Iphone 7 camera very slow to capture

Thank you for doing that. I haven't had a good way of showing it. I've also reported it to Apple. I can't believe this goes unnoticed by so many people. I spent the afternoon at the park with my kids and while I got some great still shots, any moving shots were literally failures every time due to this issue.

TBH I'm not convinced the photo quality is much better on the 7 anyway in general, short of the really lower light shots.

Their optical stabilization is so good that they pushed it to limits this time. iPhone 7 captures at the lowest possible shutter speed and that's the culprit. For static shots it brings out some of the best colours and low noise without artificial noise reduction which is clearly apparent on s7 (I'm using that too and pixel).

And the problem is not with hardware. Is purely software because apple chose to go for lowest possible ISO to keep noise to minimum as they don't implement too much apparent noise reduction to keep shots as natural as possible

I'm saying all this after extensively using Adobe LightRoom. There's no shutter lag after first click once app starts running. And you can easily increase iso to compensate for shutter lag. It works wonders. Now I hope apple fixes it soon.

What I would request is each one of us makes it a point to register a complaint with them by as many users as possible.

I could understand that logic in lower light. But in well-lit situations, it shouldn't be behaving like that, and I can't see why they would do that as there isn't near the need for noise reduction in good light. I also can't seem to pinpoint exactly what triggers the issue...

For example - daughter on a swing, full sunlight, etc... this problem rears its ugly head in the highest fashion... even if it happens to catch her face, it's very blurry.

But a different example - driving down the street, trying to take a quick picture of a sign passing by me. Sometimes this delay happens and it misses the sign (but is still a clear picture), other times it takes the shot instantly and captures the sign perfectly.

In other words, I can't figure out what type of motion is making it happen.

You're probably right, it's just very frustrating with kiddos... to the point where I'm close to going back to the 6S, as probably (rough estimate) 30% of the photos I take on my phone are when we're outside doing something active, and the 7's camera is almost useless in those scenarios. But in non-movement situations (or low movement) it can take some incredible shots.

Absolutely. That's even more frustrating. Try adobe lightroom. After launching the app the first click might seem slow but successive shots have absolutely no shutter lag. And that is expected (slighest lag on first click) from a third party app. But there are no lags in shutter thereafter.

Sounds like a hardware issue to me since you have restored it. I would suggest taking it back to an Apple Store for testing. I have a 7 128GB and my camera is not giving me any issues.

You are welcome. Good luck, you should not have to put up with this with a new phone.

SO you know you're not alone I'm having exactly the same problem with the camera and its driving me crazy. Every day as part of my job I take pictures of dogs running about, so high speed action type photos. When I press the shutter the camera can take perhaps a full second before the capture...by which time it's all over or I get a pic of the dogs bum passing by! Upgraded to the 7 from a 6s specifically for the camera improvement, but right now it's all but useless to me. 😟

I have exact same issue. Slow to focus, even slower to capture. And resulting either a miss or a blurred picture. Upgraded from 6s to this 256GB iPhone 7 and this is really disappointing. The most annoying part is that it's not too obvious like it's broken so I could take it to an apple store. But it's definitely happening... Please post if anyone got it resolved by any means.

To follow up...Well I called Apple and credit where it's due the service was excellent. I told them about the issue I was having and they agreed that it shouldn't be like that and asked me to return the phone by post to exchange it for a new unit. The exchange took only 3 days from start to finish by post which is pretty darn impressive. Top marks for service.

However the replacement is no better. This is clearly an inherent issue with all iphone 7's. It's just that most users who aren't relying on their phones to take action photos aren't going to notice the delay as I do in my daily work.

I've since reverted to using an iphone 6s ( which has no such issues with shutter speed) and am considering cancelling my contract and returning the iphone 7 as it really is a pointless upgrade for me when taking photo's is my main reason for having it.

Iphone 7 pictures are lovely...as long as the target isn't a moving one!

Is it hardware or software ??? That is the question. If the latter then I suppose there is hope for a fix. We just want it to work at least as well as our older phones.

Is anyone from Apple reading this?