iPhone 14 ProMax is overexposing RAW photos after the fact

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iPhone 14 ProMax is overexposing RAW photos after the fact

I am using the Moment camera app with an iPhone 14 ProMax running iOS 16.0.3 to take RAW photos. The other day, when I opened my recent photos album, all the RAW photos were totally overexposed / blacks crushed. Going into edit doesn't allow me to recover them the way they were. I had texted an image to a family member the day before, so I was able to see how the photo looked when it was shot and how it looks now in the album. Is there any setting that will help me get all these photos back to how they were? I have preserve settings off and photographic styles are set to "standard". The photos I took with the apple camera app were not affected by this. I have no idea why everything looked fine one day, and then all those RAW images from the Moment app were ruined the next. Any help would be extremely appreciated.

iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Nov 30, 2022 6:07 AM

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Nov 30, 2022 6:21 AM in response to Albionmoon44

Learn how to take photos with the Camera on your iPhone. Choose from camera modes such as Photo, Video, Cinematic, Pano, and Portrait, and zoom in or out to frame your shot.

Learn iPhone camera basics - Apple Support

Learn about Photographic Styles, QuickTake, Action mode, the Ultra Wide camera, and other camera features on your iPhone.

Understand About the Camera features on your iPhone - Apple Support (IN)

By default, iPhone takes photos in HDR (for the rear camera and the front camera) when it’s most effective. iPhone 12 models, iPhone 13 models, and iPhone 14 models, record video in HDR to capture true-to-life colour and contrast.

Take appropriate action to Adjust HDR camera settings on iPhone - Apple Support (IN)

The camera modes built into your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch help you take the ideal photo or video. Swipe left or right on the camera screen to switch to a different mode. You can choose from photo, video, time-lapse, slo-mo, square, Portrait, and pano modes.

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With the Camera on models that support Portrait mode, you can apply a depth-of-field effect that keeps your subject—people, pets, objects, and more—sharp while creating a beautifully blurred foreground and background. You can apply and adjust different lighting effects to your Portrait mode photos, and on iPhone X and later, you can even take a selfie in Portrait mode.

Learn how to --> Take Portrait mode photos with your iPhone camera

Learn about advanced Camera features that let you capture photos faster, apply tailored and enhanced looks to your photos, and view content outside the camera frame.

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Use the Camera to record videos and QuickTake videos on your iPhone. Learn how to change modes to take Cinematic, slow-motion, and time-lapse videos.

Here you can see an Apple Article with all video recording options --> Record videos with your iPhone camera - Apple Support

Taking tips from here may also help you. --> Tutorials | iPhone Photography School

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Nov 30, 2022 6:47 AM in response to SravanKrA

Hi SravanKrA - thanks so much for your quick reply. These are great resources for how to use the iPhone camera and the settings.

My issue is more about what to do now that the iPhone suddenly changed all the RAW photos in my album. I'm talking about a hundred or so photos that looked fine when they were taken and looked fine for weeks and then suddenly on November 25, 2022 they were all overexposed in the album with no way for me to change them back. So I don't think it's a setting when the photo was taken. I did double check the HDR settings and the other settings you mentioned in your articles - but toggling those on / off do not recover the photos to their original state. Are all these photos just destroyed now?

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