iPhone 16 camera freezes and blurs

Hi everyone,

I have a brand new iPhone 16 standard running iOS 26.1.

The camera behaves very strangely:

•  When I open the Camera app via the Camera Control button (the new physical button) → blurry preview → freezes after 1–2 seconds (have to force-close or restart phone)

•  When I open the Camera app by tapping the app icon → same freeze

•  When I open the Camera by swiping right from the Home Screen (Spotlight search camera) → works 100 % perfectly, no freeze, no blur, instant focus

What I already tried:

•  Hard reboot

•  Macro Control is ON, I manually turn macro OFF in the app (yellow flower)

•  Preserve Settings → Macro Control is ON and OFF (tried both)

Does anyone else have this exact same behavior?

Any known fix besides a full erase-and-set-up-as-new?

Thanks a lot!