iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Blurry and Out of Focus

They deleted my post and i have no idea why???

I went to the Applestore at the weekend and got the entire camera unit on my 15 Pro replaced. The pictures are still mushier at higher ISO values than on my 13 Pro under comparable lighting conditions.

My problem with the front focus has improved slightly, but the basic problem is that the focus range is so small due to the large sensor that it is almost impossible to get two people next to each other in 100% sharp focus at the same time unless their eyes are exactly the same distance from the lens.

bumbklaatt wrote:

The basic problem is that the focus range is so small due to the large sensor that it is almost impossible to get two people next to each other in focus at the same time unless their eyes are exactly the same distance from the lens.

Yes, it's called depth of field, and is an issue if the light is low; in strong lighting a smaller virtual aperture can be used resulting in enhanced depth of field.

Ultimately the 1x lens is ƒ/1.78 so only so much can be done.

I called Apple Support about this. They said that it's a known issue and they're open to replacing my device, but they've still escalated me twice up the Support chain.

Has anyone gotten to the point of replacement? And did that help it? I'm doubtful, since so many here all have the same problem...is it a subset of iPhone 15 Pros? Or all of them? What a runaround - I'm devastated month over month of horrible photos!

bought the 15 pro max yesterday as an upgrade from the standard 13 and was so disappointed when i noticed how blurry and pixelated photos look on the front camera after taking them. however i have since discovered that by ensuring night mode is enabled when taking a photo on the front camera, my photos are coming out perfect! no blurring or pixelation! hopefully this works for others

Just made a discovery, quite by accident, if I email the image to myself they open just fine full rez

At first, my photos looked grainy too on selfie mode. When i turned off the “PORTRAITS IN PHOTO MODE” and “MACRO CONTROL”. Fixed the issue. No longer grainy and photos look more raw and realistic.

The second time you resat your phone, did you then set up your phone as totally new and then transferred data with 3utools? Or did you restore from iCloud backup?

You might be interested in this thread, puzzled to understand why iphone 15 pro max photos had an artifact

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255218822

Please ring Apple and report it! I had this same problem and they said I’m the only person who has phoned up and reported the issue!

In camera settings I've set Main camera> to default 24mm - 1x and toggled on 28 and 35 mm

Did you toggle on Macro

Try also to set it as camera settings I've set Main camera> to default 24mm - 1x and toggled on 28 and 35 mm

I think you should return the iPhone 15 pro max and get either an iPhone 15 or an iPhone 14

Pls tell Apple directly. You can tell them through support I think. They don't seem to follow this, but I experience exactly what you are and I am on my second 15 Pro Max.

What were all the details surrounding this photo?

You can get those by selecting the photo in Photos and tapping the "i" button.

They details will be something like: