iPhone 13 Pro camera not focusing on subject but on background

The camera will not focus anywhere near as good as the 11 pro max will. At this point it really looks like I made a mistake to upgrade to the 13 pro max. It appears to be a serious down grade instead. Not happy with it at all and I just updated the software update today.

I have my iPhone 13promax for 7 days & had to return it today as taken photos with it was a DISASTER!

I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max & it’s far better for taking photos!

I have spent a lot of money on this phone & I just can’t believe that’s it’s such a disaster!

I use my camera every day to take photos of all my work that I do!

Apple needs to sort this URGENTLY!!!

Hi

I am just after returning my second new iPhone 13 pro max !

camera in both were rubbish & last one lost connection on Vodafone network & wouldn’t re-connect again!

I am waiting for my replacement to arrive!

If it’s not right I will change from apple for

good!

They are totally overrated!

Regards mg.

very disapointed!!

Apple is C***. I too can’t use my camera. It’s the main reason I bought it. Apple is rushing out garbage now. Their speech recognition is unusable too. It changes entire sentences at the end of the sentence. I sent my boss a message with a curse word because of this.

Trying to dictate a response while driving is dangerous. It takes several attempts, and if it completely changes what you’re trying to say , it takes your eyes off the road repeatedly.

Their cameras and speech recognition used to work. They’ve lowered their standards, rushed the camera and speech out to sell phones. Very annoying.

My next phone is an Android.

This is definitely not the only person with the problem. I’m so disappointed. I can’t believe with this many complaining and the number of updates we’ve done since buying, not one of them has been a fix for the phone. I am missing TONS of moments with my kids due to the camera not focusing. And I’m not trying to have to take every picture with macro… because it pixelates the photo. I have to exited out of my camera completely and it will focus for a split second and then the entire screen goes blurry again. It doesn’t even matter if I click on the screen to get it to focus. It does nothing. My XS focused wayyyy faster. One of the main reasons I upgraded, especially to the pro, was the camera, and it’s been a waste. That’s a very expensive purchase to not work!!! Frustrated with Apple. FIX THIS!

It is inconceivable how no one is talking about this and how Apple is doing nothing to fix it! I bought my iPhone 13 in November 2021, and to this day I am still having problems with the device's camera. When you try to take pictures in a mirror the focus goes crazy, switching between macro and wide angle continuously, if you block macro the picture comes out blurry due to it not being able to focus properly.

Likewise with photos taken in complete darkness, when you activate the flash, the camera does not focus! It fires the photo at the same time as the flash, skipping the focus step and many of these photos come out blurry, until you are lucky enough to get it to focus in the middle of the flash firing and that's it.

It is important to emphasize that I do not have a case or lens protectors on my cameras...

This is a real headache, Apple needs to do something and fix it!

I’m right there with you! It’s beyond frustrating. And when I called Apple they basically told me to turn my phone off and back on. OR i could send it in to them (being without a phone for a week)…. I was like it’s not just me!!!!

I’ve been experiencing the same thing, and wishing I’d stuck with my iPhone 11. I’ve lost out on so many amazing photo opportunities recently because the stupid camera won’t focus. It’s especially aggravating trying to take pictures of wildflowers right now. Tapping the screen to get it to focus doesn’t work, focus doesn’t hold, and everything looks horrible. I was hoping to leave my Nikon DSLR at home a little more often, but the 13 is a step backward, IMO.

I tried the macro control and lens correction option and it didn’t work for me. Still struggles to focus when I turn Macro

off for a photo. I don’t want to change to most compatible because then it won’t keep all jpgs and when trying to other things with the photos it becomes a pain due to that new file type. I’m so mad at Apple!!!!!

Im having the same issue, I just looked at some concert photos from saturday night they are horrible.

Hi Daisy, I've read the thread and realised I had the exact same problem as you do. May l ask if you have factory resetted your iPhone 13 Pro? Have you found a solution to this?

Has there been a fix to this? I am completely unable to take videos in focus, with an iPhone 13 Pro Max fully updated iOS.

I agree. I can’t get mine to focus either. Have had apple products since gen 1. Would have never seen this feature cut coming. Hopefully they can squash this in the firmware.

I’m having the same issue. Macro is great but this bug makes it almost unusable.