iPhone 14 pro max zooming glitch

Doing so not only means all zoom

will be digital (and therefore of poorer quality,) if it gets rid of the “jumps” that verifies the “jumps” are indeed due to parallax error and cannot otherwise be avoided.

It does not solve anything though. That only works as as it blocks zooming from one lens to another. Some other camera apps do that anyway. I use Procam for video as it has a select button to choose lens. It stops accidentally getting the glitch by going from one lens to the next but the cost is a reduced zoom range.

I have the same issue with iPhone 14 pro Max. I went to the Apple Store, the Genius Bar tech support said it's normal and that's how iPhone 14 pro max works.

And the employee ran some diagnostics tests but no issues found. However, this is the most glitchy video zoom I've seen in any phone.

The video came out to be bumping when phone switches to different lens. Apple do something about it. This isn't a $2000 phone.

There's nothing to fix.

Zoom uses (IMHO horrible) digital zoom when between the native resolution of the individual lenses on the phone and then jumps between the lenses with some parallax shift.

There's nothing to fix because it it is normal.

Zoom on a multiple lens phone, whether from Apple or an Android, works the same way.

This is why photographers and videographers use dedicated zoom lenses to zoom.

That's just it:

What you are calling a "glitch" is normal and is the way cameras work.

Apple cannot defy the laws of physics, redefine optics or otherwise violate the way cameras work.

Try this:

Close one eye and look at something. Now close the open eye and look with the other eye. See how the image shifts? That's parallax and is the exact same concept.

Do an Internet search and you will read the same complaints from users of the multi-lens Google and Samsung phones, among others.

I have the same issue on my 14 Pro Max and it happens from 0.5x to 1x

Really frustrating after spending so much on this phone. My 13 pro max never had any of these issues.

Would love it if Apple fixes it via an update.

Has anyone heard any updates on this? It is incredibly frustrating. I’m trying to use a Dolly Zoom effect while filming a video but it COMPLETELY ruins the shot when it jumps between lenses.

Apple used to really promote cinematography captured on iPhones, but this glitch makes it impossible to film if using zoom in either direction. 😤

You can do cinematography on iPhones but you don't use digital zoom and zoom between independent focal length lenses on a phone.

Cinematographic zoom uses actual zoom lenses, not a digital zoom that would jump between the available .5x, 1x and 3x optical zoom lenses located at different locations that result in parallax shift.

If you had three Arri Alexa with different focal length primes mounted to a base next to each other, would you expect to be able to seamlessly switch between them to create a faux zoom? Same with the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

This third-party article explains the camera system well (it covers the iPhone 13 Pro Max, but the iPhone 14 Pro Max uses the same lens system.)

iPhone Life: iPhone Camera Zoom Explained: Optical Zoom vs. Digital Zoom

The jump between the lenses doesn't really bother me, but I hate the quality change of the images. That being said, I notice this even if I keep the same zoom setting (so x1 zoom for the entire photo/video session), why?

Yes this has been happening to my 14 pro since I got it. I thought it was defective going from .5 to 1 the image shifts but now my 11 pro is doing the same thing. I believe it’s due to the updates because my 11 pro was not doing it when my 14 pro was out the box. I have not used my 14 pro because of this reason. If they can’t fix it I’m going to push for a refund. These updates are ruining the phone functions not fixing anything

It's not software, it's hardware.

When you shift between lenses, the point of view of that lens will change.

I've stated before, close one eye, then close that eye and open the other and you will see the scene shift.

Same issue.

Yes. Yes. Yes. I have the same issue as well. Anytime the zoom goes from 0.9 to 1.0 , 1.9 to 2.0, and 2.9 to 3 there is a very very noticeable: glitch/flicker/jar/disruption/tick

whatever you want to call it.

It disrupts the whole flow of the shot and ruins the shot entirely.

Unfortunately, I bought my phone right before I went on a five week holiday to Thailand and Laos (still here). So I can’t get a new phone and a new phone won’t come anywhere near to fixing Apple’s careless mistake. Gotta pump those “new” phones out as fast as possible so people spend more money on the best (not so best) shinny toys.

Apple needs to spend way more time on prerelease testing and less time littering the market with semi reliable phones. Apple phones cost a cosniderable amount of money (more than the first three cars I owned combined). There needs to be more accountability for steeling our time and ruining our vacations.

I’ll get nothing more than a replacement at max. This is like offering a replacement chocolate bar after getting food poising from the first bar. But as per the OP you might just get another dud. Kinda puts you off of Apple chocolate bars.

Unbelievable.

That's because whenever you're not at precisely 1x, 2x or 3x you're using digital zoom, which is not recommended for high quality shots, and then when it reaches the even multiple it shifts to a completely different lens located at a different position on the phone.

Professional videographers would never do this for precisely that reason.

There's nothing wrong with the phone, you can't beat the laws of physics when it comes to optics.

I definitely have this problem. There is a distinct pause when zooming. First it gets so blurry it won’t focus until it finally clicks over to the close up lens.

It’s obvious in videos and has caused a mess!

I film many videos here in the Hawaiian Islands, using only one lens at a time while filming would be pointless. I paid for a smooth non glitching camera zoom. My last five iPhones did not have any problems. I am not happy that this one does. I do not expect to limit what I can do because of a mechanical or software problem.