MrBojingels

Q: iPhone 7 Plus Camera - Pictures are bad

I take the following picture with my new iPhone 7 Plus (only one example).

 

http://abload.de/img/img_01482duth.jpg

 

So as you can see, this is really crap.

 

What is the problem? Is it a Hardware of Software (10.0.2) issue?

 

The results of my old iPhone 6s Plus were better...

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Oct 1, 2016 5:30 AM

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  • by brenden dv,

    brenden dv brenden dv Oct 2, 2016 10:24 AM in response to MrBojingels
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    Oct 2, 2016 10:24 AM in response to MrBojingels
    Hi MrBojingels,

    Congratulations on the new iPhone 7! I understand that the image quality from the camera is not as good as you were expecting. With such a good camera, I know it's important to take beautiful pictures, so I'm happy to help.

    Despite the iPhone 7 having improved low-light capabilities, it's important to be sure that you have adequate lighting when taking a picture. In addition, make sure that you're focusing on your subject by tapping on it. This article has additional information for how to take beautiful photos with your iPhone:

    Take and edit photos with your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

    If after going through this article you believe that the camera is still having issues, this article provides some troubleshooting:

    Get help with the camera on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

    Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Cheers!
  • by Koetjesreep,

    Koetjesreep Koetjesreep Oct 3, 2016 11:29 AM in response to MrBojingels
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    Oct 3, 2016 11:29 AM in response to MrBojingels

    I have the same issues, en the solution don't help.

    When you zoom in on the photo, it's like looking at a painting.

  • by JayC100,

    JayC100 JayC100 Oct 4, 2016 2:56 PM in response to MrBojingels
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    Oct 4, 2016 2:56 PM in response to MrBojingels

    I'm so glad someone else is having the same issue. All I keep hearing is how great the new pine camera is, but are they being paid to say that as mine is dreadful on my 7 plus.

    I've taken photos in various lights and they're all really bad quality (not my photography). Like MrBojingels my iPhone 6 was a lot better quality. It's mildly ok taking a close up but anything a foot away or more is a mess, even worse if I zoom in it's like I've taken a soft focus 8bit picture.

    I've force close, hard reset, erased and restored with no effect hoping it was a software issue.

    Any help with this would be great.

  • by MrBojingels,

    MrBojingels MrBojingels Oct 5, 2016 12:46 AM in response to MrBojingels
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    Oct 5, 2016 12:46 AM in response to MrBojingels

    I think it is a great bug of iOS 10.

    If you take a 3rd Party App like ProCamera and watch the results of the original RAW-File, they look pretty.

    If you watch the jpg-File it looks like crap.

     

    So I think iOS10 make the picture bad with a bad algorithm or something else.

     

    I hope Apple will fix this very fast, in the actually Beta of 10.1 the bug already exists!

  • by Skerb,

    Skerb Skerb Oct 6, 2016 6:13 PM in response to MrBojingels
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    Oct 6, 2016 6:13 PM in response to MrBojingels

    I Am having this issue too... I use my iPhone for eBay with a light box.  Perfect setting. Terrible photos! I am very disappointed And it is having an impact on my business.

  • by iphone7plus28,

    iphone7plus28 iphone7plus28 Oct 7, 2016 12:16 PM in response to MrBojingels
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    Oct 7, 2016 12:16 PM in response to MrBojingels

    I'm having this exact problem.  Zoom in and it looks like a bad painting. Heavily pixelated edges, etc. I restored - no change. I upgraded to beta version - no change. I also see slight improvement in other apps vs the ios Camera app.

  • by JoeConnell,

    JoeConnell JoeConnell Oct 10, 2016 8:19 AM in response to MrBojingels
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    Oct 10, 2016 8:19 AM in response to MrBojingels

    I am having this exact same issue. it doesn't matter whether it is outside on a sunny day or not. good light doesn't help. If I use the adobe lightroom app and shoot in dng then it fixes the problem. but who wants to do that for every picture taken. I don't know if it's a compression issue or the OIS.

  • by iphone7plus28,

    iphone7plus28 iphone7plus28 Oct 11, 2016 12:30 PM in response to MrBojingels
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    Oct 11, 2016 12:30 PM in response to MrBojingels


    I took my phone to Apple store in STL this weekend. They agreed that photos were terrible and my phone was replaced on the spot. The pictures are no better, and the display model appeared to do the same thing. The tech went from, "wow this does take terrible photos" to "a lot of it is how you use the camera, lighting, etc..".  If I shoot with an app that does RAW I have much better quality - and 5 times the storage per photo. I have to think someone at Apple sees the issue and is working on a software update???

  • by JoeConnell,

    JoeConnell JoeConnell Oct 12, 2016 2:59 AM in response to iphone7plus28
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    Oct 12, 2016 2:59 AM in response to iphone7plus28

    WE can only hope they see and care about this issue. I don't really see anyone else talking about it.

  • by kathyf53,

    kathyf53 kathyf53 Oct 14, 2016 6:45 PM in response to MrBojingels
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    Oct 14, 2016 6:45 PM in response to MrBojingels

    My pictures are awful too! worse then any phone I have had and the video is even worse