Blurry pics on iPhone 14 Pro Max (iOS 16.0.2)

Hi, i´ve been watching some youtube videos on how to properly use the camera and trying to take better pictures and i think it´s working. I guess the 14 Pro is not an out-of-the-box ready camera experience since it has to be tweaked in some ways to get better results. I´m not saying you guys didn´t try this but for my experience it´s working. The thing i cannot get rid of it´s the over post-processing that kinda ruins the photo, but if we lower the exposure for example it really helps in getting better quality ones, even helps with the blurryness. Maybe this camera has to be treated like a pro one in some level. I still think that for a smartphone this is too much effort at least to take normal day to day pictures. It should have profiles to take common pictures to look great so we don´t have to tweak it every time we take one.

Try this. Watch a bunch of tutorials in Youtube, they are quite a few ones but luckily very short. You might learn something and maybe it´ll help.

If Apple don´t release a fix, maybe this is the fix. Idk.

I hope it helps!

True Tone is a display technology and would have nothing to do with the software processing on the camera. The issue is that this is the first year in a long time that Apple has changed their camera hardware. The software based computational photography has just not caught up. It took google well over a year to adjust their software when they finally upgraded their camera on the pixel. Apple is way more pompous and hasn’t even admitted there is an issue. So I’m imagining it will take a lot longer. The issue is definitely software as I’ve stated because I can fix the blur issues using google photos.

Like I’ve said, you change get a replacement, clean the lens, erase the phone, it’s not going to help. This is a SOFTWARE issue with the computational photography. It’s broken and Apple won’t even acknowledge it. This is why you’re seeing the post processing. The software they are using on all phones now with iOS 16 is borked because they updated the hardware on the 14 pro. We can’t fix it. They have to.

Well I went in to Apple today and they did the usual tests. All hardware was fine. He said “it could be software related and maybe a future update will sort that “. So the guy could see there was an issue and basically said it’s software related. I have now contacted Apple regarding returning the phone but don’t hold out much hope.

anyone compared the 14 Pro/Pro Max against the likes of Pixel 7 pro or S22 Ultra ?

I have the 14 pro max and the pixel 7pro. I prefer my pixel for any portrait shots since their latest update and for any close up pics now that Apple has extended the min focus distance. Also, apples portrait mode ***** if it’s anything but a human. Objects and pets typically look bad. I like my 14 for general outdoor shots but honestly, the pixel looks better for most things. Which ****** me off. If they would get the software issues corrected, this camera (14 pro max) would be great.

I agree. I think there are a set of iPhone 14 Pro Max phones that have bad hardware. I can take a photo of text on a page and only the middle of the photo will have the text in focus. Or two people shoulder to shoulder and one will be out of focus. Or I'll have great detail in the hair but the face looks like watercolor painting.

The other iPhone Pro Max user in the house can take photos that look like the keynote presentation. What gives? The only difference between our phones - silver 512GB Defender Series Pro XT Clear

Black Crystal (Clear/Black) vs space black 256GB Defender Series Pro XT

Black. That's how similar they are and we both use magsafe. He wirelessly charges overnight and uses lignting in the car, I use the lightning.

They shipped from different states when we ordered from Att for launch day. Could it be a different plant got bad parts?

Really falls down to you eco system and/or the need for one. I use an iPhone 14 pro max as my main phone just because my family group of about 14 people all use iPhone. I was on the pixel and messing things up for everyone in the messaging dept. 😂 But I also bought a pixel 7 pro on swappa for about 550 so I could use for photos. Honestly, I like the pixel camera better. Also, Siri is straight up dumb compared to google assistant. But as far as the hardware and the iMessage, it just made life easier with my family. Both great phones though to be honest.

Yes, but i wouldn’t expect a fix in iPhone 15, only a slightly better quality. I would say know how Apple works that this fix will come over several years from now. The only thing i got clear from that review is that the 14 pro takes the worst pictures of the last few years iphone releases.

Have also been so disappointed by the lack of focus and grainy pictures especially indoors. My wife has the 11pro and the pictures are so sharp in comparison. If the hype for upcoming S23 ultra camera proves to be accurate Apple will be in trouble.

Now 9to5Mac is noticing the issue too:

https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/06/mkbhd-post-processing-ruining-iphone-photos/amp/

I did a side by side comparison at Apple Store of iPhone 14pro in raw mode and 14 and both looked exactly the same. Poor resolution. I find it perplexing I had to point this out to the employees here who tell me how much sharper the image of the pro is in raw mode.