Blurry pics on iPhone 14 Pro Max (iOS 16.0.2)

It is on IOS 16.1 right now. Except the camera, the phone is just superb. Maybe I'll get used to the camera because I previously had a Samsung A51, sharp or not, iPhone's camera is still better than the a51 so its still an upgrade for me xD

facing the same issue here and its totally frustrating. My iphone 12 Pro was a much better camera. Iphone 14 Pro is a disappointment. This photo with so much details was taken by Iphone 12 Pro in a heartbeat.

While this taken by 14 Pro was after mutiple tries and missing the moments and still can’t match half the quality of Ip12 Pro. Thinking of downgrading back and sell off 14 Pro.

The other probable way as I found out Raw mode could do better but it’s gonna kill the storage big time which sucks.

I tried with the macro setting suggested and did not help at all… but thank you anyway…

It is happening when you try and take a selfie! From farther away… not necessarily close up…the focusing is a mess… But seems ok the other way…

I wonder if we need to have the selfie way in a different setting?

I updated to the very latest 16.1 a few days ago too and the focus is blurry… but just when I try to take a selfie… it seems ok the other regular way.

Happening since I got the upgrade.., I’m beside myself as I love taking fun selfies.. what is up with this?

WOOOOO thank you.... & I'm screamin' happy I figured THAT one out yayyyyyyyyyyyy....

However... about the main camera.... There was one time when I did try the main camera through a window though and tried to aim on something for a photo and the object in question WAS blurry yup.... but maybe taking that same picture outside on the same type of object was better? Maybe something to do with the through the window it won't focus on certain things... strange...

Albeit... I am extremely happy to have fixed the selfie issue...

I hope Apple fixes annnyyyy ongoing regular camera issues too.. for the price we paid whew... with my trade-in it was great though...

My 14 Pro Max also takes blurry pictures. My 6s takes better pictures than 14 pro max does. Very disappointed considering the cost of the new phone. IOS 16.0.3 first picture is from 6s second picture 14 Pro Max. I do have camera protector on 14 pro. I wonder if that is causing the blurriness?? Come n Apple, acknowledge thr problem and fix or replace our phones.

Can’t believe I waited so long for this “upgraded camera “ phone and my i phone xr took better quality pics than the 14 pro max is taking! I hope it is a software issue and not something with the camera itself and a total waste of my money

Same here and I’m already on 16.1.1. I’m having the issue using any of the cameras. Nothing seems to really be in focus or sharp even with 58MP. My 12 pro max and XS max also seemed to take much better pics.

Has anyone noticed any differences when taking pictures with flash and without? I haven’t played around much with that yet.

Will try vibrant mode.

just found out that when when using the x1,x2 & x3 zoom in macro mode then a digital zoom is applied. May explain why when trying to zoom the pic it’s becomes blurred? I will try using the 0.5 setting as no digital zoom is applied but this doesn’t display the macro symbol?

Tested the new settings today and everything works as it should. Sharp & accurate auto focus, stunning macro shots and no significant blurring on zooming the image. Pleased to say I’m keeping the phone. Here are some of todays shots:

Has anyone found a solution? Will this get fixed in an update do you think? I wanted to use this for film making and pro level photography shots… should I switch for a pro 13? Or try a different brand? Just awful… so blurry and zoom can’t even handle a tiny increase- wtf this is meant to have a telephoto…

My problem was with blurry macro and this is now more than sorted with a few simple changes in the setup. All shots through all the lenses are just stunning. I was on the verge of returning my 14 pro. Not sure if all the changes I made were necessary, see my earlier post.

Same for me! My videos on 3x telephoto cam is blurry specially on Cinematic, Slow-mo, and time laps. I chatted with apple support, they did an online diagnostic and told me that there wasn’t any HW problem. Im using 16.1 version. There isn’t any official apple store where I live! Since the photos on 3x are good, I hope that it is a SW problem :(