iPhone 13 pro/pro Max camera focus issues

I’m on iOS 15.2 with the iPhone 13 Pro Max and like the phone a lot. Only thing since the beginning, is that I’ve had weird autofocus amongst other cameras issues when trying to take pictures in specific scenarios like: a mirror selfie, multiple subjects in the frame and the phone like 9 ft away, when there’s peiple in frame and the sun or indoor lighting are behind, or when trying to capture very far away objects like the moon/sky!

I’ve gone through the settings and enabled and disabled macro control (or auto macro on iOS 15.1.1) as well as lens correction and prioritize faster shooting, the phone still struggles to focus in some (normal) conditions.

It seems to also switch between the standard lens and the ultra-wide even with all macro settings disabled. When trying to take pictures with the 3X lens it uses the main lens zoomed in instead of the telephoto sometimes too (I’ve covered the 3X lens with my finger and the viewfinder still shows the frame)

At times the inability to focus it’s so bad, that I have to point at at different subject to gain focus again, then lock auto focus/AE and point the phone back to what I’m trying to capture or use a third party app in order to avoid these issues, which leads me to believe it’s a software issue and not a hardware one!!! Honestly it’s ridiculous for such an expensive phone haven’t been fixed with iOS 15.2!

Anyone here having these issues as well on the iPhone 13 pro or pro max??? Please like or reply to this comment if so! Much appreciated.