How to fix Blue Streaks in iPhone 16 Pro night Photos

Hi, and you’re addressing/responding to me why? Words are cheap. The expression in photography is if there’s no photos, it never happened. Please post some examples displaying the issue you’re describing, with basic EXIF data, like this screenshot.

This is off my iPad, your iPhone will have the info at the bottom of the screenshot but let’s see your settings. Thank you for your participation.

It is 100% not fixed in iOS 18.3.1. I test it by placing the phone camera facing down on a thick blanket, on a table where it won't move at all, setting the exposure to max (so it enables the 30 second exposure), wrapping the thick blanket around the top half of the phone, turning the lights off in the room, and then taking the shot. I still get prominent blue lines on all the photos. If I leave the exposure to auto, it will set itself to 10 seconds, and the image is perfectly dark. It only happens with the long 30-second exposure. iPhone 16 Pro.

Not the guy who originally discovered it and publicized it. Here’s his update from about 4 months ago.

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The mods edited my link. Search Shayne Mostyn on YouTube and his video titled “Did iOS 18.2 really fix this” . . . And you can watch his video and tests.

If you’re updated, then either your testing is flawed or your camera is really defective and needs to go back to Apple.

Um rude much? I was just sharing my experience, I am brand new to Apple products and this forum and don’t even know how to share a photo yet. I chose to respond to your comment because you said the issue was fixed with 18.2, and maybe for some it was, for me it was caused by 18.2 where before it wasn’t an issue at all on my phone. And sorry I didn’t know about this photography quote. Sheesh man get a grip. I just replied to you with a screenshot of my test photo right before updating to 18.2, as you can see, all black, no noise. I attempted to send a second screenshot of the test photo taken immediately after 18.2 showing the purple-blue noise and it said the file size is too big and would not allow me to post it. So I guess whatever, you can choose whether or not to believe me about that, I have absolutely no reason to lie about that. But if you want to be like that, go ahead I guess….

OK, agreed, my reply was curt. My apologies.

I appreciate you sharing your image with info. I don’t see any blue streaks. Are you lightening the image quite a few stops? Are you seeing blue streaks in the image you shared?

Same issue. Returning this very expensive upgrade to my 13 pro max.

Pictures where taken with a 16 pro max.

Have you updated to 18.2? This resolved the issue for most users.

Yes I’m at 18.2. I haven’t seen anyone else report the upgrade had an impact on this. Where have you seen that? If that’s the case, should I try a factory reset?

This was resolved with iOS 18.2.X update I believe. It was noted in multiple YouTube videos that issue was resolved.

How are you testing it?

Definitely not resolved. Everyone that was complaining is still complaining.