iPhone Camera Flickering

I know this post is older but I was able to figure this problem out. In the camera settings turn off "Auto Macro" at the bottom of the screen. That setting automatically switches to the Ultra Wide Camera to capture Macro Photos so it will make that jumping effect if it's turned on and something comes close to frame.

Then make an appointment to have your phone examined:

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as it sounds like there could be a failure in your optical stabilization mechanism, as switching between ultra wide and wide lenses is silent, so regardless of whether it the lens switching is occurring you should not hear anything.

If you don't have an Apple Store near you, contact Apple Support directly for your options:

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If you are seeing "flicker" because your camera is switching between the wide and ultra wide lenses in Auto Macro mode, shutting it off will solve the issue.

If you are seeing "flicker" because the frame rate of an LED or fluorescent light interferes with the shutter rate, you can only avoid that by changing the exposure.

this is definitely a result of the camera switching to macro mode. My iPhone 11 Pro used to never do this, and now I have the iPhone 13 Pro. It didn’t do this in the beginning, but with one of the new updates it has started doing this and it drives me insane because it ruins the picture and lighting quality and will happen randomly in the middle of a video that I do a lot for work. I just noticed this new feature in the camera settings hopefully this answers your question! It gives you control over whether or not to activate the macro camera (The flower glows yellow if the Macro camera is turned on, that is when I see the worst quality on my phone camera)

Hello John,

We've got your back and would like to help.

Take a look at this article, and test without any attached accessory or case on your iPhone:

Magnetic accessories might interfere with iPhone cameras

This article has some other troubleshooting steps to follow:

If the camera or flash on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch isn't working

Here's some information about the new iPhone 13 Camera features:

About the Camera features on your iPhone

Contact Apple Support if you have more concerns.

Cheers.

You're not writing Apple on this user to user only forum. You can avoid the camera changing during video recording in settings.

Settings > Camera > Record Video > Lock Camera

Boom, the camera will not switch while you are recording video

This fixed my issue as I toggled Auto Macro off. Thank you for sharing!

As of iOS 15.2:

1. Go to Settings -> Camera
2. Enable "Macro Control"
3. When in Camera mode, tap the Macro symbol when close to an object so shut auto macro lens switching off

Apple fixed my issue by changing a setting in my phone.

Settings - camera - record video - turn camera lock on. 

hope that helps your issue too.

You also have to pick one:

The different camera lens is used to try to present a clear image when an object is too close to the other lens to focus on.

When you see the jump it means if you turn on "Lock Camera" at that point the image will start getting blurry because it is too close to focus on.

You're in night mode. Night Mode requires the phone to be held with a great deal of stability. Try taking the photo or video in the same setting, and hold the phone with both hands, which will be more stable. Does the flicker still happen?

My iphone 13 pro max also has flickering issue only while launching camera app from home screen while launching camera from lock screen and control center does not flicker at launch. no fix yet it might be software issue , hope so next update will resolve this issue.

Yes, the Macro Control will control the automatic switching, but my ultra wide lens gives me wonderful quality photos and video.

If your ultra-wide lens truly gives you horrible results, you may want to have your phone examined:

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It's not night mode, it's a mismatch between the shutter rate of the camera mode and the refresh rate of the display.