Blurry pics on iPhone 14 Pro Max (iOS 16.0.2)

Honestly I’m about to give up and trade this in for a pixel 7 pro or an S23 ultra. This has been infuriating for me as a photo lover. I did buy Halide Mark 2 as they seem to be fixing the mess of computational photography that Apple has implemented.

This is such a good article and well articulated. Thank you, my wish is for Apple to understand this frustration and allow us to control HDR. I agree that is the culprit making our photos look artificial and overly saturated. I am so disappointed with this phone and that's such a hard pill to swallow after paying over 1k for it. I have changed settings and although the photos are ok, I shouldn't be expected to just have "ok" looking photos! I really hope they come up with some software that allows us to control our images.

Exactly how I feel. Splashed out on the top phone for once to get the best camera and it’s a bag of crap. Feel so frustrated by the fact Apple won’t accept it’s an issue. Pity we couldn’t get one of these “no win no fee” lawyers on the case lol 😂

i was waiting for a new iphone, but the hardware looks boring, and when you think that you are buying the best of the best, the camera is terrible, the .5 pictures looks like if you were using fishball eye lenses, why apple is not fixing this issue?

the other thing is the charger, i asked for a charger they gave me one for free but it was used, i want to present a complain but there is nobody responsable.

I bit the bullet and I'm trading this in for a S23 ultra. Tired of having to heavily edit my photos and retake them due to the issues with this camera and the total lack of response from Apple. Anyone need a series 8 apple watch 😂

Did you find any fix ? I just bought my iPhone 14 pro max and I have same issue… i m very upset if I don t find any fix I ll return and go back at my 12 pro max which I ve compared and make selfies better in low light condition .

What gets me is the fact Apple know about it and instead of telling us a fox is being worked on they have is visit the Genius Bar. Or reset our phones and in some cases they have replaced camera hardware in phones. An absolute joke

isn't it beyond frustrating?! I'll call again and make another report/grievance. It's been very hard to accept this mess but I am unwilling to loose more money to return this device and get an older model. (my cellular provider said I can get $515 as trade in ... half of what I paid!)

I really am holding out hope that they release an update so we can control some of these settings in the camera. Some with 13ProMax have complained of similar problems, too. So, it appears the automatic HDR setting is the culprit for many of our complaints.

Buyers remorse doesn't even adequately explain how I feel 😭

Exactly!! I was so desperate I was going to try to get a 12 and I would have to pay in addition to what I owe for the 14pro. And I refuse to do that. So I’m stuck. I feel sick that I upgraded and even worse that there’s no solution in sight at this time. It’s terrible.

here’s an example of what it does.

These were taken inside (where the camera seems the worst with processing), about 2 PM. NOT dark or even low light. Natural light coming in, near a window. Both me and the dog were still. Although you may not believe that based on the photos!!! All still. The camera was still. The preview showed a clear picture. Then I opened the camera roll. Literally. Going. Crazy.

if you zoom in even the smallest amount on the face you can clearly see how awful it looks!!!

I asked someone with me and sent it to a friend with a 14 and both confirmed the terrible quality!! I’m not sure why when posting it here it doesn’t translate? but trust me when I say the pictures are not good. And as I said I gave countless examples to apple and they 100% confirmed the poor quality, etc. thank you for looking though! I wish you could see the picture as I’m looking at it right now lol

Not saying there isn’t issues with the dog pictures but they are better than anything I can manage in those light conditions. Which goes to show that if Apple agree those pics ain’t right then what about the bad ones others are getting.

I ll go tomorrow at the shop i bought… I hope they will see is a problem with it and change it because I m very upset I m from Romania and I paid 1450€ on it and the minimum paid on this country is 500€

Also has anyone else (if you use it) noticed how terrible Snapchat quality is on this phone? Never had this issue before. Believe it’s linked to this camera processing as well as it does the little “processing shake” after I take the snap. And is sooooo pixelated. Never had that before this upgrade.

Guys did anyone face any issue with the macro lens..

whenever i try to take a macro photo the details and quality and overall zoom and all are very unsatisfactory, but as soon as i switch to macro video mode i can see a 3 times improvement in everything.. there are so much details in video mode than in photo mode when clicking macro.

anyone else facing this issue ?