My iPhone 13 camera is not focusing properly. It doesn't focus when it is around 8-10 cm away from the object for a close up shot. Is everybody with an iPhone 13 experiencing this problem? I went to my local store which diagnosed my device and they said that there is no problem. But I am very suspicious. So does anybody else have this problem? Can anybody confirm this problem?
It has nothing to do with your point of view. It has EVERYTHING to do with what your iPhone 13 is capable of. And what you want and expect it to do, it can't. I didn't design the new cameras. I don't work for Apple. No one here works for Apple on this user to user only forum.
But I was well aware of the difference between iPhone 13 and 13 Pro cameras and I chose the Pro because its cameras are more advanced than iPhone 13. There should be advantages to paying more for a product. And this is one area the Pro's outperform the standard 13.
I understand you're hoping it's a software thing. I can assure you it's not. iPhone 12, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max did not have Macro photography abilities. People complained and Apple added Macro to the 13 Pro models this year. It's just not going to come to a standard 13. Sorry.
See this link and compare the features between iPhone 13 and 13 Pro. You'll notice the 13 Pro specifically says Macro Photography, which the 13 does not --> https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
It has nothing to do with your point of view. It has EVERYTHING to do with what your iPhone 13 is capable of. And what you want and expect it to do, it can't. I didn't design the new cameras. I don't work for Apple. No one here works for Apple on this user to user only forum.
But I was well aware of the difference between iPhone 13 and 13 Pro cameras and I chose the Pro because its cameras are more advanced than iPhone 13. There should be advantages to paying more for a product. And this is one area the Pro's outperform the standard 13.
I understand you're hoping it's a software thing. I can assure you it's not. iPhone 12, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max did not have Macro photography abilities. People complained and Apple added Macro to the 13 Pro models this year. It's just not going to come to a standard 13. Sorry.
See this link and compare the features between iPhone 13 and 13 Pro. You'll notice the 13 Pro specifically says Macro Photography, which the 13 does not --> https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
The official documentation you need is the actual camera specifications you can find at: www.apple.com > iPhone. There you'll see that iPhone 13 Pro Max lists Macro Photography and iPhone 13 does not. That's really all that should be required.
Anything else is nice for discussion, but won't change anything. I don't work for Apple. I didn't design the cameras in iPhone 13 or 13 Pro. Apple chose to bring Macro abilities to iPhone 13 Pro, not iPhone 13. There is nothing anyone here on this forum can do to change this reality for you.
Since you are however, clearly not happy with this reality, let Apple know how you feel, by providing feedback to them, not me, via this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
Yes, that’s what macro photography is.
Lenses can only focus so close to the camera.
To allow good photos of something closer than the minimum focusing distance of the main lens, by default the 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max will switch to the ultra wide lens at short distances, which can focus closer than the regular wide lens can, providing a better photo.
However, some people are annoyed by that, so Apple added the ability to shut that behavior off in iOS 15.1 (Settings -> Camera -> Auto Macro.)
Just remember if you do, at the point the lens switch would have occurred, the focus will start to blur as you are now too close for the wide lens to be able to focus properly.
About the Camera features on your iPhone - Apple Support
Comparing an iPhone 6 to iPhone 13 is a worthless comparison. So no, I won't be grabbing an iPhone 6 (which I don't even own, and haven't for more than 7 years) to compare. It doesn't actually matter what an iPhone 6 did. iPhone 13 and 13 Pro are vastly different phones with vastly different camera systems. And no, I'm not speaking of getting to the pore level in photography. I'm talking about close up photos, which an iPhone 13 is incapable of taking.
The simple fact is iPhone 13 can NOT focus as closely as iPhone 13 Pro. It wasn't designed to do so. Only iPhone 13 Pro phones were designed and actually possess an extra camera to take close up photography. Now, there is a workaround to this. And that is to take your phone as close to the subject as you can get in focus, take the photo, then edit the photo to crop in closer and you can get closer to what an iPhone 13 Pro is capable of doing. It is using digital zoom at that point, but is pretty effective.
If you're not happy about that, let Apple know. But don't have any expectation they will be adding Macro capabilities to a phone which wasn't designed to have it. And if you needed a camera system on your iPhone which can take close up photography, you should have spent the extra money for the 13 Pro or 13 Pro Max.
Feedback to Apple goes here --> https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone/
iPhone 13 cannot take closeup photos of less than 6 inches, so there is nothing you can do to change that. iPhone 13 Pro does have the hardware to take closeup photos closer than 6 inches.
I'm not going to argue with you. iPhone 13 does NOT have Macro Photo capability.
This a direct quote about the cameras on iPhone 13 vs iPhone 13 Pro Cameras:
Again, if you want Macro Photography on your iPhone, you bought the wrong iPhone If you're not happy with your iPhone take it back. But it's NOT defective. End of discussion. At least I won't respond to you further.
You can say whatever you like, but the iPhone 13 was never advertised as being able to focus that closely.
If it's within 14 days of purchase, you can return it for a refund.
The phone not doing something you feel like it should does not make its inability to do so a defect.
My tone is not condescending. Annoyed could be a better description when people argue I am wrong, I don't understand and have an expectation their phone should be able to do something Apple didn't intend it to do.
iPhone 12 phones didn't do Macro or Closeup photography. People complained. Apple didn't and couldn't fix it in the 12 series phones with a software update. And I owned 12 Pro Max. iPhone 13 Pro addresses that. But to believe software will somehow make a camera lens capable of focusing closer on iPhone 13, when the camera itself can't is not going to happen, even if you hope it can. You can hold out hope of course. But your hope is unlikely to be answered. That's why Apple gave upgraded cameras to the 13 Pro Models. It is not unreasonable to suggest that if closeup photography is important to the type of photography a user needs, then buying the Pro model makes the most sense.
I suggested early in this thread that what I did on iPhone 12 Pro Max was to focus as closely as you can with the subject in clear focus, then after taking the picture, use the edit feature to zoom in on the subject and it will come out quite nicely. That is zooming digitally after the photo is taken. There is no way to do that before the photo is taken.
One needs to be at least 5 inches (12cm) away from the object before you can be sure it is in focus. Afterwards you need to crop out the excess display for the closeup to show correctly as desired. Cumbersome! Apple needs to fix this.
I also have a 13 ( not the pro version) and the camera is pretty much useless at close range. The only way you can take a closeup is by zooming in but, this is digital zoom so the pictures don't come out good. The camera has a 'zoom out' function which enables the wide angle but I don't find it useful as much as having the ability to take closeup pictures.
If it was a big issue for people, they probably should have checked the specifications easily viewed on the iPhone Specifications list at www.apple.com. There they'd have learned if they wanted to take macro photos (closeup means the same), they should have bought a 13 Pro or 13 Pro Max, which specifically is listed with Macro photography capability. The Pro models will always include features the non-Pro models don't. That's why they cost more.
Product specifications change.
A larger sensor means a larger minimum focus distance.
Apple's 14 day return policy allows purchasers to discover issues like this and to return the phone if it doesn't meet their needs.
It doesn't matter what past iPhones could or couldn't do.
Read the posts here and you will see the iPhone 13 (not Pro) will not focus closer than about 3.5 - 4” away from an object.
This is normal and by design.
I do totally understand exactly what you mean. You think your iPhone 13 camera should be able to focus closer than it does. Let's not get semantic here. Close up photography IS Macro Photography. It is the science of taking photographs at close distance (Focal Length in photographic terms) to the camera.
What you don't understand is your iPhone 13 is not capable of focusing as close as you think it should. It can't be said any more simply that that. If you wanted an iPhone which can focus closer, you should have invested in iPhone 13 Pro. iPhone 13 simply do what iPhone 13 Pro can. No matter how much you believe it should. And there will no software update which get it to focus closer.
Apple did address this. They offer Close-up photography (Macro Mode) on the 13 Pro Models. If close-ups are important to you, you should have considered buying a Pro instead. The cameras on iPhone 13 are simply not engineered to capture in-focus photos as closely. And the Pro models have an additional camera to accommodate close-up photography which is missing on the non-Pro models.
iPhone 13 camera not focusing when capturing a photo 8-10 cm away
