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I strongly dislike this feature. I never anticipated that taking pictures would become so challenging on this iPhone than ever before. Every moment used to feel wonderful before being processed with the Deep Fusion function. This is not what I desire. I kindly request bringing back the old camera system. I find no value in your AI technology. Samsung phones seem to capture better pictures compared to yours.
To turn fusion and auto enhance off for each pic.... swipe/drag left on the camera big white button instead of just pushing on the button. This action turns it off. Hope this helps
To turn fusion and auto enhance off for each pic.... swipe/drag left on the camera big white button instead of just pushing on the button. This action turns it off. Hope this helps
Thanks for correcting me. Deep Fusion and Smart HDR are the same concept that Apple wants to auto-enhance the photos we take. Although they are called different names, they are both not my desire. So let me correct my state. I wish Apple can cancel ANY AUTO-ENHANCE or at least make it optional.
Thank you. I understand that this function cannot be disabled currently. My intention is to bring attention to this issue in the hope that Apple may take action to find a solution. I have already submitted product feedback to Apple as well. It is unfortunate that people have to spend additional money just to tolerate the inferior photo quality caused by this unwanted "built-in" function.
It does not only active for low light photos. Today I went to beach and took some photos. It's sunny and the light was efficient. The photos became high contrast, sharpened and noisy right after I shot. I was shooting with Live Photo on so it is obviously that the Key Photo was being processed.
Some may suggest that by selecting other frame as Key Photo can solve this problem. However, the other frame in the Live Photo will be cropped so it is not a good solution. Others may suggest to shoot with RAW; however, the file is larger and it needs additional operation to make it looks like what I expect. Therefore, it is also very inconvenient.
Again, I strongly wish APPLE can CANCEL this function or AT LEAST MAKE IT OPTIONAL.
NeverGiveUp’s advice didn’t work for me. There was no option. I agree with you, my camera makes me so upset. It doesn’t focus on the right thing. It focuses on whatever is closest. Even when I do manage to get it to focus, it’s never clear. Ever. I’ve tried following instructions. So much regret with this phone.
BLESS YOU. You have NO IDEA how many LIVES you just saved with this information. I don't even know how you know this?? Cause I swear to you that I've googled this about 454 times since Deep Fusion was introduced and have already resorted to using non-native cameras (tiktok camera stays UP) and key photos and all the other hacks out there but this is THE ONE. Wow. The amount of time you've given me back. I'm literally here cause I was researching what the best Android camera on the market was cause I'm so fed up I was ready to drop $1k on a new device. Phew!
you can do so using their feedback channel
You are a genius. This actually worked for me. Thank you so much for rescuing me because I was about to loose my mind
Deep Fusion is a built-in feature and isn't a setting that can be disabled. If you're having a specific issue with the photos you take using the Camera app, we can help work towards a resolution.
How can I turn off the deep fusion - Apple Support Communities
Deep Fusion is only for low light photos. There is totally different processing when the lighting is adequate, which is described in the links that have already been posted in this thread. When you shoot in normal lighting conditions the image is processed using Smart HDR, not Deep Fusion.
Every digital camera has auto-enhance, because there is variation between CCD sensors, so without post-processing exactly the same scene taken with the same type of devices but on different cameras will all be different. That isn’t the problem; the actual problem is you don’t like the way it has enhanced your photos. But there is a photo editor on your phone that you can use to change the way it was enhanced.
This tactic also does not work and my pictures continue to be automatically cropped, forcing me to have to edit EACH photo and click through for free format cropping on each one, which is incredibly annoying.
The photo editor cannot change the way the photo was enhanced by the camera’s post processing. Even with ProRAW post processing is still applied after a photo is taken and the original data captured by the sensor is overwritten. You can literally see it happening on the screen after you take the photo. The whole point of RAW would be to have the original sensor data and zero processing or the ability to revert the post processing to the original sensor image set. But this is not the case on iPhone. Apple wants to cover up noise and lens manufacturing differences by applying masking and sharpening which also reduces a lot of detail. This is what everyone is complaining about.
Thanks for your information. As I said, I had already submitted the feedback. Looking forward to an update from Apple. Cheers!
How to disable Deep Fusion on iPhone 14 Pro Max
