Some Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ owners have complained of a soft area in their photos, something that has come to be known as a “banana blur” due to its shape. It didn’t affect everyone, but those who had it weren’t thrilled that their new flagship 50MP camera had a problem.
Here are some sample photos by Samsung community member s9tralala that illustrate the issue:
Some Galaxy S23 and S23+ units show a ‘banana blur’ when taking close up photos
It seems Samsung has now acknowledged the problem – there’s a post on the Samsung Poland community forum that promises a fix is in the works. The post claims that this will be fixed in a software fix, which suggests that there are no hardware defects.
However, there are no details on when we could expect this fix to arrive. In the meantime, the post offers a couple of temporary fixes:
- Take the photo from at least 30cm away
- Try holding the phone vertically
Here is the salient paragraph from the post describing the issue (automatically translated from Polish):
While testing the camera features of your S23 or S23+, you may have noticed that the area around your subject looks a little blurry when you take a close-up shot. This is because the rear wide-angle camera on the S23 and S23+ has a bright aperture, which helps when taking pictures in the dark. However, this also means that more pronounced selective focus can make the background of your photos look a little blurry.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is unaffected by the banana blur issue (thanks to its focus booster feature, the post claims).
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