S23 Ultra - Rear Flash Causing Hazy Pics

[Stellyy]

My rear camera has just started taking really bad pictures with the flash on in the past few days. The more I zoom in, the worse it is. At first it didn't seem to effect pics taken at 1x but after I reset the camera settings pics at 1x are also hazy with the flash on.

Any ideas what the issue could be?

[nonegone]

Do you use a phone case? Do you clean the phone lenses with alcohol?

[Stellyy]

I'm using a phone case and a camera lens protector but it doesn't cover the flash. I wiped the flash but it made no difference. Have never cleaned lenses with alcohol.

[nonegone]

Take the camera protector off as well as the phone case and try to take a photo

[Stellyy]

So as I was taking the phone case off, the camera protector popped off by itself and now my pics are normal haha 🙈

[nonegone]

Magic 😅