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iphone 15 pro front facing camera

I have recently purchased an iPhone 15 pro, upgraded from an iPhone 11.

so sad to report that the selfie camera produces terrible photos! They are greyed out and skin tone looks absolutely appalling.


Texture is so that a person looks a good 20 years older than they really are, imperfections and pores are seeming magnified and very far removed from reality.


Funny thing is this doesn’t happen while taking the photos, when you’re looking in the mirror front camera, it only happens AFTER the photo has been taken, so I know there is some sort automatic post production iOS is doing that is ruining the photos.


I have turned HDR view off in photos, but even that doesn’t work.

Such an expensive phone and such a large problem. Please help fix this!

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Oct 18, 2023 8:49 PM

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Posted on Dec 3, 2023 6:50 PM

Me too, it's so disappointing!

Apple fix this please!

The post production iOS is doing ruins the photo, it changes all the colours/lights, and tone of skin.

It's very sad.

We should be able to choose wether we want or not to have that auto-processing the camera app does.

This is a software issue because if you take selfies on other apps, like snapchat or insta it doesn't happen!

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Dec 3, 2023 6:50 PM in response to alstar1111

Me too, it's so disappointing!

Apple fix this please!

The post production iOS is doing ruins the photo, it changes all the colours/lights, and tone of skin.

It's very sad.

We should be able to choose wether we want or not to have that auto-processing the camera app does.

This is a software issue because if you take selfies on other apps, like snapchat or insta it doesn't happen!

Apr 25, 2024 3:10 PM in response to alstar1111

Apple, like all large companies, simply doesn’t care that thousands of users have complained about this. Their “specialists” offer zero help aside from linking to some useless & non relevant article, all while completely ignoring the actual question at hand or offering any actual solutions.


The front camera does take awful selfies that look nothing like what’s visible in the viewfinder before the photo is captured.


Just as countless others have mentioned, prior to taking a selfie, my skin looks nice & evenly toned, yet as soon as the image is taken my skin appear all washed out with every imperfection becoming overly prominent (not how a selfie should look).


If any enhancements are to be automatically applied to selfie images, it should be some kind of softening; not added contrast to the skin.


I’m far from alone in this sentiment. Search around online & through these forums. There are thousands upon thousands of iPhone users who share in this confusion, including many prominent social media users who’ve posted their complaints about this. Some have had to resort to taking screenshots to achieve the same unmodified look from what they see in their viewfinder. Though of course this is far from optimal, since you lose all editing ability, lose quality, & are forced to first disable any grids & leveling overlays. Even highly popular websites such as PetaPixel & Yahoo have posted on this, with many commenters mentioning how they’d returned their iPhone because of this inconvenience & Apple’s refusal to provide a simple workaround.


Apple, why not just listen to your customers & allow a simple way to disable your auto applied enhancements to selfie images. Is it that much to ask that an image appear as it does prior to being captured? Is it too much to ask that selfie portraits not make us appear like half dead zombies with awful complexion?


And yes, I’m fully aware that we can make changes via the ‘Edit’ options. I’m a designer & can achieve any look I’m wanting in Photoshop as well. But this of course shouldn’t be necessary, as it’s a complete waste of time… and not all users are all that knowledgeable when it comes to making edits. Based on the numerous other comments that have fallen on deaf ears, I’m under no illusion that my comment here will change anything… but hopefully if enough of us make our voices heard, Apple will be forced to implement this simple yet obviously needed change/solution.

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