear burning the lens. Only thing I can think of my lens getting a lot of light is when taking extreme zoom in pictures of leaves that were in the sun one of those zoom in clip on lenses. Though the camera was facing down on leaves and not towards the sun.
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I will have to look at the lens again when cleaning, because I didn't notice anything before.

I just did another test while looking for dust on the lens with a soft flashlight and this spot turned into something else. So confused, because I don't see anything when I look at it. Here I recorded it https://youtu.be/ujwJEvfcQ44

I think there is something between the lens and the sensor. I would send it to repair.

I've the same problem few month ago, I just shake the phone because I thought it was a dust and the dark spot disappeared

Silver Wx said:
I've the same problem few month ago, I just shake the phone because I thought it was a dust and the dark spot disappeared
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Android Orange said:
I think there is something between the lens and the sensor. I would send it to repair.
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I'll trying shaking it before sending it to repair, hopefully shaking works, thanks for the ideas.

Bad blue lens flare on OP 6T

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Hi all,
I have purchased last Friday an OP6T, 256/8 as Offre de Noel).
Yesterday, doing the first pics in sunlight, I noticed an unnormal and unwanted bad blue flare within the pics, and I tested it further when back home. I've contacted the vendor Monday about the problem, they found it bad enough to exchange the phone directly and I got a 2nd OP6T the next day.
Unfortunately the problem is persistent from one phone to another, the pics above are from both 6T's and S7 as comparison. I can confirm that with the Galaxy S7 Edge that precise problem does not exist.
I am also aware that some flares are kinda normal in photography against light.
Can anyone please confirm, that the blue flare of the light bulbs (kind of echo?) is normal for the 6T camera hardware ? Or not ?
Can anyone please confirm, that the 6T 256/8 indeed does have a lens protection film on the back camera and how to indicate it, and in case it does, how to remove it safely?
I've attached some pics, inlcuding a proper pic without blue flare from Samsung S7 Edge, both camera lenses, and the bad blue flare pics of both 6T phones I have at hand now.
Thank you very much in advance for any support.
The vendor offered me to send the items back, and I am unsure if this kind of flare just became standard with the new lens concepts? (I've read about it in the one plus forums and saw comparable pics from Iphone 11)
Thanx in advance, Tom
If you can't see the photes, here's the link: htt ps://im gur.com/gallery/AYj9jUq (mind the blanks)

I am sorry, the pics aren't allowed befor having 10 points I have understood. Pls use the imgur link above.
Best, Tom

I got a green one!!
But I think lens flares are the coolest thing in photography so for me the Samsung pictures are just lame
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I got a green one!!
But I think lens flares are the coolest thing in photography so for me the Samsung pictures are just lame View attachment 4899295
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How come, I thought at Bruges the flares are yellow with a tint of red ?
Thank you for your positive minded response - :silly:

[Firmware 4.19.87] Exynos S20 Ultra

Just got the following update.
Change log is minimal:
Camera improvement
Security patch
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So what is your question or is this just a statement?
From what I feel before and after this update, white balance issue seems to be fixed, photos taken isn't too warm anymore.
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I hope this update for the S20 plus 5g exynos will arrive also this week...
I have a simlock free German device.

vash_h said:
So what is your question or is this just a statement?
From what I feel before and after this update, white balance issue seems to be fixed, photos taken isn't too warm anymore.
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It was a statement officer.
I can see more improvement to autofocus, less over sharpening effect, better image quality when zooming.
One bad thing I noticed regarding stabilization magnets. They seem not to hold the sensor when using the phone. Lens makes a lot more noise [rattling] even though I'm not using the camera. Very annoying.
Not sure if it's a defect on my unit or something that this update caused.
I'll try to shoot a short video in a different thread about the issue.

new firmware already released in China ATD1 with more improvements
waiting for it in EU.

cizake said:
One bad thing I noticed regarding stabilization magnets. They seem to not hold the sensor when using the phone. Lens makes a lot of noise even though I'm not using the camera. Very annoying.
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That was noticed by a number of people as soon as the phone was launched, it's annoying to have that rattle if you shake the phone but it seems standard and not a fault.

Grondah said:
That was noticed by a number of people as soon as the phone was launched, it's annoying to have that rattle if you shake the phone but it seems standard and not a fault.
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Yes totally aware about the rattling noise due to IOS. But after the update it seems louder than before. Is it due to the zoom improvement via firmware? Not sure.
In any case I think it should be easy to develop a tiny app to activate the magnets at all time (same as when opening the camera app). Might drain the battery a bit but that rattling is very annoying. I'm ok to trade 5% of battery drain to suppress the noise.

Those of you who got the ATCT fimrware update on exynos, can you try something out?
Pls take a pic of a white wall, indoor, dim indoor lighting, using night mode. Does it come out darker than it is or looks normal?

Ultra Wide Camera circle when sunlight is coming from top left or top right direction

Hi, sometimes in some angles this circle is appearing in the photos i take with ultra wide angle lens. Is this normal or is my lens broken? Thanks!
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It's possible you have something on the lens. Maybe condensation.
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gernerttl said:
It's possible you have something on the lens. Maybe condensation.
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I cleaned the lens, same issue...

Is it in the same spot in every picture? If so, it is possible that something is in the phone. The lens has a glass cover over it to protect it. It may be on the lens itself. If that is the case, you won't be able to clean it off.
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Is it in the same spot in every picture? If so, it is possible that something is in the phone. The lens has a glass cover over it to protect it. It may be on the lens itself. If that is the case, you won't be able to clean it off.
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No it is not always at the same place of photo. Depends on the angle of the sun. But generally that circle is appearing when the sun is at top left, right. In addition, if i put my hand on top of the phone circle disappears. So it happens when sunlight comes from a specific angle.

Have you tried turning off the Starburst feature in the scene optimizer settings of the camera and see if that helps?

svmszcck said:
No it is not always at the same place of photo. Depends on the angle of the sun. But generally that circle is appearing when the sun is at top left, right. In addition, if i put my hand on top of the phone circle disappears. So it happens when sunlight comes from a specific angle.
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It's not the camera. It is called refraction. It is what happens when the light is reflected off of the sensor on to the lens then reflected back to the sensor. Especially, when you're taking a picture in bright sunlight with the sun in the frame at an angle.
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