Switch to JPG format or use standard lenses until Apple resolves the iOS camera bug.
If you use an iPhone 12 Pro or iPhone 12 Pro Max with Adobe Lightroom on iOS, you may encounter issues when capturing photos in DNG format with the ultrawide lens.
When you attempt to capture a photo with the ultrawide lens and DNG format selected in the Lightroom on iOS camera, the capture fails, or the app automatically switches to JPG. Standard and telephoto lenses continue to capture DNG files without issue, but the ultrawide lens specifically cannot produce DNG output.
This limitation affects only the ultrawide lens on iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max models and is caused by an underlying iOS camera system issue.
An iOS system bug prevents the ultrawide camera sensor on iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max from capturing DNG raw files through third-party camera apps like Lightroom on iOS.
This workaround lets you continue using the ultrawide lens while Apple works on an iOS update to fix the underlying camera system bug. Your JPG captures will still benefit from the Lightroom professional camera controls and will sync across your devices if you have a premium subscription.
- Open the Lightroom camera.
- Select the camera Settings icon.
- Select JPG as the file format instead of DNG.
- Capture your photo using the ultrawide lens.
- Switch back to DNG format when using the standard or telephoto lenses.
If you need raw capture capability for wide-angle shots, consider using the standard lens and cropping in post-processing, or wait for Apple to release an iOS update that addresses this camera system limitation.
