neontetra777 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Hi Nano reef community, I have a quick question for you all. I have been trying to take pictures of my nano reef using my iphone 6. However, there are always vertical bars of darker color appearing within every photo I take. As an example, If you look at the photo (below) closely, you can see the vertical bars in a dark blue color. I've tried adjusting the color temperature and intensity, but all photos taken under the Prime LED light with my iphone 6 will have these vertical bars. what are they and how can i get rid of them? Link to comment
Mariaface Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Do they do this when you take photos elsewhere? Link to comment
neontetra777 Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Do they do this when you take photos elsewhere? No. Only when taking pictures under this LED light. Is there something wrong with the light? Link to comment
StevieT Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 It's the crap Apple camera with the blue lighting. Actinic lighting is hard to photograph. This is why most use a DLSR and shoot in RAW to adjust on lightroom later on. Or get a S7, amazing camera. Or wait, Apple will catch up in 5 or so years Link to comment
kimberbee Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 No. Only when taking pictures under this LED light. Is there something wrong with the light? Funny... I get horizontal bars using a windows phone. It goes away if I take the picture from farther away. Link to comment
neontetra777 Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 It's the crap Apple camera with the blue lighting. Actinic lighting is hard to photograph. This is why most use a DLSR and shoot in RAW to adjust on lightroom later on. Or get a S7, amazing camera. Or wait, Apple will catch up in 5 or so years Stevie, thanks. I was wondering if it's the phone or my light that causes the problem. Is there any way to enhance the ability of the iphone camera? Link to comment
StevieT Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Stevie, thanks. I was wondering if it's the phone or my light that causes the problem. Is there any way to enhance the ability of the iphone camera? Heck if I know I give my monies to Samsung in the phone dept. Be together, not the same Link to comment
pgrVII Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Heck if I know I give my monies to Samsung in the phone dept. Be together, not the same It's true,all my goon fts come from a Samsung Galaxy S5 and while they aren't same quality as say an expensive camera set up it takes nice photos,really nice. Link to comment
StevieT Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I just upgraded from the S5 to S7 edge. Holy shit they really upgraded the camera and the S5 was already good. Can shoot in RAW and the auto focus is nuts. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Stevie, thanks. I was wondering if it's the phone or my light that causes the problem. Is there any way to enhance the ability of the iphone camera? I use an iPhone and got excellent photos under LED. There might be a problem with your camera? Link to comment
Fnard Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I use an iPhone and got excellent photos under LED. There might be a problem with your camera? Fanboy Link to comment
jamescstein Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Try switching to the square photo. I find most of the over processing on my iphone goes away when I switch to that mode. Link to comment
pgrVII Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Sometimes if the camera lense is smudged it will create lines in the pic too. Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Fanboycount me in then lol Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Just turn the blue LEDs down. No need to make this into a fanboy war for no reason. Link to comment
neontetra777 Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Just turn the blue LEDs down. No need to make this into a fanboy war for no reason. If i turn down the blues completely, I still get the bars. Any reasons why? Try switching to the square photo. I find most of the over processing on my iphone goes away when I switch to that mode. I have tried that but no help. I use an iPhone and got excellent photos under LED. There might be a problem with your camera? So to rule that out, i used my roommate's iphone 6 which also had vertical bars. Link to comment
Fnard Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Just turn the blue LEDs down. No need to make this into a fanboy war for no reason. Always a reason for that, or so it seems. Don't get me wrong, all my pcs are OSX, 1 being my hackintosh I've been running for several years, but iOS? No thanks. I'll stick to my Nexus with vanilla android. To get back to the original OP, as stated before, LEDs are always difficult to capture true colors and know that the iphone cameras are not the best. Possibly using a gel may help to eliminate that problem? I've seen a bunch of iPhone picts, good and bad, but don't recall those stripes before. Wish I could be a lil more helpful. Link to comment
neontetra777 Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 Always a reason for that, or so it seems. Don't get me wrong, all my pcs are OSX, 1 being my hackintosh I've been running for several years, but iOS? No thanks. I'll stick to my Nexus with vanilla android. To get back to the original OP, as stated before, LEDs are always difficult to capture true colors and know that the iphone cameras are not the best. Possibly using a gel may help to eliminate that problem? I've seen a bunch of iPhone picts, good and bad, but don't recall those stripes before. Wish I could be a lil more helpful. I have actually tried filter gels but they do not seem to help at all. Thanks for the responses tho. Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 There are many camera apps that are more detailed in settings and can allow you to adjust for the blues with the iPhone. Look through them and find one that has manual adjustments to color temps. I find adjusting the angle that I shoot with my iPhone or iPad also helps but being able to adjust individual settings is the key. Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I think what you're seeing is the effects of what is called 'rolling shutter' combined with the extremely fast flickering of LED lights. Rolling shutter has to do with the camera's image sensor reading photons hitting the sensor line by line, starting from top to bottom, or in this case left to right for a vertical photo. This happens very quickly, but your LED lights are actually strobing much faster than that, and the banding you see is the actual variation in LED lighting while the image sensor is reading data. It's happening so fast our own eyes won't perceive it, but the camera is actuating capturing it. If you were to record video with that same camera and aquarium, you should notice the lights flickering in the footage captured. Link to comment
neontetra777 Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 I think what you're seeing is the effects of what is called 'rolling shutter' combined with the extremely fast flickering of LED lights. Rolling shutter has to do with the camera's image sensor reading photons hitting the sensor line by line, starting from top to bottom, or in this case left to right for a vertical photo. This happens very quickly, but your LED lights are actually strobing much faster than that, and the banding you see is the actual variation in LED lighting while the image sensor is reading data. It's happening so fast our own eyes won't perceive it, but the camera is actuating capturing it. If you were to record video with that same camera and aquarium, you should notice the lights flickering in the footage captured. Wow I love this scientific explanation. Thanks Chris. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 For a slow mo video of a camera shutter in action, check out this video, it shows and explains it well Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Adjust the settings on the camera. That's what I had to do,should be a simple fix. The iPhone cameras aren't bad,they just hate blues lol. But on a real note,get a android. I have a S6 and the cameras are amazing. Especially in "PRO" mode,you can adjust so much. Link to comment
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