iPhone 13 Pro Disgusting Photos

The example posted on page 2 was clearly in good light.

At least I have options, and I’ll do some testing to see what works.

The smoothing is an issue for anything other than a quick snapshot to post to social media. I’m a bit more of a photo enthusiast than that.

I got my wife and daughter the iPhone 13, upgraded from 6s. My daughter just told me that she doesn’t use the

camera app because the photos are worse than those from the 6s. I looked at the images from the 13 and did noticed that they are overprocessed and there is no way to make adjustments to render better photos. I expected better. Most people that own an iPhone, however, are happy with the results they get. I prefer the images from my Lumix ZS200 and Sony a6100 as they give me more control on the processing.

So you returned the latest iPhone and went back to an 11? I’m just curious as what’s the best thing to do. The pictures are so awful on front and back lens with 13 pro max. I can’t fix ugly but still lol

It is terrible… this iphone 13 camera is deffective… portrait photos are so sharped and dark even adjusting the parameters they look unnatural in colors… I look myself at a mirror and in the iphone photos and from nowhere iphone puts excesive marks and diferent colors on my face making it look unrealistic…. Very ugly… iphone should give us our money back as samsung did in japan with his s3 for the overhiting. Making us to pay a lot to get that bad photo camera in a “selfies” world is really disrespectful…

You don't know anything about what people want. No one wants unnatural, unflattering pictures. I run a marketing company and have a media site, the photos and videos from the Iphone 13 cannot be used for anything. They over do the clarity so much that they accentuate every flaw on a persons skin tone. Food pictures look terrible and have awkward colors. The video footage is not visually appealing. A photograph should not look like an overly edited photo, that's what a filter is for.

Instagram is not where you post professional polished photos. Instagram is also all about reels.now and video content.

The video in the iPhone 13 is just as over processed as the pictures. And no....no one wants over processed photos. When users do process their own photos, they do so to make them more flattering. No one adds clarity to their skin to give it more wrinkles. The IPhone 13 does however and it makes skin tones look unnatural and terrible.

Even food pictures look awful.

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As I mentioned above, “professional, polished photos” come from devices whose accessories cost more than an iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Since this thread largely consists of people complaining about the phone’s photos, it won’t contain comments from people who do use Instagram for marketing, which is perhaps one of the biggest advertising and marketing forces on the planet today.

Please also note that all other premium smartphones are moving to ever-increasing amounts of computational photography; do an Internet search using the complaints you lodged against the iPhone 13 but substitute the keywords “Galaxy S21” or “Pixel 6.”

Actually my IPhone 11 max takes great photos which can actually be used in social media. The IPhone 13s photos are so overly processed they are not usable. And again, what exactly are your credentials that make you an expert? I have a marketing company and additionally make a full salary from my media site and social media. Pretty sure I'm more of an expert on the subject than you are.

Both My dslr and mirrorless camera take beautiful jpeg and raw photos. The IPhone should be trying to achieve the quality of a regular camera, not over processed crap.

I don't need to use a different camera for video. If I was going to use my camera for video, I'd use my sony. However my iPhone 11 pro is perfectly fine for social media videos. The IPhone 13 on the other hand is not. I shouldn't need to jump through hoops on a.phone that is newer. It's ridiculous that you are even on this thread arguing about it.

Well it's clear most people and photo review sites prefer what the iPhone13 Pro Max provides to what the iPhone 11 provided:

• DXOMARK: Top Smartphones by Camera Score

I get that it doesn't work for your workflow, and so be it. You want the "quality of a regular camera" - most users want their pictures to look Instagram-ready without having to use a filter.

• Photography Academy: Why your iPhone or Android phone takes better images than a DSLR
• Phone Arena: Blurred vision - how smartphone image processing bends our reality

Not every product is perfect for everyone; someone posting videos to Facebook or Instagram doesn't need a RED KOMODO either, and you won't find even a wedding videographer shooting with an ARRI ALEXA Mini.

I disagree vehemently, but you made the decision right for you.

As I said, you found the solution that works best for you.

I have zero issues with the photos my 13 Pro Max takes, but everyone is looking for different things from their camera.

Why angry?

You bought it, found it didn’t meet your needs and got a full refund.

Sounds like a good thing.

I agree. I used my older iPhone 8 Plus for line art and it produced great pics. My new iPhone 13pro produces overexposed, oversharpened, awful photos! Guess I know what I’m getting for Christmas.

Using a higher shutter speed than normal is absolutely evident of a hardware issue.

Especially when your taking half second exposures at full day to just get a presentable photo.