I just bought the new iPhone 13 pro max. I cannot figure out how to turn off the auto smart HDR on my camera. All of the photos I take look overly sharpened and unrealistic. There is no toggle in camera settings to turn off 'Smart HDR' like there used to be. PLEASE HELP!
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 15
ProRAW has some processing done, but less than images from the Camera app.
Third party apps have access to RAW sensor data, but you must save the files as RAW DNG files and post-process them using additional software such as Lightroom on a Mac as you would need to with any camera's RAW files.
The "sharpness" missing from the RAW files are because it's a single photo, and ProRAW (and Camera) photos are actually computationally combined images of multiple photos taken at multiple exposures - the processing you dislike.
RAW photos are just a single shot so are much more sensitive to exposure and lighting.
Apple please add this as a hot fix for the next software update. My wife’s older iPhone shouldn’t take better photos than my brand new iPhone 13
Fantastic response @Chris0107 very very helpful thank you.
Me too
Done.
P.S. why don’t they create a dedicated team specially for digging forum :) gather complains and write it on they own. 😭
Could be, but look at that button "me too" it is possible that they monitor forum a bit of.
What do you mean when you say 'grade it' when shooting raw. Do you just mean edit/adjust it?
Apple fix this. Youre ruining my photos which is the only reason I bought this phone.
Agreed it is atrocious. They certainly did not have input from professional photographers or editors. Needs a fix asap!!!
Which colors are wrong? At first glance that looks pretty good.
You won't know Apple has added a feature until it appears.
To be fair, Apple never announces ETAs for anything or discusses future plans or features except as part of a major new iOS release.
Real life is HDR as far as cameras are concerned.
Same issue here. Apple please fix this 🙏🏼
All I see are "X"s.
If it really annoys you that much, sell it and buy something else.
If it doesn't bother you that much, leave a comment here:
Really helpful answer ) if something disappointing you, we should apply this to everything we have in our life till we face the moment when we doesn’t have anything around us 😂👍
I think there should be an option to turn all of this computational photography off, a mode for us who don’t like this feature but like to keep using iPhones.
How to turn OFF 'Smart HDR' on iPhone 13 pro max camera?!
