Camera not focusing at 1x on my iPhone 12 mini running iOS 26
I have updated to iOS 26 (iPhone 12 mini with brand new battery). After the update, whenever I try to take a picture with the 1x camera I observe the following behavior: The auto focus works for objects that are very close to the camera. However, all objects that i try to focus further away appear blurred. It seems to be a software issue because in some applications I could have an unblurred preview. However, whenever I take the picture, the picture is blurred [!]. In the past, I’ve experienced a similar behavior, but don’t believe rarely, and the blur always disappeared after for example restarting the iPhone or just after sometime however, this time it’s persistent and it’s frustrating. I just purchased a new Apple Watch and for that I updated to iOS 26 now I can’t use my phone for pictures anywhere which makes it quite useless, nowadays. Is there anybody else with this issue? I have tried restarting the phone. I have tried restarting the camera app. I have tried other camera applications which sometimes behave a bit different but none of them gives me an unblurred picture.
Please help me resolve this problem.
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Original Title: iOS 26: Camera 1x autofocus issue
iPhone 12 mini, iOS 26
