iPhone 13 Camera is blurry

Using the Lightroom app is no different than shooting in RAW mode.

Regardless, you are taking the proper course of action, as I have advised all along, and that is to file feedback.

Ultimately the feedback is read by Apple, and many issues people complained of in feedback were indeed addressed in later releases.

You may not care about numbers, but be assured Apple does. And for Apple to take notice, there needs to be huge numbers of people complaining about something to promote change. A vocal minority may not be enough. But feel free to continue your crusade for change. I'm not saying the systems are perfect. There is no such thing as a perfect camera system or the processing of photos.

Ps: You can post all the samples you want. That means little to me. I didn't take the photos. If I did, I can tell myself what may have gone wrong or not. I'm not impressed by photos taken by others.

Didn't you find amazing that what means little to you can mean a lot to others? 😄🎉

i m not sharing the samples for you only, but for all the users here :)

It s not about having a perfect camera. it s that in this case, in my opinion, iPhone 13 pro camera hardware can produce even better shots with a different and less aggressive post processing.

not starting a crusade but i m working with professional photographers, i have experience, it's 15 years i m using Apple products for personal and professional, so i'm outlining this and doing my part 🌈

Long live the minorities!😉

ps. they recently added the Auto Macro toggle so i m hoping for HDR and noise reduction too

I had the same issue when i received my 13 Pro Max and after speaking to Apple and having all the usual diagnostics done they determined it was a hardware fault with the camera module itself. Luckily i could return it to my carrier and my new one is flawless.

Wow I really thought its only an Software issue.

Thanks for confirming.

I was wondering anyway, with scene detection, face detection (yellow box around the face) and still sometimes not in focus.

So far I had Apple on a call with remote diagnostic (nothing found) and issued a few bugreports with example pictures detailing the issues in certain situations.

Maybe I have to downgrade to a public release version and call again before a make a local appointment.

Went to see if it was just me bc I’m jealous of all the pics I see people taking with the exact same phone as me and was beginning to think it was me. Is this a software issue or hardware? So disappointed literally only reason I upgraded was for this Junk POS camera. My XS Max was better even in low light. Grainy af!

So it’s just a junk product then is what you’re saying? It’s not possible that I got a bad one? I really hope you don’t represent Apple in your response. I’ve had an iPhone since the first one and never had the camera get worse out the box. But yea thanks for the insightful perspective it’s definitely a me problem👌👍 really great stuff you’ve provided thanks for the contribution.

It was a hardware issue for me but after i spoke to Apple they suggested i speak to my phone carrier. EE instantly replaced it the following day and my new 13 Pro Max is amazing. The camera is awsome!

Yes, I locked focus on my cat. That’s the problem, the focus isn’t on him even though I locked focus on his face.

In fact, the sample I posted was the best of 20 or so. Google “blurry iPhone 13 photos” and you will see this is a wide spread issue.

Fyi, I’ve shot professionally for the AP and regional magazines. I’m not a total newb.

I am not talking about your abilities to take photos. I am talking about the same overprocessing iOS is doing when SmartHDR kicks in that causes the oil painting effect that is discussed in this thread. Look at cat’s ears edges, at cat’s mouth and nose lines, at wooden frame of the window.

I would be exteemely interested to see a similar shot done with SmartHDR turned off (which implies an older iPhone because iPhone 13 does not have the option to turn off the SmartHDR).

The effect is more pronounced/visible in scenes with high contrast lighting where the SmartHDR is triggered.

I think it looks perfect.

I see no overprocessing, ratherI think it looks wonderful the way it is and I think most owners of iPhone 13s would see that as an example of the best that photography can do.

Sadly we can't see the photo as was originally taken because this site doesn't support HDR.

I agree that the cameras are best with bright light BUT it still shouldn't look like an oil painting when shooting at night. I think it's really the auto-HDR function and post-processing because when you change the key from a Live photo, it doesn't look as bad. A bit blurry (because duh it's basically a screenshot from a video), but still better than the over-processed, oil-painting effect on the photo.

See, I'm not having that issue at all - of course I have the Pro Max. I've always had a Samsung and so far as a first time user of iPhone, I'm not impressed. Not everyone is 12 to 20. I personally would like the option to have the beauty filter that I can adjust - just like in a Samsung. I truly bought into the hype that iPhone was ahead of Samsung with the cameras - so not true.

Well, if it's been 14 days or less you can return your iPhone for a refund and get the Samsung you prefer.

If it's been longer, you can sell it and then purchase the Samsung.

Most people are happy with theirs; if you absolutely can't live with what it creates, life is too short to remain that unhappy with a major purchase you will be using daily.

We're just users here, not Apple, so we'd prefer to see you happy if you don't see in the iPhone 13 Pro Max what those of us who love ours do.

That is good to know!!! Thanks! I seriously may do that! I hate that I have so much personal information on the phone already, but I never get clear answers from the ATT sales people... all I ever get is "Oh yeah! Oh yeah!" with a head shake when I ask if the cameras have the same portrait features. Next time I'll have to break out the crayons.