iPhone 14 Pro closeup photography

[nathorpe]

iPhone 14 Pro arrived today. Very happy with it, coming from a 12. As this is my first Pro phone (and first with macro photography) forgive me if this has been discussed to death but I couldn’t find an answer.

So when I was signing in to my banking apps, one wanted me to take a photo of my driving licence as ID. The camera view opened in the app but it would not focus. Obviously when taking a photo in the camera app it will switch to the ultra wide for macro shots, but there was no option to change which camera captures within this banking app. My partner also got a 14 Pro today and reported similar issues taking photos of barcodes in the “scan and shop” app - again nothing close up would focus.

So is that just the way it is now? You need to use the camera app to trigger the ultra wide for macro photography? Or are we doing something wrong? Can we manually trigger macro mode within another app’s camera view?

 

[usagora]

And I'm assuming if you hold the phone further away, it will focus but then the app says it's too far away / you need to move closer?

 

[nathorpe]

And I'm assuming if you hold the phone further away, it will focus but then the app says it's too far away / you need to move closer?

Yes! Exactly this!

 

[usagora]

Yes! Exactly this!

Got it. Don't have a 14, so I can't test it, but hopefully others will chime in who do.

 

[nathorpe]

As it’s my first Pro, I wasn’t sure if it was an issue on the 12 Pro or 13 Pro as well? But surely it can’t have been an issue for two years and no one has pointed it out?

 

[usagora]

As it’s my first Pro, I wasn’t sure if it was an issue on the 12 Pro or 13 Pro as well? But surely it can’t have been an issue for two years and no one has pointed it out?

Never had the issue with my 13PM and I remote deposit checks all the time. Though, honestly, I don't feel like I'm that close to the check for the app (Truist) to be happy with the image. DL is smaller, though.