iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Blurry and Out of Focus

For every portrait, I make sure that the faces are framed in yellow and therefore rely on the focus being correctly positioned on the eyes and that's not always the case, which bothers me because it no longer works as reliably as with the older iPhones.

Of course, you don't have to use the automatic function with the yellow frames and then you are responsible for the focus yourself, there is no question about that. But if the frame is displayed, I expect the focus to be perfect.

I know exactly how camera optics work and I expect Apple to improve the AF measuring mechanism when the depth of field decreases due to the larger sensor and this is exactly where I see the problem.

The autofocus is too slow or too imprecise for the increased requirements due to the larger sensor.

You can't stand here and blame the users, because Apple has become so popular precisely because everything just works and users don't have to deal with technical things. And I am by no means a normal user, I know a lot about photography.

I’ve had lots of trouble with blurry and out of focus photos on my iPhone 15 pro. I’ve been to the Apple Store for a diagnostics test, I’ve spoken multiple times with Apple customer services. But finally they have helped sort out this image problem, and I’m so relieved!

I was guided through the ‘reset phone’ setting, and it did the trick. My photos don’t now have the interference noise around the edges, even in low light. I also took a photo of my eye and I could see lots of detail, unlike before.

if anyone is unsure how to reset, I would suggest being guided by customer services. After reset, I had to reconnect to my wi-fi , using my password.

Anyway, I hope this info helps the community, as I have been as frustrated as many of you.

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.

If you think there is something wrong with your particular phone, make an appointment to have it examined:

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Millions of iPhone 15 owners are thrilled with their devices, so it's certainly not a general case issue.

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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It sounds like you may have used digital zoom on your photos which can cause the appearance of grain; by default the photos are smooth, in fact too smooth for some.

If you think there is an issue with your particular phone, make an appointment to have it examined:

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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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settings>camera> formats>turn off proraw and resolution control. Thank me later.

Suggest try changing camera settings format from high efficiency to most compatible.

…takes a lot of additional space but is worth trying - photo/video focus seems better.

Tap on the screen to focus it.

Here is something that may help: Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

Has anyone tried returning defective iPhone 15 to Apple? Or vendor where purchased?

I thought I was going crazy. I upgraded from an iPhone 11 to the 15 Pro on September 24th and initially, I was very happy with the camera upgrade! Recently though, I noticed that the lighting for selfies I take looks better in the camera display than what is actually captured. The Live Photo footage looks like the display, but the photo itself seems auto-adjusted to a dark, shadowy and grainy image! Same thing for main camera captures too. They just look so much worse and I’ve tried playing with the settings but nothing works. I suspect this is an iOS issue as I don’t remember it being this way before the update. I also tried taking photos in burst mode and that seems to be the only thing that’s preventing the auto-adjust feature, the photos in burst mode look the same as they do in the camera preview. I really hope they fix this. So annoying!

When I was chatting to them, they made me take a lot of pictures zoomed in zoomed out digital zoom front camera back camera video. All of it was rubbish and even sent these pictures to them as I was talking hence why they asked me to get a replacement.