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Macro Photography & iPhone 13 Pro/Pro Max: problems

All my iPhone 13 Pro settings are as suggested in Apple's article "Capture close-ups with macro photos and video" -- I am re-posting because the issue remains unsolved.

If taking a photo of something tiny -- say a seed head or flower on a thin stalk & without another surface immediately behind it -- the camera apparently can't recognize these tiny objects & macro mode simply does not come on.

Put your hand, a larger leaf, or something else behind the tiny object, THEN the macro mode comes on. Not wonderful images, but the ones I'm attaching will maybe illustrate this.

I continue to be baffled that there is no way to simply turn on/lock on macro mode so that it can be used to photograph very small subjects that don't have an immediately adjacent backdrop.

Posted on Aug 6, 2022 10:51 AM

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SravanKrA

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Posted on Aug 7, 2022 3:08 AM

You can control automatic macro switching by going to Settings > Camera, then turning on Macro Control. With Macro Control on, your Camera app displays a macro button when your iPhone is within macro distance of a subject.

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