How to fix overexposure issues on iPhone 14 Pro Max Photos?

So we are all agree that this is a huge problem!

Different comments pointing out same issues when we talk about photos:

• Horrible HDR post processing
• Insane over exposure
• Extreme sharpening
• Super grainy and desaturated
• Awful contrast and lighting

On my side I think that buying a 1TB iPhone and shooting 48MP RAW isn't the solution nor turning off Full HDR View, I mean this should work flawless just out of the box.

I'm looking forward to any iOS updates (literally checking more than ten times a day) because this should be fixed.

Please raise your hand if you are having this same issue, we need a solution.

iPhone 14 Pro 512GB

I WISH I NEVER SWITCHED FROM ME IPHONE12promax to the 14promax,

both cameras are terrible the quality is awful, the selfie camera looks pixelated!!! I genuinely want my money back is not worth it at all’!!!! DO NOT BUY!!!

I have the 13 Pro and the front camera does exactly the same. It looks fine when you take a picture for just a second but then applies a horrible filter that makes you extremely sharp and orange. I tried the 14 Pro camera as well at the shop but it also was horrible so I stayed away. It s a shame that Apple allowed this to happen😢

Me too! Photos are overexposed, with agressive postprocessing and with no variant to swith HDR off! Apple removed Smart HDR option in Camera Settings (I really want to return this checkbox back!).

Additionaly I have an issue with sharpness. My photos on iPhone 14 Pro Max are worse than photos on my old iPhone 11 Pro max! I've tested in the same conditions and scenes. When there are some text on the corner of frame, it is visible to the naked eye that text are blurry and there is no way to make it more sharp :(

So I see no progress in front camera and HDR, only regress. 11 Pro Max camera and processing algorithm is better! As my father says: "Best is the enemy of the good" :(

Please consider photo comparison: iPhone 11 pro max vs iPhone 14 pro max. 100% crop.

I've used Android my whole life, so I decided to give iOS a try with the new iphone 14 pro max (I thought it would be the best Apple would have, right?). I was looking forward to taking my selfies (everyone likes the iphone camera) but I'm disappointed. For the price of the smartphone, I think it's really wrong that Apple hasn't fixed this yet.

I went into the store after not feeling that a new phone would help and the lack of understanding of the person on the phone for the issue. The store could not help at all other than to confirm that is just how the phone works. The lighting in the store is so bright that it was not as obvious. I was told that this is how the camera works because it takes more realistic photos. This is not a camera for taking close-up pictures of people. I too regret getting rid of my 11 Pro Max for this one.

i have the 14 pro and the camera is TERRIBLE! especially the front one.

i use snapchat to take selfies, its awful but im used to it. still strange because the colors are wrong, they’re always too cold. i still have the 11 pro and the camera is so much better

apple doesn’t do anything about it, so my tips are: take your photos in snapchat or lightroom

you can swipe the button left too! (on normal camera) it works, but the quality its not that good, although i think its perfect

this method kinda reminds me of photos taken with old iphones

I’m having severe exposure issues too although mine are both over and under.

This is happening to me too! It’s terrible! I hope there is a fix soon!

Same situation…

the photo shown on the display before shooting the photo looks awesome, and after I take the photo it just looks terrible!

Yeah.. It's the same for me.. The post processing pic is just horrible..

Same! I honestly upgraded thinking there was going to be an amazing change between my old 12 pro max and the 14 pro max but now I’m REALLY regretting getting since my pictures are HORRIBLE!

Same with me! My 11 pro max camera was so much better! I even turned off the HDR but still having issues.

I’m having the same issue. I have the 14 Pro Space Black. Strangely, my wife has the Gold version and hers has no issues. Attaching two photos to compare.

Space Black

Gold

Same! The pictures ate really bad. I read somewhere to take the pictures in ProRAW mode and then edit it to vivid with 0 intensity. But that’s just a quick fix.