Ios15 iPhone 13 brightens every dark photo

I just got the new iPhone 13 Pro. When I take a photo of a person in dark light, it takes the photo and looks good… but as soon as I view it in photos it automatically changes it to a bright photo like it’s in good lighting.


I’ve already turned off night mode, exposure down, etc. My iPhone 11 Pro could take good dark photos, so this should be even better. There seems to be no way to stop this. I’ve preserved settings and turned everything off, yet still it brightens every photo - and I don’t mean a slight adjustment.. it’s taking a dark photo and making it bright.


Please tell me how to fix this. It happens on both front and facing cameras.


Andrew


iPhone 13 Pro, 15

Posted on Sep 24, 2021 12:20 PM

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Posted on Nov 2, 2021 8:22 AM

YES i am also experiencing this and it’s so frustrating!! the only work around I’ve figured out is making sure live photos is on and once I’ve taken the photo, editing and selecting a different “key photo” for the live photo. it’s agitating because every other frame in the live photo looks normal and how I would expect it to look before the phone auto adjusts the **** out of the brightness.

I really wish there was some way to turn off this over correction

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Mar 1, 2022 9:16 AM in response to S-Paula

S-Paula wrote:

Please, please fix it Apple.

This is a user-to-user forum. Although Apple administers this Apple Support Communities site, that doesn't include reading each of thousands of daily posts for possible feedback. However, Apple will read all feedback carefully here: https://apple.com/feedback


Those of us old enough to remember “film” also remember Kodachrome film, which made all images brighter that what the photographer saw. So this isn’t anything new. In fact, Paul Simon even incorporated it into a song: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/paulsimon/kodachrome.html


Kodachrome

They give us those nice bright colors

They give us the greens of summers

Makes you think all the world's

a sunny day

I got a Nikon camera

I love to take a photograph

So mama don't take my Kodachrome away


Kodak’s alternative was Ektachrome, which produced truer colors (and had the advantage that you could develop it yourself; Kodachrome had to be factory-developed by Kodak).



Mar 10, 2022 11:57 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thank you- I sent a message to the feedback link a few days ago.

This is the first time I’ve felt the need to complain to Apple after many years of using their products. It’s now making me mad that they don’t appear to have either an email address for customers to use, or the will to respond to comments made via the feedback link.


Has anyone had any response I wonder?





Apr 9, 2022 5:52 AM in response to ace1018

Hi. Nothing works to fix the issue. I’ve downloaded a third party app as well, tried the instagram app, VSCO etc, nothing works. The photos keep getting switched to brighten up when I’ve taken a photo which looks good and when I check to see the photo in the photos app, it’s like the light switches to a more brightened and an unnatural look. So annoying and I want to refund my phone if this does not get fixed.

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