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?

Compared to previous models of iPhones, the iPhone 15 does not maintain the quality of images. I have been an iPhone user since the SE models. The images taken by the front and rear cameras are blurry and dark. Also, the subject of the image will be scattered if enlarged. This is the first time this kind of problem has happened on iPhone.I hope that this issue will be resolved by next software update.

I’m getting ready to return my iPhone 15 pro and get the 14. I don’t know why the camera is rendering, getting darker and in ways distorting my face. So many people seem to have this issue, I do NOT recommend this phone for anyone who is an active photo taker

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.

I am having the same issues! I got mine from Verizon. They replaced the phone but the second one does the same thing. I really want my 11pro back. I’m so disappointed and upset. I use my phone for my online business. I have no idea what I’ll do now.

I downgraded to the 13 pro as well. That model is the last one to have photos without over processing, less shadows and more accurate colors. It takes beautiful photos. Hope Apple gets its act together and fixes the cameras for future phones. We pay a LOT of money for these devices.

I am having the same issue. I am an aesthetic nurse injector so up close photos are a huge part of my business and my before photos on my iPhone 13 Pro Max look Better than my iPhone 15 pro max.

the photos look great until you click capture and it comes out dark, grainey or on the flip side over saturated and over exposed when I try to use my ring light like I normally have. It’s driving me crazy and I’ve adjusted so many setting I dont Know what else to do.

I guess I am not the only one who’s experiencing the same problem. I am so sorry to hear that you are having the same issues. At the moment I am back to using my iPhone 11 Pro Max and as soon as I transferred everything to my old phone from the 15 pro max, I took a selfie when it was cloudy and gloomy but guess what I was happy with my pics and it’s so much better! I am waiting for my replacement so let’s see what happens!

hope you can resolve your problems soon.

that must be very frustrating. I know it is for me and hundreds of others in the Apple community. Sometimes Apple does listen to its users so hopefully they listen on this one. You can submit feedback here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple

This is not a fix. When I do this I adjust so I can begin to see definition of the green forest but then the sky is washed out. If I use ProCamera the balance is much better. My 11Promax is much much better

I don’t know what’s going on with your iPhones, I have an iPhone 15 pro and the camera is really good like the one I had last year on the iPhone 14 pro, did you make an appointment with the Genius Bar?

I had one that was taking awful pics and then they swapped it for another one and I gave the same issues. So I don’t know why some people have the problem and some don’t. I now make sure my flash is on and I’m in front of my ring light and Riki mirror to take my selfies. This makes them not dark.

Ugh im having the same issue,words can not describe how much i dislike the new camera, its fine when you take the picture but then it turns the pic automatically darker and gray looking, i hope the do an update because i truly hate the camera feature, i even use a different camera app but the phone changes the pic to

the awful dark colors

I’m having the same problem! No one has been able to help me find a solution. As of now, I’m using Instagram to take photos’s. The pictures come out great there. Must be something wrong with Apple Camera.

Just got my new iPhone 15 pro as a birthday gift yesterday and sooo disappointed:( My old iPhone XS was taking better selfies than iPhone 15 pro does!

then i turn on the front cam, I can see myself clearly, the image is bright and great, but then I tap the button - the final image in Photos is just awful. Dark and highlighting all disadvantages of the face. I’m afraid to take selfies now because they won’t be good. So sad.