Front facing camera on Ipad Pro 2021 doesn't performs well. Do you noticed it?

Hi,

I just get a new Ipad Pro 2021 which is a very powerfull machine but I was very suprised to see how bad the front facing camera performs.

I'm using Zoom everyday at work and I have to say it's been a downgrade in terms of video quality compared to my old 6th gen Ipad.

I guess it's due to the new center stage feature but it results in a grainy blurry pixelised picture both in video and foto mode (also it's very laggy in photo mode).

I had to go back to my 6th gen Ipad for video call. Quite frustrating! 

There is already several treads on reddit that are repporting that.

Hope it's a software issue that hopefully will be fixed in a future update or maybe I'm missing something with the camera setting.

Any thought?

regards


iPad Pro, iPadOS 14

Posted on Jun 26, 2021 3:04 AM

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Jul 5, 2021 5:01 PM in response to moher

Well, the selfie camera lens on a 2021 iPad Pro does cover a wider angle with the same number of pixels, so any one object would take up fewer pixels assuming the distance to the subject is the same.


You are supposed to be able to control the Center Stage ("follow me") effect in any app that can use it (such as FaceTime and Zoom). I cannot get the Camera app to use it. Can you?

Jul 6, 2021 5:54 AM in response to moher

Whilst the front camera has a higher pixel count than many other iPad models, the ultra-wide camera lens reduces the effective resolution. Whilst the ultra wide front camera mimics pan and zoom, the image quality of the digitally cropped picture will suffer.


Disabling the Centre Stage feature simply provides an ultra-wide camera field - which may be equally inappropriate/unwanted in video conferencing applications.



Jul 8, 2021 2:18 AM in response to moher

Thank you all for your suggestions and help.

I haven't been able to have at list the same quality that I have with the front facing camera of my 6th gen Ipad. So I ended up returning new Ipad Pro M1. A shame, but couldn't stand such a bad video quality when working with Zoom or Teams. Disabling center stage from video apps didn t really solved the issue. Camera on ipad 6th is far way better!

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