Whenever I open the camera, the quality looks fine, but after capturing the picture, it turns out terrible. The picture has a grainy and noisy appearance even in good lighting. When I compare the iPhone 12's front camera with the iPhone 15, the better quality comes from the iPhone 12. I don't know what it is, but it seems like Apple may have compromised the front camera quality this time.
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iPhone 15
I think I SOLVED this. READ BELOW
I bought the iPhone like 2 months ago, and tried everything, believe me everything. I even have like 10 apps that take photos and compared everything. I'll here write a "guide" to kind of solve this nightmare.
(However, APPLE SHOULD KNOW THIS IS NOT OK. Clearly people who don't like taking photos don't care about the camera, but we, who like taking selfies sometimes, are so disappointed).
Well.
1- At the settings, search "View full HDR". Let me explain: this is an option that comes by default activated. I thought this did nothing but it actually does. A month ago I tried that solution but I didn't like it. Today I understood... View Full HDR is just a thing made for the native iPhone Photos App. So, actually the horrible selfie you are seeing in the photos app is "not that horrible" if you find the photo via instagram's photos gallery. (But it's still horrible). First step is deactivating View full HDR.
Test it yourself like this: go to a place in your house with a nice light, (not direct sun) but a sunny day maybe. Take a selfie, and a milisecond after that, take a screenshot also.
If you have View full HDR activated, the screenshot and the photo will look VERY different. But if you deactivate it, it will start looking a little better.
Take into account that, since this is as I said, something for the Photos App; deactivating it will show photos the way they would actually upload in instagram. (So, for me, it's a good idea to deactivate it) (Activate it just for landscapes).
2- OK, now that you deactivated the fullHDR, also, let's adjust the exposure on the camera app. Go to the cam, and touch the little triangle. Then touch de + - icon and put more or less +0,7
(The idea is having this forever, so in the configuration of the iPhone camera you should activate Preserve configuration of Exposure Adjustment).
This will take more lively photos and your skin won't look grey.
3- Ok now that we have done those steps, go to settings again and in Camera/formats activate ProRaw control.
Now, before taking the selfie, make sure you hit the button "RAW". (You can also preserve this in settings).
We're done.
Conclusion: Now take selfies like that:
RAW + no view full hdr + exposure 0,7
This way, the photos will look very veryyy similar to what you see before taking them.
You may try comparing your "fixed selfies" to selfies took in Instagram. Both of them may now look nice.
The instagram ones a little darker maybe, because in ur photos app you have a little more exposure.
OPTIONAL WORKAROUNDS
a- Take videos instead of selfies
b- Use a third party app. I like Yamera
c- Take selfies in Portrait mode and put studio light. Modify the amount to your wish.
d- Take selfies without doing anything I said, but after taking them, put edit, and push the button above on the left, the one that looks like an hexagon so you can add "studio light" to your pic. This will make it look nicer.
NICE APPS TO HAVE and edit the photos a little more (Strongly suggested)
Lightroom, Peach, SODA
APPLE: PLEASE JUST MAKE THE SELFIES LOOK LIKE THEY LOOK ON THE SCREEN BEFORE TAKING THEM.
Same with me.i bought I phone 15 thinking that it will have best camera performance.honestly I got utterly disappointed with reality. All my selfies are terribly pathetic.photos are getting washed out. Faces are looking terribly ugly.my years old Samsung doing great job when I am comparing it with this costly phone.
Selfie camera also lagging, when you press button, it makes photo after 3-5 seconds or so, it happens not all the time, but specially on night mode. Apple please fix selfie camera lagging and grainy, noisy quality.
For the love of god, address this issue and release a software update that fixes this!
I’m a designer and being in the creative industry i could notice the grainy, oversharpened bad photo quality immediately. Why the supposed top tier phone in the market takes horrendous selfie pictures? You’re doing your loyal customers dirty and your reputation will not be the same after this.
”Upgraded” from an iPhone 12 yesterday to the 15 Pro. I assumed I would be getting the best camera available on Apple products. This was essential to me because I’m traveling this year and wanted to document my trip with great photos. I took a selfie today and was horrified with the quality. The picture was so grainy and harsh, this needs to be fixed ASAP. My 2007 flip phone has a better camera quality than this piece of junk.
Whenever I open the camera, the quality looks fine, but after capturing the picture, it turns out terrible. The picture has a grainy and noisy appearance even in good lighting. When I compare the iPhone 12's front camera with the iPhone 15, the better quality comes from the iPhone 12. I don't know what it is, but it seems like Apple may have compromised the front camera quality this time.
Please solve this problem #apple
So i’ve upgraded for the first time in a long time. I had the XR and the XS and have upgraded to the 15 as i’m a Photographer so wanted a decent camera for my reels. Ohhhh myyyyy godddd! How bad is the front facing camera? It’s over sharp, grainy with quite a lot of noise, blown out highlights and makes you appear like a grey alien! I wasn’t expecting this in the slightest. I actually thought I was looking quite old and was on that downward spiral, but what I see on screen is not what appears once I click capture. Come on Apple, sort this out!
I could not agree more. I am in total SHOCK with the camera quality.. my iphone 12 camera was one thousand times better. I have never regretted a purchase so much in my life. Really hope this gets fixed asap or we get our money back.
I totally agree. It’s only when it captures the photo though. Thru the front camera lens it looks good? But when I go to snap it, it’s SO GRAINY!!!!!!! And the front camera turns out SO blurry sometimes if you don’t have the flash on? apple has so many features but they can’t get the most basic one down. Can you let me take a decent picture? My XR took better photos. Sooooo disappointed in apple. I swear every year the quality of the products they release go down. Just not worth the money at this point.
me too I am very disappointed with the quality whether before or after taking the photo but after capturing the picture looks a lot worse too like a cheap fake phone unlike any previous Iphone camera this is worse beyond imagination
Same issue here… just bought a new iPhone 15 pro max. When I open the front camera the quality looks great and when I take a selfie the quality is terrible. My face looks grainy and smoky, even the picture was taken in daylight. My old iPhone 12 Pro makes much better selfies. Apple, please address the issue and fix it 😢
THIS!!!! I am so upset that I upgraded to the 15! Upgraded isn’t even the word I would use! The camera is awful the phone glitches CONSTANTLY! My 12 was a thousand times better!!! I feel like I threw my money in the trash!
We have to make this issues going viral so Apple will.change, otherwise is a waste of money I don't think it's the software I doubt it's the hardware issue.
Changing to 15 pro max was a disastrous downgrade since the X camera is still even better.
Apple has made a gravely mistake this time.
I find it hard to trust any of the nee upcoming Apple product from now on.
I have the exact same issue with my iPhone 15 Plus. I really haven't taken any pictures since getting this phone. This phone was far inferior than my Android one. It is quite disappointed to spend so much money and not have a nice camera; Apple has to fix this and update the software.
For months everyone on this site has mentioned the same issues and Apple has failed to provide any updates to resolve these issues.
Unfortunately, I’ve lost hope and believe that Apple will resolve this matter by launching iPhone 16.
Why is my iphone 15 pro max photos terrible grainy, out of focus and the color is totally off! It cannot render darker skin tones correctly in both daytime and night time as well. The contrast is horrible.
ive been trying different styles and options but doing a quick search only confirms what im experiencing.
iPhone 15 front camera issues
