Distortion in Some Photos on 5S

[Stefano_B]

Something like this might help.. Maybe. Haven't tried it yet.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/perspective-correct/id584634318?mt=8&at=10l3Vy


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[blurredspam]

I'm not seeing any distortion in my 5S pics. Somebody post a example of what they are getting.

Here are two photos, one with the car in the middle of frame and another with car in the bottom of frame. If intake a pic with the car in the top of frame the roofline gets very "skinny"

 

[iEd]

Here are two photos, one with the car in the middle of frame and another with car in the bottom of frame. If intake a pic with the car in the top of frame the roofline gets very "skinny"

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Pic #2 looks as if the back wheel is bent.


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[blurredspam]

Pic #2 looks as if the back wheel is bent.


#Naked Tuesday

Exactly.
There is fairly visible pincushion distortion

 

[pelorick]

Here are two photos, one with the car in the middle of frame and another with car in the bottom of frame. If intake a pic with the car in the top of frame the roofline gets very "skinny"

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I noticed the wheels right away. In the image with the car at the bottom, the wheels almost look butterflied, whereas they do not in the other.

 

[iEd]

I'm going to try and duplicate this on my phone.
And check out some past photos to see if I see this.

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[pelorick]

I'm going to try and duplicate this on my phone.
And check out some past photos to see if I see this.

#Naked Tuesday

I sent an abbreviated note to Apple at their feedback site. I'm hoping that this thread gets bigger, so we can find out if this is a design flaw or something else.

 

[blurredspam]

It has to do with the angle of the phone I believe. If you keep the subject perpendicular to the lens it should he straight with little to no distortion, but when you tilt the lens to, say a 60deg angle to the subject the distortion is amplified.
Knowing this I would just make sure to always angle the phone at a 45 and don't angle it for composition.

 

[a_cl_a_m]

The bottom right corner. Look at the pole...

 

[i7guy]

I think there is compression at work due to the wideish angle and small aperture. I don't know if you will be able to get away from it. Anandtech has a write up on the 5s camera.

 

[a_cl_a_m]

I can't replicate this with other phones.

 

[rzaatari]

Hey pelorick/guys,

I have had my iPhone 5s for 6 month now, but have just started seeing this camera distortion issue. Has anyone solved this or found a fix? I appreciate sharing.

Thanks,