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Why do my pictures darken within the second of opening them in photos?



I would like to report an issue with the camera on my iPhone 15. When taking photos in low-light environments, for example, my tv, the image I see on the screen before snapping is significantly different from the final result. When I open it, I can initially see the background faintly for about a second, mind you, the light behind me was on, but then the image suddenly becomes much darker until the background is almost completely black, as if it had been digitally removed.

This issue persists even with HDR turned off. I cannot recover the details by editing the photo, increasing the brightness, or opening it in other apps. This does not appear to be a simple display issue.

I am requesting a technical explanation and a concrete solution, rather than generic suggestions

2 replies

What format are you shooting? Raw? Jpeg? Whatever?


Generally this happens with raw files with imported images when the preview is OK, but the default raw processing darkens the file a lot, it *should* be correctable.