Depends on how much work you want to put in. Shooting with RAW instead of JPEG or HEIF can give you the absolute best photo quality without a doubt! ..... if you know how to edit photos that is. Because that is a requirement when using RAW. If you just want to point-n-shoot without any editing, you're much more limited. Either just take photos the way you normally do, and deal with the way your phone automatically applies processing (boosting saturation, applying sharpening, "HDR" effects.etc). Shooting "bursts" will apply slightly less of that processing, which is preferable for some. Or. If you want realistic "true to life" looking photos, but still without the need to edit them. There are some third party apps that gives you that option. Answer from Deleted User on reddit.com
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reddit.com › r/iphone › what are the camera settings in an iphone store?
r/iphone on Reddit: What are the camera settings in an iphone store?
May 21, 2025 -

So recently I went to the store recently and i compared my iphone 13 camera to the iPhone 13 present in the store there was a major quality diff.. Can anyone tell me why does that happen? Edit: I asked the apple guy he said they make the demo phones different all together.

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reddit.com › r/iphone › how i can get the best camera quality with iphone 13 pro max ?
r/iphone on Reddit: How i can get the best camera quality with iphone 13 pro max ?
June 25, 2025 -

Hi so i have an iphone 13 pro max and i dont like its camera quality tho i see other people have an iPhone and a good quality camera so if anyone here can show me how i should set my settings and etc i will be thankful for that :D ( sorry about my bad english )

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reddit.com › r/videography › hi all, im filming on my iphone 13, standard settings. does anyone know why it is dipping in and out of colour!? this colour is a bright vibrant gold and the phone just wont pick it up, but you can physically see it changing colours throughout the clip. tia
r/videography on Reddit: Hi all, Im filming on my Iphone 13, standard settings. Does anyone know why it is dipping in and out of colour!? This colour is a bright vibrant gold and the phone just wont pick it up, but you can physically see it changing colours throughout the clip. TIA
December 20, 2022 - I dunno if you can, I don't have an iPhone but it looks like it's changing white balance mid shot ... That’s correct and to add to your comment the built in app doesn’t let you lock white balance but third party apps like FilMIC pro will ... I think its autocorrecting the white balance. Basically you dont want anything to be set to Auto. There are "manual" camera apps that let you do this.
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reddit.com › r/iphone13pro › iphone 13 pro camera suckssss
r/iPhone13Pro on Reddit: iPhone 13 Pro camera suckssss
December 23, 2023 -

..sucksss but mostly with selfies and mirror pics. I’ve had this phone for the past year and every time I take a picture or selfie, it makes me look washed out or like a watercolor painting with the auto editing. Has anyone been able to fix this?? I’m really debating on getting a newer phone (even thought about downgrading) but I feel like the issue will still be present. Helppp

Edit: I must say, nature pics and other types of photography/ videography on this phone are great, just struggling with the auto-enhance that takes place on human subjects….

Edit: If you can’t relate or help then why are you here? Everyone saying “it’s just you” is hilarious..but not helpful at all…

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reddit.com › r/iphoneography › what are the best camera settings for people who want the best quality without being required to do editing?
r/iPhoneography on Reddit: What are the best camera settings for people who want the best quality without being required to do editing?
January 15, 2024 -

There’s been posts and lengthy articles on this topic but responses vary and they’re often complicated.

I’ve ruled out ProRes Log, but everything else I’m not sure about.

Here are some examples:

Enhanced Stabilization

Action Mode Lower Light

Auto FPS

HEIF Max or ProRAW Max

Apple ProRes

Prioritize Faster Shooting

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Enhanced stabilization - this will sacrifice the amount that you can “zoom out” on a video in order to produce a video that isn’t shaky. I highly recommend keeping this on. Action mode lower light - this feature uses the ultra-wide lens while shooting. It allows you to move the camera around a LOT and the end result is buttery-smooth. This process needs a lot of light because it’s using the ultra-wide lens, which needs more light to perform well. If you turn this on, they will let you use it in lower lighting conditions than usual, but the quality of the stabilization and overall image will not be of amazing quality. Off is the default choice here. Auto FPS - I actually hate this feature. It will drop your video frame rate if the light levels are very low. When the frame rate is lower, the sensor has more time to capture light in each frame. Basically it sacrifices your frame rate for a brighter image. In reality, the transition is clunky and 24fps looks really bad for anything other than cinema. I gave it a try for about a week, I’ve left it off ever since. HEIF max vs ProRAW - Use HEIF or HEIF Max as your default (HEIF max allows you to zoom in further to your images). ProRAW captures a LOT more data in your images, which allows you to make heavy edits with lighting and color. If you have no intention heavily editing a photo, keep this off… the photos it takes are huge (upwards of 50x larger than HEIF files). ProRES - If you don’t already know what this is, do not use it. This is for filmmakers. This produces MASSIVE video files that will eat up your storage very quickly. Prioritize faster shooting - What’s more important to you? Taking better photos or being able to snap many pictures back to back quickly, but at a lower quality? I keep this off, I want all my photos to be in the highest quality… but your needs may be different than mine.
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Are you talking about still photography or videography? Generally speaking it is virtually impossible to get the image you have in your mind without doing any editing at all.
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reddit.com › r/iphoneography › what is wrong with my camera settings? iphone 13 mini
What is wrong with my camera settings? Iphone 13 Mini : r/iPhoneography
September 22, 2025 - Maybe condensation within the camera ... This is “Smart” HDR which, starting with the iPhone 13 models, is unable to be turned off in the default camera app. It’s the feature that takes multiple photos at once and uses machine learning to blend them together.
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reddit.com › r/ios › iphone 13 pro camera quality and color correction
r/ios on Reddit: iPhone 13 Pro camera quality and color correction
September 30, 2021 - Not seeing an HDR photos show up or this setting in the camera app or settings --> camera ... In the Photos app touch the arrow at the top to open a menu. Scroll to the right and you’ll see HDR.
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reddit.com › r/iphone13promax › what best camera settings for iphone 13 pm?
r/iPhone13ProMax on Reddit: What best camera settings for iphone 13 pm?
November 11, 2025 - Hi all, Im filming on my Iphone 13, standard settings. Does anyone know why it is dipping in and out of colour!? This colour is a bright vibrant gold and the phone just wont pick it up, but you can physically see it changing colours throughout the clip.
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reddit.com › r/iphone › i found a way to get better photos using the front camera!!
r/iphone on Reddit: I found a way to get better photos using the front camera!!
November 20, 2023 -

I just recently discovered that the lighting of the front camera when on video mode is so much better than taking an actual photo. So if you use video instead of photo when taking a selfie... you're actually going to get better results. It's not going to look dark and grayish, AND YOUR PORES AND WRINKLES ARE NOT HIGHLIGHTED. Also, you can just pick the video frame where you look the best.

Edit: This is for those who have iPhone 13 and newer who hate their front camera

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reddit.com › r/photography › how to take good photos using iphone
r/photography on Reddit: How to take good photos using iPhone
October 27, 2024 -

I’m trying to take good picture using my iPhone and I find the sharpness is not great. Any advice?

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First off: good light. If you're shooting in poor light, you're going to get poor photos. Tell the phone what to focus on. Don't just hold the phone up and click. Tap to select what in the frame should specifically be sharpest. And while you're there, adjust the exposure by sliding up and down. Deeper blacks will make things look sharper, and phones tend to want to make a photo brighter when left to themselves. Don't use the physical buttons to activate the shutter. I know Apple just introduced a dedicated physical camera button and that was a big focus of the marketing, but if you're after the sharpest photo you can get, do not use that button to shoot. Or the volume buttons. Use the onscreen shutter button. And don't tap it. That shakes the phone, too. Try to think of it as just TOUCHING the screen. Even better, if you have the option, put the phone on a tripod or lean it on something and use a remote to activate the shutter. But, if you're hand holding, don't hold it out at arm's length and shoot. Hold the phone with BOTH hands, tuck your elbows into your body to brace, hold the phone closer, slowly exhale and at the same time you're breathing out, touch the shutter button.
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I use the Moment camera app, it has a lot of settings similar to your camera, giving you more control over ISO, shutter speed, focus, etc. Also allows you to select which camera you’re using, since the Apple Camera app switches based off what it thinks it should use, even if you have 1x selected. Also, and this requires getting a case and lens, but I use the app in conjunction with their mobile lens, which are nice for taking into the city in my bag without taking a camera.
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reddit.com › r/ios › what in the fresh hell is wrong with my iphone 13’s camera!?
r/ios on Reddit: What in the fresh hell is wrong with my iPhone 13’s camera!?
September 4, 2022 - Just enable "remember camera settings" or something along those lines from settings - camera. so it always stays at -0.3 Continue this thread Continue this thread Continue this thread ...