iPhone 13 Pro camera not focusing on subject but on background

I’ve posted here lately about having my camera module swapped but it didn’t do anything about the problem. So they gave me A NEW PHONE! And guess what: THE CAMERA IS STILL GLITCHING AND FAILING THE COLORS!!

so it’s is an iOS 15.X thing! I can’t believe they haven’t addressed this yet

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 agree that it is well nigh impossible to get the iPhone 13 pro camera to focus properly. I having been trying to record videos of a professional skier travelling towards me and the subject looks like a fuzzy mess until you move from zoom (x3) to normal photo (x1). I’m well rehearsed with videos and normally use a Nikon DSLR but was hoping my new iPhone would save me carrying around such a heavy piece of kit on the mountain. Is Apple going to correct this issue as the main upgrade from the iPhone 12 was the camera?

Ditto everyone. The camera is struggling on a daily basis to take basic photos in everyday situations.

As someone who just upgraded from an iphone 8 to the nicest (and most expensive) iphone I've ever owned, and as a professional photographer, I was excited to finally have some really great camera options on my phone.

Extremely disappointed with how frequently this has ruined photos for me including moments like blowing out birthday candles and everyday moments with the kiddos. And there's no way to over ride it, make adjustments, or do anything other than tap at my phone until the moment is over and then just give up on whatever that particular scene is.

Would love to just disable the macro mode, or portrait mode, or whatever it is that's causing it to totally freak out on the focusing.

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.

If you go to Settings -> Camera, scroll down to the bottom and turn off "Macro Control". Also turn off "Lens Correction". Final thing, go into "Formats" and switch to "Most Compatible". I made these changes and the camera works better than before.

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!!!!!

Yeah I’m absolutely infuriated. The inability to not turn off HDR causing my photos to look like dog crap is super fun too.

I have ıpone pro camera always freezes and not focusing paying too much money for good phone but not working

15.1 fixes this issue .

Go to camera in settings and turn off Auto macro switching.

I have the 13 Pro max and after switching it off acts correctly when focusing on different areas of the screen.

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?