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iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Blurry and Out of Focus

Hi All,

It seems im not having a very good experience with the new iPhone 15 Pro Max. Coming from a 14 Pro Max the pictures were great. nice and sharp, never had issues with "blur" or "grainy" photo's.

This new iPhone seems to be a downgrade in the photo's it can produce. I'm constantly getting very grainy photo's even with the slightest bit of zoom after the photo has been taken.

I have tried all resolution's etc (12mp, 24mp, 48mp HEIF & Pro Raw.) this has affected th 1x and 5x camera.

My 14 won me a few awards for photo's and consider myself fairly knowledgeable on iPhone Photography. The 15 just isn't putting out good quality images.

All photo's are stored "on device" so there is no iCloud trickery happening.

The below is an example of what I am talking about.

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iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Oct 2, 2023 8:01 PM

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viktoriia198

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Posted on Oct 17, 2023 7:25 AM

I left the comment before and now I solved the problem.

I called to Apple Support, was talking with them, but they could do nothing. Then my good friend, who is working in Apple Support 😉 advised me to recover my iPhone with complete erasure of data. Yes, it’s a big deal, but I did it. Then started iPhone 15PM without using Apple ID and without my data and BINGO! The camera just amazing! Then I erased again and set up it like my iPhone with my iCloud transfer data.

You can reset it through Mac directly. I did it with 3utools.

As my friend said it could be a software error when you transfered your data first time. Sometimes it happens with new iOS and new phones.

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Jan 1, 2024 10:06 AM in response to Doesntmstter

I also facing same issues with my iPhone 15pro max camera quality

ldelos

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Jan 2, 2024 4:47 AM in response to Doesntmstter

what did u do to fix this problem, im experiencing it too 😥

emmie295

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Jan 3, 2024 8:26 AM in response to Doesntmstter

This sucks !!! My iPhone 12 took way better photos than the 15 pro max that I have I tried all the camera setting and nothing has worked highly disappointed in Apple ….

webbtj

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Jan 5, 2024 11:28 AM in response to Doesntmstter

Same issue. Thought it was just me. Zoom Lens selection keeps bouncing back and forth

Jan 7, 2024 8:23 AM in response to Doesntmstter

please will someone post about returning iPhone 15 with out-of-focus camera, to Apple

WiLWi12

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Jan 15, 2024 5:36 PM in response to yaseminikbal

Yes, im facing the same problem. Does your camera fix it now or still the same?

Jan 17, 2024 1:25 PM in response to isnidever

through my Apple care I got sent a new phone and the new one has the same grainy camera issue. It’s on the front camera and the back camera has focus issues. No changes

SubhashR

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Jan 17, 2024 10:09 PM in response to Mickelmore

Same issue facing week ago bought and what hppnd

Pe88lz

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Jan 19, 2024 5:17 AM in response to Dogcow-Moof

There’s a big difference between pixelation and noise. I never had these issues on my 13 pro.

Jan 20, 2024 2:18 PM in response to Doesntmstter

Has anyone tried to delete the camera app and reinstall it ?

Jan 21, 2024 12:36 PM in response to Radu BARAC

Radu BARAC wrote:

Has anyone tried to delete the camera app and reinstall it ?

That is not possible. Camera is not one of the pre-installed apps that you can delete.

Jan 30, 2024 8:54 PM in response to Doesntmstter

Is it like the camera does flash but doesn’t quite pick up the quality so it’s bright and clear ? This is what mine is doing and it’s driving me nuts.

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Feb 9, 2024 11:09 AM in response to Maheshmali

How do you know you have a faulty phone?

thank you

gganssle

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Feb 13, 2024 6:13 AM in response to mcivera

Done!

WRogerH

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Oct 18, 2023 7:27 PM in response to Pe88lz

How is your storage capacity. Many people have an overload of photos that tax the phones storage that need uploaded to I cloud? The main thing is to ck the storage to see what to do next. An overload of a ton of apps?- undeleted mail-messages that have piled up with pictures? But I bet you’re okay cause so many are complaining about i ph 15 pictures and all of you seem knowledgeable with this phone. Has Apple responded to this? They must be losing a lot of money. I have not seen anything or even a sorry for your troubles with a solution. Like an absent landlord. I have put off an upgrade indefinitely until I see apple is showing some care and a solution. Good luck!

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