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iPhone 13 Camera is blurry

Hello,

I’ve just received my iPhone 13 Pro and instantly noticed that especially the front camera quality in low light is horrendous. Coming from an iPhone X, the difference is literally night and day. The front camera seems to have some kind of beauty or over-smoothing effect on and the pictures really do look unacceptable. My colleague has the same problem with his 13 Pro Max and across the internet there have been multiple discussions about this.

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iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Sep 25, 2021 2:32 AM

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MarcelDav

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Posted on Nov 4, 2021 8:10 AM

isazavakos wrote:

oh my gosh thank you for validating this. thank you.

You are very welcome isazavakos! 🙏

⭐️📩If other users noticed this

we can try to send our feedback here: 📸➡️ https://www.apple.com/feedback/camera/ ⬅️📸

I asked for:

1️⃣_Being able to shoot without this Oil paint effect/ software noise reduction added by the software (pic on the left)

2️⃣_Being able to shoot without HDR (like in previous iPhone models)

(pics from isazavakos - pls note differences in hair, eyelashes, make up. Picture on the right is a RAW using camera on Lightroom for iOS, as a workaround to avoid this effect)

Left: iPhone native camera app Right: iPhone Adobe Lightroom Camera iOS

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Katana-San

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Oct 17, 2021 12:59 PM in response to Catean

Hello ~ I think with a little editing to straighten…you have a nice candid shot there.

~Katana-San~

Dogcow-Moof

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Oct 17, 2021 1:01 PM in response to Catean

Among other things, you can't make that kind of comparison here as this web site limits the size/resolution of the photos posted to it.

Oct 17, 2021 2:06 PM in response to Catean

Wow....Both of your photos are pretty darn tootin, fantastic. What on earth could you have expected better?

BDAqua

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Oct 17, 2021 2:41 PM in response to Catean

What are those strange things on the rocks?

Is there some kind of ultraviolet light around?

Catean

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Oct 18, 2021 10:04 AM in response to cbh1972

Look at another picture from macrumors forums. Left iPhone XS, right iPhone 13.

BDAqua

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Oct 18, 2021 10:10 AM in response to Catean

Wow!?

ufoIT

Level 1

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Oct 18, 2021 1:46 PM in response to ufoIT

Here’s a portion of a video taken yesterday with front camera.

Others were PERFECT, so it’s clearly software.

how can it be possible?!?!

Oct 19, 2021 3:01 PM in response to Haribosss

Oh my God that looks awful.

Oct 22, 2021 7:05 PM in response to lobsterghost1

Mind reader? No, it’s called not making assumptions based on your biases.

And you can’t adjust the F-stop, there is no physical aperture.

Hope you feel better soon.

Dogcow-Moof

Level 8

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Oct 26, 2021 3:53 PM in response to Catean

That looks beautiful; focus is apparently right in front of the pepper grinder, most of the plate is in focus too (red oval).

Nov 9, 2021 2:33 AM in response to Dogcow-Moof

Otherwise perfect photo outside (Daylight) ruined because the automatic processing deciding to paint orange over the eyebrows…

Nov 14, 2021 8:36 PM in response to raffcol

Personally I don't like Live photos and I would NEVER EVER shoot Live at night because you're really making a 3 second video and you'd need a tripod to ensure no movement during those 3 seconds.

Dogcow-Moof

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Dec 19, 2021 12:52 PM in response to MarkinJersey

If you feel there is something wrong with your phone, I always recommend having it looked at:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

Jan 17, 2022 11:19 AM in response to Sonkeli12

Same issue on IPhone 13 mini - camera make blurry photos in low light. Old IPhone 11 much better.

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