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iPhone 15 Pro Photos are Dark

Pictures are coming out darker after being taken with the front & back cameras. Compared with the iPhone 14 Pro & the iPhone 14's photo looks better. Is anyone else experiencing the same thing with their new iPhone 15s or knows the fix to this? This is frustrating since I need to take photos & videos for work.


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iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 12, 2023 7:53 PM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2023 7:52 AM

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?

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Apr 25, 2024 6:35 PM in response to cinsng

FIX!!!! I just found this in my camera settings for the iPhone 15 Pro after with my photos coming out dark automatically.


Go to Settings then Camera then Photographic Styles. From here you can swipe left or right to change the automatic styling of your photos. The one that was selected for me by default was rich contrast style. After doing tests with multiple styles, I selected the vibrant style, but the standard style will make your photos look the same as you see it through the viewfinder.

Apr 4, 2024 1:06 PM in response to cinsng

Iphone 15 pro max, photos are terrible, blurry and dark, overprocessd to 'watercolor' effect. Portraits are ugly, macros are dark and blurry. Problem is in the software, postprocessing in camera, hope Apple will solve it. RAW should be unprocessed at all, this is the idea of RAW. Instead, they are as ugly as jpeg. Terrible

Mar 28, 2024 7:00 PM in response to cinsng

I hate the iPhone 15 pro front facing camera, period. Like all the others, the photos are dark, grainy, low quality, unflattering. Apple, get it together! This phones front facing camera is absolute garbage, I want a refund!! This angers me more than anything on an iPhone to date! I hope you are listening Apple! Fix the camera!! 😫

Mar 24, 2024 5:19 AM in response to cinsng

I had a iPhone 11 and even that camera took better photos. The iPhone 15 pro is making my photos look grainy or very dark. I look 20 years older. So I tried the burst photos you hold the photo button and immediately swipe left and it stops this. But Apple HAVE TO change this because it looks awful. Only reason for getting this phone was the rave about the camera for it just to be awful!!!!!😤

iPhone 15 Pro Photos are Dark

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