iPhone SE 3rd gen camera quality after iOS 26.1

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iPhone SE 3rd gen camera quality after iOS 26.1

iPhone SE 3rd Camera Issue after 26.1 Update

Greetings, since I updated to IOS 26.1 from 18.7, my iPhone SE3 camera takes looking pictures. Before the update, pictures were beautiful with great color and contrast, etc.

I don't know how to explain how pictures look after the update, only that they don't look great like before. I just got the update to 26.2 but I'm not sure if the picture quality is any better. I will find out tomorrow when I do some testing.

Is there an adjustment somewhere in Settings to get the picture quality back? I never made any adjustments before updating to 26.1 and pictures always looked great. Note, I updated to IOS 26.1 from 18.7

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iPhone 7, iOS 15

Posted on Dec 14, 2025 1:36 PM

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Dec 15, 2025 5:20 PM in response to iPhoneDewd

I got the pictures looking good again, I found that the update to 26.1 adjusted the camera EV setting to EV2.0. I set it to EV0.0 and now pictures look good.

While I'm here, another thing I'm not thrilled about is the new camera controls. For example, the white shutter control is now in the photo frame and it's distracting in that location not to mention blocking some of the photo view. If there is a way to roll back to the 18.5 camera, please let me know.

Thanks

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