[LAS2002]

II recently attended a Concert in Las Vegas and sat 4 rows from the stage. I took a number of photos of the performer but all the images of the performer came out WHITE and totally unrecognizable - both in the view finder and as saved to the camera. The camera on my iPhone 4s seems to have worked fine until this concert experience and continues to function fine (except for this experience). I have read that Apple and Concert producers may have a technology to prevent you from taking Photos or Videos at Concerts (via some in fared device at the concert that the iPhone recognizes)???

However, what I've read about that technology indicates that the iPhone camera would be shut-down upon sensing the in fared signal. My camera DID NOT shut down but all viewfinder images of the performer were WHITE as were all the photos I took that were saved to the camera.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this at concerts? I also noted that persons sitting on either side of me using non-apple Cell Phones had normal colored images in their viewfinders - while again, my images of the performer were white and totally unrecognizable.

Anyone having further information on this - I would appreciate your comments.

Thanks,
Bob in Las Vegas

[bastion]

LAS2002, on 17 June 2012 - 11:02 AM, said:

II recently attended a Concert in Las Vegas and sat 4 rows from the stage. I took a number of photos of the performer but all the images of the performer came out WHITE and totally unrecognizable - both in the view finder and as saved to the camera. The camera on my iPhone 4s seems to have worked fine until this concert experience and continues to function fine (except for this experience). I have read that Apple and Concert producers may have a technology to prevent you from taking Photos or Videos at Concerts (via some in fared device at the concert that the iPhone recognizes)???

However, what I've read about that technology indicates that the iPhone camera would be shut-down upon sensing the in fared signal. My camera DID NOT shut down but all viewfinder images of the performer were WHITE as were all the photos I took that were saved to the camera.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this at concerts? I also noted that persons sitting on either side of me using non-apple Cell Phones had normal colored images in their viewfinders - while again, my images of the performer were white and totally unrecognizable.

Anyone having further information on this - I would appreciate your comments.

What was the lighting like in the venue? Generally dark with spots on the performers, perhaps?

The thing you're remembering, btw the way, is that a couple of years ago Apple filed a patent application for a way to build into a visible-light camera a mechanism to detect (and process) coherent data encoded in infrared signal. One possible application off this cited in the filing was a message to disable recording. I don't know that any application of this invention actually exists yet, let alone that one specifically.

[mountaindroid35]

If other photos taken by different cameras were able to get good shots, why not the iPhone. The iPhone was built with the best camera right?

[bonebrEke]

it happened to my old sony phone too.. i found out that there was no problem with the phone.. it was the new case... the camera flash was exposed to the lens....