iPhones have been widely acclaimed for their excellent quality in both the photos and videos that they took. However, one issue that has occurred with those cameras is that they may produce lens flare or “ghosting” effects in certain lighting conditions. This is caused by part of the lights that may reflect off the lens.
However, this issue may be remedied soon as a source “yeux1222” claims that Apple is working on a new anti-reflective coating that reduces that effect. The coating process that Apple is exploring will use atomic layer deposition (ALD), and the benefits of that will allow Apple to apply anti-reflective coatings on the lenses to reduce photographic artifacts as well as ghosting effects. In addition, the ALD process can protect the lens from environmental damage while maintaining the overall aperture of the photo or video taken.
My take: I currently own an iPhone 13 Pro, and from my trip a few years back, I did notice some lens flare effects from a few of the photos I took, especially at places with several artificial lights. Although this hasn’t been such a huge deal for me, I know it can be more bothersome to some users. So hearing this potential change will surely be more than welcomed by many users.
For the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro/Pro Max, both of those models will make the tetraprism lens standard, which was first introduced with the iPhone 15 Pro Max. We’ll most likely see Apple debut the next-generation iPhones in September.
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