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ericIRELAND1

All photos my wife or myself take in low light levels has a white blurr that appears on the right side after the camera flashes, the image is without this problem until it is taken. Is this a problem with the software or a hardware flaw with the camera/flash proximity to each other and the chrome rim around the lens.this is on both our z1 phones my wife has a white one and I a black one. The red inference on the left side is not common just bad lighting. When I say the right side it would be on the bottom side for portrait photos

Uliwooly

I've seen that before with

a protective case

an extra protecting film

fingers too close to the flash

dirty lens

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Uliwooly

I can't see the picture, upload it to box.com and post the public link here

Also do you have any protective case or protective film around and/or near the camera lens or flash?

ericIRELAND1

https://app.box.com/s/n0q2o3vxnf573bboq897

In the shared box.com folder there are 3 photos with the issue I am talking about, I would think it is a faulty lens but it is the same on both phones, could there be 2 faulty lenses that I happened to buy, or a software firmware error???

To add I don't have any protective case around the phone. I thought this myself because I was having the same problem and I was using the roxfit cover but have since removed it.

urkopineda

Same problem here +1

Regards,

Urko

Yong

I had the similar problems too with my Xperia Z there's light reflection from the flash of the phone on the taken photo too and Xperia Z1 i haven tested yet due send to warranty:smileyworried:....but i don't really know the cause of it because sometimes it doesn't have that problem even using protective case with/without it and sometimes it works fine....it could be the holding position/environment/other causes...still need wait for the who expert in shooting camera/Sony staff to do the real test on it and confirm the problem...

Uliwooly

I've seen that before with

a protective case

an extra protecting film

fingers too close to the flash

dirty lens

Sam

Uliwooly is correct; I have been able to replicate this by taking a photo in poor light normally and then taking another one with my finger overlapping the phone near the flash/lens. With this being the case please rule out the possibilities outlined above by Uliwooly.

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ericIRELAND1

I can concur with the previous 2 posts that the issue is not with the phone but with the holding of the phone. I took pictures in low light and the flash reflected off my finger back onto the lens, even though my finger was not in front of the lens, I then took the same picture holding the phone by my finger nails and there was no interference. It just means that now i will have to hold the phone by the edges (slightly uncomfortable with the phone being so thin) Thanks for the input i couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was but discussing it here helped. It seems so trivial now but thanks guys.