My iPhone 12 Pro camera was great. I upgraded to 14 pro just to keep up with better cameras and boy what a disappointment. Apple, please fix this! This is my first new Apple device where I feel like I am back on buggy android space, it’s embarrassing!
iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16
In my case the problem turned out to be a cage that was obstructing the lidar sensor. That sensor has a wide angle of view. My post on that issue: The opening for the lidar sensor is not wide enough on the SmallRig 3562 cage. Lidar is used in focussing on the iPhone 13 Pro and I believe the 14 Pro. The result is that on certain moves the image can intermittently go way out of focus and stay that way for several seconds. This was confirmed on 3/24/23 by a tech at SmallRig. The problem is more pronounced on some video Apps than others. REC Pro Video Recorder is especially prone to this problem. I have not seen the problem on the Apple App. I milled the opening out to approximately 10 mm diameter and the problem has not returned. It's important to take down the little ears where the lidar window joins the larger one. SmallRig is a great company and I trust they will rectify this.
I have the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The only thing I am disappointed with is the camera. My XS Max had a better camera than this thing. It’s really embarrassing when my sisters will use my phone. We always have Android vs. Apple debates and they always bring up that my camera doesn’t even work. Videos lose focus every 10-15 secs, photos are extremely fuzzy. The problem this camera has is focusing. It doesn’t know what to focus on and gets confused every 2 seconds. Like clearly I’m trying to take a family pic so focus on the family and not the background!! Pitiful
Working in Social Media this is EXTREMELY annoying when I’m trying to create content for clients, it’s only started happening for me the past month? I’m sure I didn’t have this issue when I first purchased in October it’s something I’ve only noticed recently.
Ive done everything I can apart from a factory reset but a lot of people have said this makes no difference anyway!
Have you found a fix? My wife’s 14 Pro goes out of focus when shooting videos, but not every time. We’ve been to the Apple Store three times already and the camera have been replaced twice, and yet the problem persists. Finally the Apple Store decided to replace her phone. We are now waiting for the replacement phone, though fearing it will have the same problem. The lead technician insisted it’s either user error (we need to tap when we shoot a video to focus, huh?????) and that the phone is performing within its specifications. I sure hope not. Has anyone figure out what yo do yet? Thanks.
Here's a perfect example of the iphone losing focus during a video. It's so aggravating. As you can see, the key moments of the collapse, the phone loses focus and nothing even goes across the screen to make it lose focus. Please address this issue.
You are 2000% correct. I have an iphone 14 Pro and could never shoot a proper video and it's jittery between shoots wondering when the camera would go out of focus!! Rightly as you said some moments cannot be recaptured. I beleive Chinese phones are far much better than this iphone in which I invested my hard earned money.
indeed iPhone 14 pro camera focus is **** compared to my 12. both my phones were brand new out of apple store.
my new I phone 14 Pro keeps on getting in and out of focus. I am really concerned as had no such issue with my older I phone 10. Apple please help me fix this issue
New phone not 1week old and camera won’t focus
iPhone 14
ialso have a7 plus and it works just fine 🤨
iPhone 14 pro camera keeps losing focus
