iPhone 15 Pro Photos are Dark

Issues with both front and back camera. Standing in front of a bright open window. The image always looks bright in the viewfinder before taking the picture (screenshot of screen, on left) after you take the picture (on right), the image is noticeably darker. It looks like there may be automatic sharpening or clarity enhancing and that could be what makes the photos so dark. Is there a way to turn it off?

I just traded in my iPhone XR after 4 years of waiting for an iPhone I would really like. I have the 15 plus, and the camera is horrible. The XR took MUCH better photos. I regret my decision. I hope there’s a fix for this. Apple, I think we all can say we are disappointed…please fix this issue asap.

My wife has also expressed disappointment in the camera on her new iPhone 15 Pro Max. She reported that photos are coming out darker than they used to on her 12 Pro Max.

Something seems definitely wrong here. We need to put pressure on Apple to fix it.

I also just got the 15Pro after trading in my XR, specifically for the camera. I edit images in Photoshop and Lightroom, and they all come out MUCH darker, and flatter once exported. I am devastated after waiting so long to upgrade my phone to see that my images look awful. PLEASE FIX THIS APPLE!!! I need this camera to function correctly for work and personal use.

I’m also having the same issue.

I have spent hours on my settings and nothing is fixing this issue. Before capturing the picture the quality is amazing. The moment you take the picture and look back in your camera roll - the picture becomes darkened and pixelated.

I am not sending my phone to apple in hope they can fix this. This is 100% fixable as the camera is good quality. It’s just a fault when you capture an actual picture.

Having the same issue with my new IPhone 15 pro. It’s adding shadows and shows too much texture resulting in adding a couple years to my profile. It does the opposite of enhancing my pictures. It doesn’t compliment anyone’s face. Makes you look older and enhances any type of wrinkle or crevices. I want to return my phone. I got this phone thinking it had a better picture quality. It cost too much money for the picture quality to be terrible.

I also have this issue, i opened a case with apple support and even sent in a screen recording of how the picture changes from before it’s taken to how dark and grainy it goes after. They escalated to the engineers and i received a call back today and was told that this is normal for the iPhone 15 pro max camera. So apparently we all just have phones with horrible camera’s. I do agree my 12 pro max took 100x better pictures and i do regret upgrading before i tested it out. SMH!

Wish I had seen this before my purchase!

Hello! I have been following this thread for a few days, I am sooo disappointed with my camera and how the photos (particularly ones taken of my kids/people) darken and just look so generally terrible compared to how it looks in the window before I take them, I have called Apple also, the advisor screen shared with me and could see the difference between what I saw when I took the photo vs the resulting photo.. all she could suggest was waiting to see if a software update fixed the problem or downgrading to a previous model of phone.. I am so upset about this..! Where are you going to go from here?? Are we just supposed to accept this is our camera/quality of photos..?

I have tried many problem-solving methods from the internet and TikTok. The only one that really works on my 15 pro is to take selfies with the Burst mode. To activate Burst mode, tap the "take a photo" button and drag it left (or quickly swipe left the button).

Burst mode shots are not automatically edited by the iPhone, so the colors stay the same as they were seen before capturing the shot (no darker colors, less grey shades, no HDR effect).

Hope that helps, folks!

There is no fix at this time. It’s a software issue with iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro. At this point the only thing we can do is send a bug report to Apple. You can do that here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple

I am facing the same issue! I was on the phone with Apple for an hour and they couldn’t figure it out. Also seemed to be clueless about the fact that there are so many who’ve upgraded to a 15 pro and are complaining about the same thing. Will Genius Bar help? Has anyone’s issue been resolved?

What’s the fix, @Apple ?!

Guys it was happening the same to me. I got the i phone 15. I just discovered it’s the camera shutter. If you try to take a photo with timer it’s gonna look just like you expected, it seems it looks dark when you take the photo in the same exact moment. Also I tried instagram and snapchat cameras and it doesn’t look dark there.

Pathetic post processing of images in iPhones 15 Pro Max. Images arte wah darker than what they actually appear in the view finder before clicking. Skin tone is completely crushed post processing with the subject turning out to be daaarrrk even in a pic clicked in a broad day light.

Oh no🙁 So does everyone who has the 15 Pro have the same photo issues as us? It’s not just a software issue on a small portion of phones that could be fixed with a future update..? I’m so sad..!😭 why are so many people saying that the camera is amazing..?😕 Does the 14 Pro have the same problems..?