The photos on my iPhone 15 are coming out blurry and dark, any advice?

Completely agree with you Sharon,

I know what you feel I had the 11pro and when I got the 15 pro max I was in Shock, that’s why I ask for a refund and keep my 11. The people trying so hard here to proove the opposite, trying to make you feel stupid like you didn’t do the right settings or the 15 is too performant for you and complicated, I really don’t get there points. Actually one of my comments saying they probably work for Apple has been deleted, so that’s very weird.

I’ve been saying this for two whole weeks. All I want to do is press one button and take a picture. I don’t need to have a degree in photography to take a picture.. it’s the most advanced phone on the market and it takes a crap picture.

You mean there was a problem with the camera on YOUR iPhone 15 Pro. We own iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max and both of them take stunningly great pictures, which are neither dark, nor blurry. This does not mean every iPhone 15 Pro out there has such an issue.

You did well to ask for a refund.

I thought maybe it was my phone which as a problem but when i tried to take pictures with the samples at the Apple Store they all took crap pictures.

Im mostly talking about the frontal camera you guys.

Did you find a solution to this problem? I bought the iPhone 15 pro max and I have tried numerous things and the pictures come out dark or grayed and distorted. Very disappointed in this camera and I went from an XR which had a much better camera. There is no operator error it takes horrible pictures.

Got my iPhone 15 Pro sinced it was released & also having issues with PHOTO QUALITY, been waiting for this upgrade but didn’t expect how bad the camera is. It’s takes off focus, dark or grey colour, tried reset all settings but same results. Maybe I need to go back to Apple Store for refunds.

This is horrible! I, too, am a photographer and the quality is appalling. I am coming from a 14 pro that didn’t really need upgrade but I find myself using portrait mode a lot because of its efficiency compared to my Nikon. I took a shot today with both phones and this is the result: blurry and noisy!! I’ve checked all camera settings and I have to say I’m super disappointed and considering paying the restock fee! Has anyone had resolution?

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Did you go from an iPhone 14 Pro to an iPhone 15? If you did, the difference in clarity makes perfect sense. Your 14 Pro had a camera which can take closeup photos, whereas the focal length of the 15 cannot. As a photographer, I'm sure you're well aware of the differences in a camera which can focus closer as opposed to one, which can't. Only the Pro model iPhone's can take closer photos with a higher degree of focus.

I just took this photo with my iPhone 15 Pro Max, mere inches from my napping cat. Not a particularly great photo (that wasn't my intent), but it is in focus. Had I tried the same on an iPhone 15, it would have been blurry because it lacks the ability to focus as close as a Pro model iPhone:

Here's another quick photo I just took of an ornament on our Christmas Tree (again, with iPhone 15 Pro Max). I couldn't have gotten much closer to the ornament if I tried:

As far as I'm concerned, my iPhone 15 Pro Max, takes amazing photos which are neither dark nor blurry.

This. 100%. I know how to adjust/edit photos. It’s not a knowledge issue. The camera is terrible and the editing in the standard photo is app is limited. If I want to go through the hassle of editing every photo I take, I would use my Canon. I should have kept my 14.

OK. My 15 Pro Max takes amazing photos. Far better than any other iPhone I've owned yet and I've owned just about every iPhone since the 3g. Sorry you're not happy with yours.

Since you seem intent on just grumbling, I won't be trying to help further. You've decided the camera is bad, which you are entitled to believe.

Take care.

HELLO APPLE- are you listening to us? New iPhone 15 pro max is taking blurry photos- I would expect with so many having the same issue, you would have a recall or fix the problem via new iOS. I have been a loyal customer but I’m starting to rethink my devotion

Hello there, i registered only to comment on this. I got the iphone 15 in october. I am selling it now. Extremely disappointed, this phone takes terrible pictures, they are dark and overly saturated and the auto focus is a mess making the photos weirdly blurry. I dont know if its possible to get a refund or sth… Before this i had a samsung s8 from 2017, i like to keep the phones for a long time, also for ethical reasons. This one is a waste of money, i miss my old phone

Maybe they need a simpler phone? Could you being anymore arrogant lobsterghost1?? Have you noticed that it’s not ONE person who mention how DIFFERENT their photos are from past IPhones? Ok so YOU are getting good photos - great - you got one of three IPhone 15’s that work, while the rest of us got problem cameras. Let’s take me for example. I’ve been taking photographs since saving my $$$ a teen in the 70’s and proudly buying my first camera - a $200 Polaroid! I’ve since taken many camera classes, learning how to use my numerous 35 MM cameras, and various lenses. My preferred point and shoot cameras, carried in my back pocket for fantastic spur of the moment shots, was The Sony RX II, then IV which cost more than my friends IPhones, which still never quite rivals great 35mm shot, albeit you can get great pics with todays IPhones. Ok with ALL that said, my IPhone 13 Pro? Great shots. My IPhone 15 pro - stinks!!!! And please dont explain how to tap your finger on the phone or how to use proper settings. This phone has a big problem!!! Example. I actually sometimes use an IPHONE 12 (on occasion) at my work ( it’s all they offer). If I put a dark vintage hat ( as an example) inside a photo booth with a white background, I get a great black and a great full white background. Just to prove a point, I used my IPhone 15 with the very same dark hat and photo booth and the hat is extremely dark AND the WHITE background has a grey hue surrounding the hat. I’ve done this with works iPhone 12, my old IPhone 13 Pro and my Iphone 15 - and I can ASSURE you lobsterghost1, the folks on this thread KNOW what they’re talking about. Also, it’s an IPHONE for heavens sake. You dont have to be a professional photographer to get good shots.

BTW; I took the dark photos from the IPhone 15 taken in the Photo Booth and attempted to edit them and discovered that the hat wasn’t just dark as I thought but when lightened, it WAS lightly blurred AND even if it wasn’t, normal editing programs cannot lighten( the hat) and remove the grey hue surrounding it. Again, in this case, I can attest, it’s the camera, not the people taking the pictures.

Omg any news about that resolution? I also work with professional cameras, and got this Iphone Pro Max 15 on December last year. I'm so disappointed with the camera. The video is also terrible. The photos and videos coming all grey and sometimes even blur! The focus is terrible... My last phone was an iphone 11 pro Max and the camera was infinitely better!