Why do camera lenses need to focus on something? Why can't they just render an image in which everything is clear or maybe only some types of lenses work like that? -
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![The camera on my iPhone 14 pro doesn't focus from about 10 cm with 1x zoom and macro off, this causes not to focus even on apps like wa and Google lens. The camera on my iPhone 14 pro doesn't focus from about 10 cm with 1x zoom and macro off, this causes not to focus even on apps like wa and Google lens.](https://preview.redd.it/the-camera-on-my-iphone-14-pro-doesnt-focus-from-about-10-v0-tlwl25imuwv91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=806a40ab974bca7a305250bde0071eadc4dd8fa6)
The camera on my iPhone 14 pro doesn't focus from about 10 cm with 1x zoom and macro off, this causes not to focus even on apps like wa and Google lens.
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