iPhone 17 Pro Unimpressed with 17 series camera quality

[nunolikeapple]

Yes so far very mediocre performance with 17PM in ProRaw48 mode, much worse comparing to my 16PM or even my old 15PM…

 

[nunolikeapple]

I feel like my 17PM camera is blurry 80% of the time. Anyone else?

Yes i notice that when i zoom in ProRaw48 photos. I need to try the 24mp mode…

 

[Thor_9]

I feel like I recently read that they are indeed using lenses that may have defects and using software processing to deal with it.

Read where?

 

[Thor_9]

Maybe your settings aren’t the same. My 17PM is taking great pictures.

 

[huanbrother]

Hardware wise, not much of an upgrade over the last 4 years.
However, instead of updating the firmware for the camera department, Apple cleverly excuses itself for NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SO "because it is baked into the pipeline" which is BS to me to be honest.

 

[ToddH]

Watch this, says more on the issue as well, 48mp photos are hardly a thing

Well what this guy apparently forgot or didn't know that the 4x has a minimum focus difference in order for the camera to work properly. The 16 pro max 5x camera has a minimum focus distance of 4.5 feet (give or take) and if you are too close, the 1x camera takes over. Same onnl the 17 pro, there is a minimum focus distance. I don't know what it is because I don't have that phone. The Halide app will tell you in settings. As he was taking a photo of his shoes, im sure he didn't meet that minimum and the 1x camera took over. The 1x camera has a minimum of 8 inches. So take that in mind.

 

[ToddH]

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Hardware wise, not much of an upgrade over the last 4 years.
However, instead of updating the firmware for the camera department, Apple cleverly excuses itself for NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SO "because it is baked into the pipeline" which is BS to me to be honest.

Interesting... I figured the 1x & .5x were the same of the length of years. That's why I didn't upgrade this year from the 16 pro max, I got the Galaxy s25 ultra instead. Full control over the camera which is what I wanted using expert raw. Amazing camera quality.