Same with my 12 Pro Max. I thought the camera will going to be better but turns out like crap. When I take normal photos without portrait mode enabled, it only focuses on the subject in the middle but the things beside or near it as well as the background are all blurry. As well as on Instagram stories, taking pictures there are so blurry that my iPhone 11 Pro Max takes more clearer, crisp decent photos than this crappy 12 pro max. As you can see below, the first photo was taken from my 11 pro Max which is more crisp than the 2nd photo that was taken from my 12 pro max which is blurry. Ugh, upgraded to get better quality but this is what you get from purchasing an expensive phone. Are you effing kidding me Apple?