Blurry pics on iPhone 14 Pro Max (iOS 16.0.2)

Will do. The focal length change is one issue and I think this video does an excellent job explaining it https://youtu.be/-E0iNG6uTxk

And he points back at who makes the number one third party camera app Hailde’s Lux blog.

https://lux.camera/iphone-14-pro-camera-review-a-small-step-a-huge-leap/

1. they fail to do testing using faces 2. from that blog link if you go way down to the processing section “Starting on iPhone 13 Pro, we’ve started to really see mainstream complaints about iPhone camera processing. That is, people were not complaining about the camera taking blurry images at night because of a lack of light, or missing autofocus, but seeing images with odd ‘creative decisions’ taken by the camera. 

Ever since our look at iPhone 8, we noted a ‘watercolor effect’ that rears its head in images when noise reduction is being applied. At times, this was mitigated by shooting in RAW (not ProRAW), but as the photography pipeline on iPhones has gotten increasingly complex, pure RAW images have deteriorated. 

iPhone 13 Pro would rank up with the iPhone XS in our iPhone camera lineup as the two iPhones that have the heaviest, most noticeable ‘processed look’ on their shots. Whether this is because these cameras tend to take more photos at higher levels of noise to achieve their HDR and detail enhancement or other reasons, we cannot be certain of, but they have images that simply come out looking more heavily ‘adjusted’ than any other iPhone:(why they didn’t show the same shots on the 14 PM here that look equally bad and include faces is a big miss in the review)The two selfies shot above on iPhone 13 Pro demonstrate an odd phenomenon: the first shot is simply a dark, noisy selfie taken in the dark. Nobody is expecting a great shot here. The second sees bizarre processing artifacts where image processing tried to salvage the dark shot, resulting in an absurd watercolor-like mess.

With this becoming such a critical component of the image, we’ve decided to make it a separate component to review in our article. 

For those hoping that iPhone 14 Pro would do away with heavily processed shots, we have some rather bad news:it seems iPhone 14 Pro is, if anything, even more hands-on when it comes to taking creative decisions around selective edits based on subject matter, noise reduction and more.

I’m back from that Apple Store visit - 2 hours and totally worth it. I might have gotten this cold there but that’s another story.

First the store did things completely different than my last visit - the Apple employee working on my phone did everything right at the table next to me and explained each test. No more man behind the curtain. There were two camera specific diagnostics he was trying to run. My 14pm refused to run either of them. It would run pass the basic diagnostic, but then still not the camera diagnostics.

confirmed

1. the camera should auto focus
2. the camera should allow for auto focus override by tapping on the screen where you want focus
3. I should be able to zoom in on my photo and not get all this blur - any amount of zoom / cropping isn’t possible with my photos.

He agreed my photos showed issues and was surprised I could take a photo showing my hand while we talked and get no detail. After all of the troubleshooting the last one was reformatting the phone and starting fresh. Not reinstalling any of my cloud backup.

then the camera would run the diagnostics it previously couldn’t open.

it passed. We were both a little surprised. The camera could pick up details in my hand. After a few photos I noticed my palm was in focus but my fingers were out of focus. i agreed to use it “in the wild” for a few days to see how this “fix” held. So far it’s some better but I’m noticing it’s degrading / inconsistent again.

my next step is to ship it off to Apple for repair. Sounds like they will provide me a loaner phone or something. At least I won’t have to do all these steps over. Doing a reformat to get the camera to recover isn’t a good repeatable fix. Feels like it resets the camera and then it cannot hold a calibration.

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.

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.

Hi macro off then can’t get close enough so not useful.

Best settings so far Raw on: x1 selected with macro: in settings-camera formats: most compatible & apple proraw & view outside frame off & lens correction off: in setting -photo select keep originals.

Using those settings I’m getting a photo that I can zoom on the iPhone and on my pc beyond 200% without the loss of detail & pixelated image that I was getting. So tomorrow will try it out in the field taking some outside macro pics.

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:

i didn’t notice any of that but just to show you what I mean here is the picture details of two pictures I took with the 12 pro and 14 pro side by side…. Normal photo mode all settings neutral Look at the 14 pro ISO and image size… If I set it to 48 megapixels the image becomes a little better but the ISO is still the same just the file size goes up. In terms of zooming in on the image the 48mp image is definitely better although if the MP is set high and the ISO is up the image result will still be grainy….

here is three results - the last two are the direct comparison and the first is the 48mp image details

I’ve gone back and checked some photos I took with my old iPhone 6S and the ISO’s are all low at 25;50 etc. similar shots with the iPhone 14 pro are 400:800 etc. Take a look at the 2 shots which have similar lighting levels but widely different ISO’s despite similar shutter speeds. Does anyone have Camera+ app which allows you to adjust the ISO

Same here, I took pictures from my HUAWEI P30 PRO and **** they are a LOT better versus my 14 pro max I got yesterday.

IOS 16.2

very VERY (VERY) disappointed and frustrated

HUAWEI P30PRO 2020 600$

IPHONE 14 PRO MAX 2022 1400$ !!!!!!!!!

I’ve lost opportunities for pics at distances because my iPhone 14 pro max got very blurry.

taking pics of sitting hawks on a phone line, blurry

Pics of surfers off San Diego shores blurry

etc

Settings:

raw

different speeds

different every thing blurry

My 13 Pro Max always clear without blurry

Dec 2022

José:

I concur with your assessment.

And changed my settings for my camera to BASIC and tested views on 12/27/2022.

Here’s a screenshot of my settings.

My pics are clearer and sharper, just like my iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Apple needs to study settings in brightness and motion!

You can also change the 'Record Cinematic' to 1080p at 60 fps

and you can elect to turn on Apple ProRAW

My Tech basically used her settings on her 14PM and what a beautiful result! She said she does a lot for content and hasn't had an issue since the last update. She did have problems prior as she got her 14PM at release.

the problem with the camera in apps for scanners, barcodes etc is still problematic. 🙏🏻

It's not just a blurry issue, the camera cancels out the shadows on faces.

Apple is fully aware of the issue, they've failed consistently on blind camera tests according to YouTuber Marques Brownlee. See his side by sides attached.

The good news is it is a software issue so Apple might be able to fix it in upgrades. I will be ****** tho if they only fix it in iPhone 15 and I am stuck with this 14pro. I still have a week to return it so am considering a used lesser model until apple fixes the problem.

Ok been thinking about this and wondering why some and not all getting issues. So how many of you people with the camera issue have MagSafe cases ? I have one. As I thought the magnet could be causing the issue. I did a Google search and found this