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Camera Interference from 2008 Prius?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by George W, Sep 2, 2018.

  1. George W

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    This morning I changed the spark plugs on my 2008 Touring Prius. Car is at 128,000 miles. As I placed the old and new spark plug on top of the air cleaner (to take a comparison picture) the phone's camera-image began displaying vertical lines, scrolling across the screen from left-to-right. I have posted a snapshot of this.

    The vertical lines could have been much more pronounced but I backed the camera away to try and get a balance of spark plug and interference. Edit: The light source is an LED flashlight held by my son about 4 ft away.

    The Hybrid battery pack is several feet away from the hood area. The closer to the camera got to the air cleaner, the more pronounced the interference is.
     

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  2. bisco

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    i don't see anything in the picture except the plugs, and paper towel. was the car on?
     
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    They are the double vertical lines which are more pronounced on the left side of the picture. No, the car was not on. I was changing the spark plugs. :)
     
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    interesting, i thought those were shadows. now i'm going to have to try a pic and see what happens.
     
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    It's not necessary to change the spark plugs just to demonstrate your kid's strange LED flashlight issue... First step is the state of charge of the flashlight. Put a fresh set of batteries in there and see if it works better. No need to remove spark plugs this time.
     
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    It is most likely a strobe effect between the pulsed LED flashlight and the electronic 'shutter' (image sampler) of your camera. Nothing to do with the Prius. Try a different flashlight. An old fashioned incandescent flashlight or ordinary daylight should get rid of it completely. Or even just change lighting conditions, which will change the camera's exposure setting.
     
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    oh good, now i don't have to take a picture.:p
     
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    At least you already know you don't need to replace the spark plugs to take the picture. It's way easier for you than the OP.
     
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