iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Blurry and Out of Focus

If you feel it is your phone, make an appointment to have it examined:

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My 15 Pro Max photos are sharp and clear but have always been, though optimizing focus and exposure always yields best results.

Always remember: Use optical zoom only, never use digital zoom unless you are aware of its limitations and are willing to accept those.

For the 15 Pro Max, the optical zoom levels are .5x, 1x and, in good light, 2x and 5x.

They are not at ALL fuzzy; if they are, one of three things has happened:

1) The wrong focus point was used/chosen

2) Digital zoom was used

3) You moved, causing motion blur

This isn't my opinion; virtually every photography blog and review site will tell you the same.

If you don't like the photos the iPhone 15 Pro Max takes or they are not suitable for your purposes, that's why there are other products on the market that may better suit your needs and desires.

But to call the photo the 15 PM

takes, that are regularly used for professional online and print work "fuzzy," is wildly incorrect.

Further, photos taken in ProRAW or especially RAW mode are absolutely incredible for such a relatively inexpensive device with such small lenses.

In the end, we could argue about this all day, and as always, if you think something is wrong with your particular device, make an appointment to have it examined:

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Without knowing the precise issue you are seeing it's hard to say, but it's definitely not a case where all iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max devices take poor photos in any way.

If you have an Apple Store nearby, I would suggest you make an appointment to have your phone examined in person:

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You can then also take some photos with their demo iPhone 15 units in the store of the same objects under the same lighting conditions at the same zoom level and directly compare whether yours are worse, and, if they are, get a replacement.

Focus does take a non-zero amount of time, it's not instant to go from near to far.

If you are concerned, your local Apple Store will be happy to check its working properly.

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If you think your phone might be faulty, make an appointment and your local Apple Store Genius Bar will be happy to check it for you:

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You can also work with Apple Support directly:

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This is a photo I took today for a pair of headphones I listed. This was taken on my iPhone 15 pro max. It looks super grainy

I have been using iPhone e since 1st generation. If they don’t fix this problem, this iPhone 15 pro max will be my last iPhone! Extremely disappointed.

I have the same problem. I’m a photographer and it’s obvious that the front camera of iPhone 15 Pro is blurry and out of focus.

Does iPhone 15 or 15 Plus face the same issue?

There is not, that is clearly a crop of a portion of a digitally zoomed photo.

Note also this site has a size limit on photos so you cannot post photos in full resolution.

Yes, they are tack sharp in the middle and out of focus on the edges, with the blur most noticeable on the left hand side. When I shoot a regular photo ( not a document) the photo is great; I’m not having the kind of grainy problem most here are discussing.

I am having an issue if I put my phone close to an object it does not focus at all. I tried various settings, even did a phone reset and nothing. I also tried using different lenses and it seemed to focus better on 2x. I was trying to use the QR Code Scanner at work because we actually scan a lot of those barcodes, and the camera is super blurry on the app. On the regular camera it's also blurry and takes a while to focus. IDK what to do.

I have Purchased 15 pro max last week and seriously its front camera is horrible.. before capturing photo looks good but after capturing it turns out as worst .. dark and too sharp that its look bad. Can anyone suggest how to make it better as i am regretting purchasing iphone this time .

Thanks

i quit writing comments and complaning about the problem because Nothing changed. Everybody can see the difference of the camera!! and guess what happened? I CANT USE MY BRAND NEW IPHONE AND LEAVE IT. I couldt refund or sell it. Thank you Apple. Please give some details. I still hope it will be fixed with an IOS update. I wish to capture selfies like the old ona taken with 12-13 pro series

I did! And am going to the Genius Bar. Clearly just posting here isn’t enough so I agree. Hope everyone is also calling the issue in. It’s all over YouTube as well but Apple management would need the wisdom to review everything online.