iPhone 15 Pro Photos are Dark

I followed the advice of someone here by going to settings / photos , and turning off HDR. It has significantly improved the photo quality but I do not think as well as my iPhone 11

I’ve been having this exact issue on my iphone 15 (the front camera was especially bad) and while no setting changes helped, i found that swiping left on the „take picture” button instead of just clicking it fixes the issue, as photos taken that way don’t seem altered at all. I hope this helps!

Settings/photos -then turn off hdr. For me it worked pretty well - not sure if this is how the photos are supposed to look but they are pretty good now

Hey guys. Ive been reading this thread alot. So far i have found that in settings u can actually change the type of “camera customization “ the default is very dark, and grey…. However, by changing it to “vibrant” it actually helps alot with lens correction especially the photos are much brighter. Even when focusing it still stays nice and vivid and bright! Hope this helps some of you.

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

Turn off Live photo before you take a photo and see if it works. I had the same problem and turning off live photo fixed it.

Have you gone to settings/photos and turned off hdr? Worked well for me

The only fix I’ve been able to use is the slider next to the little sun when you take pics. Make it super bright and it processes them darker to a more acceptable pic

You can set the exposure to adjust light and the in Camera settings save this adjustment for further photos

1 open the Camera app to take a photo in photo mode, tap the top arrow to open the menu tap the icon with a circle + and - in it, exposure icon, there's a slider, adjust it as pleased

2 open Camera settings in Settings>Preserve Settings> toggle on Creative Control

If you go back and read the 10 pages of threads, you’ll see that we (the consumers) cannot fix it. It’s something that Apple needs to fix. You can submit a bug report/feedback here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Hopefully if they receive enough bug reports about this they will address it.

I wanna share some lessons so we won´t make the same mistake again. There was a change in the focal lenght in main camera from 26mm (iPhone 13 Pro) to 24mm (iPhone 14/15 Pro), which is good for landscapes & buildings, but unfavorable to people's faces. The regular 15 has kept the 26mm and is slightly better than the 15 Pro in this aspect. But then comes post-processing darkening the faces on any iPhone 15. Since the A15 Bionic (13 Pro) HDR has been implemented at the chip level, but Smart HDR 3 (iPhone 13 Pro) was still generous with faces, while the current Smart HDR 5 seems to have been adjusted for other subjects. Real FIX would require a firmware update. The differences may not be noticed by some people. Apple's marketing and youtubers won't go into these details and it's best to always go to the Store, test and compare it with your current camera.

Settings / photos / turn off hdr. I hear it does not work for all but mine improved

I agree I just switched over from Samsung galaxy and was noticing that the photo on the front facing camera keeps getting adjusted. What it looks like as you take the photo looks fine. Something in the software is darkening the photo and sharpening way too much. The photos look awful. I’m having to edit every photo. I did not have to do this on my galaxy. I agree that the software needs to be updated to not overly sharpen the photo and darken it. Also the contour portrait mode is horrible on fair skin. That mode makes my skin grey and I look like the walking dead. Not a good mode at all and that is the same mode used for stage light. Sorry to say this but Samsung definitely has a better front facing camera that takes better photos and doesn’t enhance everyone’s pores. Highly recommend the software needs a refresh for sure. I don’t think it’s the camera, but the post modification the software is doing to the photo. Even in a normal mode photo

Hello guys. So recently I have been in contact with apple support on this and they have been very helpful. The issue is yet to be fixed but there currently working on it I have spoken on behalf of everyone. It’s been a long process you definitely have to be patient because they check your phone and stuff. But I suggest everyone to call because the lady I spoke to told me that the more people that actually report the issue the faster they try to resolve the issue. According to her this is not happening to all iPhone 15 only some. Do I personally believe it can be fixed not sure tho I’m not much of a tech person. But I’m counting on them and I hope that everyone takes the time and patience to get in contact with apple support even tho it’s a long process. I’ve spent hours on the phone with them so I’m really hoping it can be fix bec I don’t have the money to buy another phone.

I just spent an hour on the phone with apple support with this exact same issue. Evidently it is a known issue and I have a case open with them now til it gets fixed. I think this is a software issue specific to the 15 and maybe 14. Luckily, Apple doesn’t close their cases out until they’re solved.