Blurry pics on iPhone 14 Pro Max (iOS 16.0.2)

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.

iPhone 14 pro bought for macro pics. Agree that any attempt at digital zooming on camera blurs the image. I downloaded images onto my pc thinking it might be a problem with the iPhone digital zoom. I’ve compared similar downloads images with my iPhone 6S with macro lens adaptor. I can digitally zoom on my PC upto 194% with iPhone 6S and still retain a lot of clarity. The iPhone 14 pro images break up well before 194%.

So my conclusion is there is a fault with the iPhone 14 pro image and isn’t related to the phones digital zoom. I’ve just updated to 6.1.1 as was using 6.0.2 so will take more pics tomorrow As I’m concerned it’s not going to be an easily fixable software update if no improvement tomorrow then phone is going back for a refund. Will update tomorrow.

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?

Hello all, wish I had better news to report, but I do know that exchanging your phone won’t help this issue. This is a software issue and not hardware related. I found that on the blurry photos, if I open in google photos and edit, it fixes the blur issues. This is the first time in a long time that Apple has updated their camera and I believe it’s just taking longer then usual to fix the software. Fingers cross this gets fixed in a future beta. But at least for now I can fix my blurry portraits using google photos lol

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.

Sure, just download google photos and make sure you are synced up. When you take a photo, go into google photos and hit edit. You can now adjust blur and tap to focus where you’d like. All of the info was captured correctly by the camera but scuffed by the software. This is why Google photos can fix it. So I’m really hoping for a software fixed soon.

Hi these are the adjustments I made which resulted in great macro photos.

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.

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 :(

So when I download google photos and hit edit (there’s no edit button on mine just adjust), I don’t have any of the options you mentioned. Surely I’m doing something wrong. I downloaded the google photos app. Is there a different one?

Hi everyone. Can’t believe i’m saying this but i upgraded from an iPhone 8 plus and that phone took way better picture than my new iphone 14 pro!!! At first i couldn’t understand, i thought maybe i was doing something wrong but after 2 weeks taking pictures i can confirm it. It sucks! I’m on ios 16.1.2 and the problem stil persists! This is incredible… now what am i supposed to do?? I live in Argentina and i can’t even take to an Apple Store because there are none in my country.

Same on my 14 Pro - my 12 Pro took better pics than this phone. Really makes me mad as the increased megapixels were supposed to be a big improvement. I went to the Apple Store and compared another as well and it’s all the same. I hope the fix for the camera comes sooner than later - very disappointing considering how much money this new phone cost!

It's terrible! I got my 14 pro max Saturday and also thought something was wrong with it. The xs max camera is 1000 times better. Autofocus is messed up. I do a lot of work scanning images with my phone and it's a nightmare with this new one.