blurry pictures on camera iphone 12 pro

I’ve talked to both Verizon and Apple, even had an appointment with an Apple tech for an hour who ran tests and said the phone is operating the way it’s supposed to. Yet, the photos are still poor quality. That same day I had to take a photo/scan of my health insurance card for a web site and it couldn’t focus on the card at all to fill the crop marks. I’ve also noticed the front facing camera has very poor detail, not crisp, clear photos. I finally spoke to someone else at Verizon last week and told them everything I’ve done to resolve the issue, so they are sending me a replacement to see if it works better. It was supposed to be here last Tuesday and today is Saturday... so you can see how well that is going too. I bet it would be here if Amazon shipped it lol

Just got the iPhone 12 Pro last week. I also noticed the blurry photos. After I take the photos and go to look at it, it takes a second to go from blurry to clear and I have no idea how to fix it. I noticed it only happens when I turn Live Photo on. If I turn it off it doesn’t buffer.

I compared cameras with my iPhone XS Max. Xs max quality is WAY WAY better. I regret getting the iPhone 12

I am in the same boat! The worst part is that I saved up for the 256 GB version and it is the most disappointing purchase I have ever made. I could have purchased a new Canon Rebel T7 for what I paid.

The only way to stop the blurriness that I have found is to adjust the auto focus /auto lighting to zero before you snap any pic. This of course takes away the ability to shoot a quick spontaneous capture.

I have been struggling with this for months… I finally got Verizon to swap out my phones. The new one seems to be a little bit better, but you will never get an on blurry close-up. I’m going to attach screenshots of my camera settings. It’s adequate at best. Next to my daughters 11, it seems to be a little better whereas before, it was definitely worse. Apple screwed the pooch on this.

Glad I’m not alone with this problem. I’ve been wondering why all my photos are blurry!

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I hope this helps! But I think people who are having this problem should have their phone traded out. The only thing is, I spent $70 on black glass for my screen and I have to pay for it again.

Exactly!!! The pictures are not focused enough. I was expecting the camera to wow me like the pics they show at the Apple events. I know they have pros taking the pics and editing them but still, you know?

Honestly, just got my iPhone 12 pro max. Was so exited to check out the camera on this thing. To my disappointment, it’s just not up to the price point or the technology that’s promised. My brothers Samsung for some reason just blows my IPhone out of the water. Maybe I got the first wave of the phones. I just don’t feel like there is absolutely any “Wow” factors like you mentioned. I am very disappointed

I can absolutely second this. I have created from an X. I do notice a little longer battery life. But that is the only difference I’m noticing with improvement. I’ve not been able to take a decent picture with this phone. And based on all these comments I’m seeing, this looks like it’s going to be more than just a simple fix

Same issue and I just got mine as well a couple days ago. It seems that once my phone finished uploading from the iCloud my pictures became blurry. Seriously waiting for thanksgiving to pass so I can go into the Apple Store. This is unacceptable. Hopefully Apple can figure this out before more upset customers return/replace their phone.

My brother just got the 12pro max. Upon test driving his cameras I noticed the same issues. Once you take a picture and try zooming in on them the quality distorts almost immediately. Neither my 12pro or his 12pro max shoot sharp pictures. I guess it’s not faulty phones, just crappy cameras

I have the same problem! I just got my phone 4 days ago and was super excited. Sometimes pictures come out good but most of the times they are blurry, I compare them with my iPhone 11 Pro pictures and they are way better.

It comes and goes too, no matter the lighting even with a sunny day pictures come out blurry. Any advice? Thinking of going back to the iPhone 11.

Same problem here on the 12 pro max. Zoomed in on a portrait mode photo and my Pixel 3 Xl portrait mode photos look 1000 times better. So I thought it was only that mode and maybe the lidar was causing it... But even the regular camera does it.

I've done clarity comparisons and it's literally worse than every phone I've had since 2011 or so. No joke.

My camera is also blurry and I was really upset with the quality. My husband has the 11 and his photos are hands down much much better for any given photo situation. It’s not even close, to be honest. Has Apple addressed this situation? Are we all just supposed to live with this tough luck situation? The camera is NOT what it claims to be and I’m surprised there is not more information about this.