Camera Focus problems: iPhone 13 Pro Max - Blurry photos.

In this case, its just bad design.

I bought the iPhone 13 because of the camera (insects, plants). It is simply unusable for this use case, the focus does not work properly and much too slowly. Regardless of the settings. The old iPhone SE was usable. Annoying.

The focus problem persists even if you disable lens switching (with videos) - it switches anyway. Disabling the Marko lens also does not bring success.

Something urgently needs to happen here. Otherwise, the competition will be happy.

Unfortunately, this doesn't work. Switches anyways. The camera is not working as it should. After trying out everything for a couple of days this is my tip: For close-ups (not necessarily macro) like butterflies, dragonflies etc. you need another phone, as in July 2022 still nothing has been fixed software-wise.

Please dont just ignore that it isnt working properly the way it should :-)

Yes it’s supposed to change automatically, but it does that very often in moments where it shouldn’t and sometimes has problems to focus because of that. It should have a full manual macro-mode. It just shouldn’t happen at all for a phone in that price class and is incredible that in almost 1 yr since i habe the phone this hasn’t been fixed yet. Because macro is something you barely use usually so why would you make it an automatic mode.

That doesn’t work on mine- I also have the same exact issues & with the same purchase date as the original poster on this thread. Holding the focus lock only ensures the entire picture is out of focus. There is so much lens jumping taking place it’s nearly impossible to produce a good picture. To top it all off everything looks oil painted and unrealistic. I send photos to people and the tell me they look fake. For the price tag this was not what I signed up for!

Even after the newest update the issue is still there. Try shooting through a chain link fence, never had the problem before this w/models prior to the 13 Pro Max

normally will easily allow me to use the middle lens and zoom in, but now always switched to macro even w/macro turned off… I have nothing covering the lenses from my case.

Jumping between lenses is normal if Macro mode is enabled.

About the Camera features on your iPhone - Apple Support

Read what I posted about LiDAR and how newer iPhones use that to judge distance to the object you are focusing on.

I have the same problem. Yesterday I was in the Apple Support and they told me to remove my camera protector. Don‘t get me wrong. I really like this phone, but switching from a 5 years old Android phone and having problems like this (which I did not have on any of my other phones) is absolutely embarrassing. Especially for that price… Sorry for bad English anyways…

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I tried with and without. Believe me it’s not the cover.I dont understand why they dont just make an extra mode only for macro so it doesnt interfere while taking a normal picture. It can sometimes really destroy the moment because sometimes you dont have much time to take a shot and then you struggle with this and even have to close the app in multitasking and reopen…

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I bought the Iphone 13 PM 256 a month back and the camera lens is switching to macro mode automatically and the picture quality is bad. If I turn off the macro mode the camera is unable to focus at all and the subject is blurry. This is big problem and I expect apple to fix this ASAP.

Did you ever use it for close-ups (insects, plants etc.)? Then you might know that this doesn't work unfortunately. Even if you turn off the switching in the video mode and generally the macro lense, still switches. And is not able to focus properly - sometimes you need 30 seconds moving your phone around. Meanwhile, the butterfly is gone.

It is indeed a very bad design. I can’t tell you how many times that camera changed to macro-mode altough I was not too near to an object. It supposed to be an extra mode or button that u have to press for macro, it could be that simple…

Me toooo! It is SO ANNOYING! I bought my 13 pro in November. And it’s only gotten worse. If I turn the macro lens off, the lens just gets blurry and completely out of focus. Even if the subject is within a normal distance. And it’s every time I open the camera app. I used to be able to close/reopen the camera and it’d be fixed. Or just turn off the macro option and it’d work ok. But now, it’s almost completely unusable. It only focuses on subjects 10+ feet away. I tried taking video of a storm, nope, blurry the whole time. Picture of my husband on the couch? Nope. Blurry. For how much the phone costs, I expected WAY better. A functioning camera for example.

I bought the Iphone 13 Pro Max 256gb Today and the camera lens is switching to macro mode automatically and the picture quality is bad. If I turn off the macro mode the camera is unable to focus at all and the subject is blurry. This is big problem and I expect apple to fix this ASAP. This problem is with many people with my friends and family and other people also

only on iphone 13 Pro Max

please Solve this As soon as possible

my current ios version is 15.6.1

we are waiting to solve please #Apple_we_need_Fix

I have the exact same issue. The macro functionality is useless.

Some Apple person links to this:

“If the camera or flash on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch isn't working

If your photos are blurry or the camera screen is black, here's what to do.

Remove case, accessory, or film and test”

Are they serious!?