iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Blurry and Out of Focus

Come on Apple .. surely you jest …

iPhone pro max 15 .. super zoom and then the grainy picture looks like we traveled back about 10 years … I expected better and PAID for better … sooo myself and many others are looking for a fix to this issue

Still waiting on an answer from someone as knowledgeable as you. I asked before why selfie photographs are much more grainy than what they were back on my 13 promax, because at this point it’s starting to feel like cope and mental gymnastics from someone people praising the camera setup

For our iPhones, it's mainly computing power. Just look at the Pixel 8 Pro and its capabilities. Apple could solve these issues with coding as they did on their older iPhones.

We are paying way more than what Apple is delivering now. Back then I hardly needed to tap to focus, my 13 PM was able to detect the object thanks to LiDAR, 99% of the time.

Now, I consistently have to tap the object to focus, yet sometimes it cannot focus or detect the subject completely.

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There's a difference between computing and optics.

Honestly I don't know what the Pixel 8 can do, since it's not available yet, and it's not an iPhone.

Howevet the iPhone 15 Pro Max grows ever closer to replacing my pro camera for most shots and is the best phone camera I've ever used.

Can your camera change the focus point after taking the photo like in portrait mode?

There is a difference between a professional camera and a smartphone camera. Stop comparing. 

The pixel was launched on October 12, 2023. Do check what a smartphone is capable of.

Unfortunately these are already my settings and I am still having an issue. My 12 pro took great pictures for my website and even if I needed to zoom in and crop them, they still looked great. I am having issue recreating the same level of clarity when I zoom in on the 15 Pro Max pics, predominantly in the background which is white.

Rocket_starPT wrote:

The pixel was launched on October 12, 2023. Do check what a smartphone is capable of.

Perhaps when it comes to features; independent review site DXOMARK rates the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max's camera system higher than the Pixel 8 Pro's.

Furthermore, we are here to discuss a common issue we discovered on the latest model. All of us here have older iPhones to compare with. All of us here are knowledgable on how to use our camera.

If you think it's perfect, and did not face any issues, please kindly visit the correct forum to share your thoughts and photos.

We should not have to use any tricks or alternative apps to get decent photos. I don’t trust reviews because of the simple fact that I have not seen any 15 model working correctly. I tried some of people I know, same issues. I show them against my SE and they are shocked. It better freezes motion, has more detail. The 15 makes out of focus blurry edge face stuff with sometimes aggressive noise reduction making faces look like plastic aquarel paintings. Until I have a correctly working 15 in my hand I don’t believe any review or comment stating otherwise. I think i tested around 15 phones, base/pro/max. Always main camera at normal distance. Same result every time.

I know you mean well, but it sounds like a “you’re holding it wrong” explanation (for those who remember). There is no amount of words that will take away our frustration or make us accept the fact that against almost all older models, going back to even the 7, the results are garbage. If my 7 or SE can freeze the image better and have more detail then something is very wrong in either hardware, software or both. So far, nothing has proven me otherwise. New phone or software, nothing seem to have helped. I have scared away many people from buying any 15 model by just showing them the photo from any 15 vs my 12 or SE. They walked away surprised. You don’t need to be a photographer or knowledgable about photography. That’s not what we as iPhone users cares about. We expect an upgrade vs our 5yr old model. With just one quick shot, even my blind hamster can see it.

I just got the iPhone 15 pro, I had the iPhone 11 Pro Max.

I prefer the iPhone 11 Pro Max over the 15. I was kind of disappointed with the photo quality, then I started messing with the edits of the camera, pressing the f of the camera settings the image turned out amazing. 🤩 I think it’s going to be hard for me to let go of my iPhone 11 best phone I’ve ever owned in my opinion. It did me great. But I also am a content creator and video quality is definitely something I am looking for.

I’ve been saying the same thing. I’ve asked Dogcow-moof many times but I never got an answer. Why the selfie camera is so crap? Everyone is asking the same thing. Blurry, grey, and out of focus. Very bad experience.

I am having the same issue. Apple, please fix this. Photos come out dark, grainy, and saturated in odd places. Super frustrating, makes me wish I had not gotten this phone. I’ve always loved my Apple products but this is frustrating.

I went into Apple Store and they were extremely rude and made me feel like I was making this up. It is extremely noticeable (especially in natural lighting). I’m happy I’m not the only one who is having this issue (makes me feel a little less crazy)

i’m very disappointed with the 15 Pro Max seriously I can’t record video in ultra wide lens and zooming between other lenses ⁉️

Please everyone just try to record video with ultra wide and make zoom and see the quality 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ such a disaster please fix this

should be no problem switching between lenses while recording video‼️ and another problem is heating phone gets burning 🔥 while recording video in HDR for 3 minutes I tried to make rest to the entire device and it’s updated to the latest version of ios 🤷🏻‍♂️

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