iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Blurry and Out of Focus

Your picture is not a good example of the depth of field-AF problem, as the faces here are very far away and the autofocus is therefore probably already in the infinity range.

For me, the problem always occurs with classic portraits of one or two people who are about 1-2 meters away from the camera.

What else in the world should be sharp in a portrait if not the eyes? Especially if the face is correctly recognized and bordered yellow. It has always worked perfectly so far. I have the feeling that you're trying to defend Apple at all costs.

It's clear that I can't get all the eyes sharp in a portrait of several people if they are all at different distances from the lens. But if I want to take a photo of a single person and the iPhone is framing the face, the eyes or at least the eye that is closer to the lens should be perfectly sharp and this has always worked wonderfully in the past and now it no longer does. It would be stupid if the yellow frame signaled that the nose or mouth and not the eyes were in focus.

I have the same issue but worse. When I take photos of documents in our office, it always has the big shadowy thingy on the photo. I don’t know how to fix it. I thought it was just the lighting but every time I take pictures of any document, it has the big black shadow in the middle. It’s so annoying knowing that this is the most expensive iPhone today. My 13 pro max is way better when it comes to photo quality. So disappointed.

dazeydaze wrote:

I think it’s using ai to generate detail.

It's not using AI or "generating detail" but it is using calculations and revealing what is actually present.

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I’ve had the 15 for 3 months. Upgraded from an SE and it’s amazing until today and I’m having the same issue. As soon as I zoom in it gets extremely fuzzy. Taking it back to Apple Store tomorrow. Worried what they will say.

Perhaps in your particular use case at your preferred resolution, but for example obviously not in 24 MP or 48 MP modes, which the iPhone 13 did not support, and not according to independent reviewers.

For example:

https://www.dxomark.com/smartphones/

Got the 15 pro max and the low light at first was okay, but now it’s worse, very disappointed, my old iphone 11 and 5 year old samsung does a better job, thought the update might fix it but no. The low light picture looks very granny and out of focus

Add me to the list of users experiencing this issue. I moved from an iPhone 11 to iPhone 15 Pro Max and was so excited for the camera. But I have been thoroughly disappointed. I agree with everyone else that the issue seems to happen after capture.

Same her so disappointed will Aplle eventually be able to fix this dies anybody know? I am just happy i am not the only one experiencing this.

i rupgraded from my Iphone 11 the camera was way better no issues or anything.

The problem is best described as iPhone 15 produces a UV photo as a default - creating a grey, dead and see-through pallor as a default. It’s just atrocious. Look at the stills that come from video of iPhone 15 - those are great! Compare! Apple should never have released with this egregious product problem that renders my usage of the camera unusable for photos with faces! I am only keeping because of video.

Took this photo the other day in bright sunlight and as you can see from the crops came out horrendously noisy. I hope Apple is actually reading this, because I have never been so unhappy with a phone camera in my life.

hello i have a question.Normally if u want to manual focus it takes like 0. something seconds before it focuses yes?i droped my phone and i want to know if the cameras are okay.It dont focus instantly no?

Your 13 Pro Max has comparatively lower quality lenses coupled with a smaller sensor of 1/4 the resolution available from the main camera on the 14 Pro/Pro Max and 15 Pro/Pro Max.

Many are zooming into a photo taken with their new device in a way they never would have a photo on their older phone because pixelation would have become an issue long before noise was.

I’m having exactly the same issue.

I recently upgraded from an iPhone 11 Pro to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, hoping to capture high-quality photos of my trip to Europe. However, I was disappointed to find that all the photos I took were grainy and not of good quality.

I regret to say that I wasted my money on a new phone that did not meet my expectations. I hope that Apple will take this issue seriously and provide a solution to this problem.

I have the same issue with my iPhone 15 pro “front camera”, once the picture is taken it comes blurry and no resolution. I had iPhone 13 before and I expected that the new iPhone will be much more better .. please find a solution for this problem 🥹 all the selfie pictures, like they are coming from Halloween party, not from the real life.