Camera blurry

Hello brocklame,

Is the camera working as expected in the Camera app? If it is, then we would suggest you work through these steps found at If an app on your iPhone or iPad stops responding, closes unexpectedly, or won’t open - Apple Support

1. Close and reopen the app

Force the app to close. Then open the app to see if it works as expected.

2. Restart your device

Restart your iPhone or restart your iPad. Then open the app to see if it works as expected.

3. Check for updates

To see if updates are available for the app, open the App Store, tap your profile icon, then scroll down to see if updates are available. If updates aren't available for the app, update the software on your iPhone or iPad.

4. Delete the app, then redownload it

Delete the app. When you do this, you might lose data that was stored in the app. Then redownload the app. Then check to see if the problem with the app is fixed.

If these steps do not resolve the issue, reaching out to the developer may help: How to contact an app developer - Apple Support

Have a good day.

They can be, but the app you are using needs to be updated to be able to do so.

Contact the maker of your third party app and ask them to update their app for newer devices and iOS 16.

At present there are multiple third party apps that can read bar codes and QR codes, including the apps for Amazon and Walmart.

A great demo is the Scandit app, which acts as a showcase for their technology.

Hi there, it seems to affect all 3rd party apps. Google lens, whatsapp, telegram.. to name a few. ios 16.2 did not help with this issue.

In what way?

As I mentioned, most every third party app that reads bar codes or QR codes has no issues if you move a little farther away from it.

It would not explain why local camera apps has no issues with a clear closed up image. It does not just affect scanning of qr codes. Closed up Photos and videos in general are fuzzy and not sharp at all on 3rd party apps on my iphone 14 pro.

However, am agreement that at a distance, photos and videos are fine. My doubts are why the phone would be blurry at closed up. My iphone 11 has no issues with this

Because the camera system on the iPhone 14 has a longer minimum focus distance than on past iPhones.

To take close up photos you need to have a 14 Pro/Pro Max and use Macro mode.

Take macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera - Apple Support

Many third-party apps do not support Macro mode, so you may need to use Camera to take the photo.

I have this issue when using Skype and zoom, and taking a photo for ID verification with the likes of Revolut and Wise has been a nightmare. Very, very unimpressed with this and lack of progress with a fix (now on iOS 16.2 and no change).

There's nothing to fix.

The ID verification programs you mention either need to be reworked to support macro mode like Apple's Camera app or they need to be able to deal with a smaller apparent ID area in a photo from further away.

The camera system has a longer minimum focus distance, that's a physical parameter of the larger sensor used in the iPhone 14.

Nothing to worry. There is a simple solution for that: ALL millions developers over the world just need to update their apps....

They all do, regularly.

Look at your App Store listings and see how frequently they do; for some its more often than once per week.

Certainly they will if their app is not functioning properly with a new release of iOS, and if they don't, people stop using their app.

Even code scanner app from control center does not focus correctly qr codes.

This is an iOS problem that must be fixed by Apple!

You can't hold the phone up next to a blurry code to fill the code box, but rather once you get the phone far enough from the code that it can focus on it, it will read it perfectly and will take the appropriate action.

Here is a sample image taken with Code Reader that shows you the size of the QR code as it begins to focus on it and it is then interpreted and opened in Safari.

I've whited out most of the photo as this isn't intended to be an ad for the product, just to show how far away from the QR code you should be; the actual size of the QR code on the package (not including the white box around it) is approximately 5/8" square.

Hi Dogcow-Moof, this is exactly the problem. Some qr codes are too small and there is no possibility to read them.

Some bar codes are not perfectly printed, so we need to go closer, but in this situation, camera goes out of focus.

When the developer choose "rear-camera", OS need to toogle automaticaly to macro lenses when needed.