Big black rectangle showing up on my photos… anyone else?

So I snapped a photo today, went to check it out in the gallery, and there’s this massive black rectangle across it. I’m using an iPhone 16 Pro with iOS 18.1. Anyone else dealing with this?

Must be Apple’s way of covering ‘nude’ food haha.

Adair said:
Must be Apple’s way of covering ‘nude’ food haha.

Maybe it’s a little too spicy shrimp

Kelsey said:

Adair said:
Must be Apple’s way of covering ‘nude’ food haha.

Maybe it’s a little too spicy shrimp

Haha… shrimp-ography

I had a similar issue, and restarting my device solved it. I’m also using the beta 18.2.

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Soviet way of censorship

Has anyone else here seen this too? Happened to me last month on iOS 18.0.1 with an iPhone 15. I took the same pic again, and it was fine the second time. It happened like two or three times in one day and hasn’t happened since.

Maybe it’s hiding the ‘naughty’ side of the pasta

Maybe there’s a tiny Samsung phone stuck inside the lens?

Apple’s new subscription… pay monthly for the full picture

Try backing up with iCloud and doing a factory reset

Apple’s ‘censorship’ of your food

Apple probably thought it was 'prawn-ography’ lol. But, technically, a shrimp isn’t a prawn. Guess Apple’s AI doesn’t know the difference

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Lol, accidental censorship

Some Japanese ‘food art’ maybe?

Goodman strikes again with microtransactions .

Could it be an accidental edit? You can add a rectangle by going into Edit > Markup > Add Shape

Westley said:
Could it be an accidental edit? You can add a rectangle by going into Edit > Markup > Add Shape

If it has to be explained, they probably didn’t do it accidentally

Jordy said:

Westley said:
Could it be an accidental edit? You can add a rectangle by going into Edit > Markup > Add Shape

If it has to be explained, they probably didn’t do it accidentally

Any other ideas? Doesn’t sound like sensor damage since it’s so perfectly shaped