Can the Galaxy Z Fold 8 camera keep up? Here are my real-world results
With no telephoto lens and a smaller main sensor, Samsung trades camera supremacy for sleekness.
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I have been using the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 for a few days now, and while I love the new form factor and super light weight of the phone, I wasn't sure if the cameras will be good enough.
After all, with thin designs like this one, companies cannot use the largest sensors, and camera quality typically takes a hit.
So what cameras do you have on the Fold 8? There is two of them on the back.
The Fold 8 features a 50MP main camera with a 1/1.57-inch sensor size. In simple terms, this means the sensor has about 40% smaller surface area than the 1/1.3-inch sensor on the Fold 8 Ultra, so it's definitely a compromise.
The ultra-wide camera on the Fold 8, however, seems to use the same 50MP sensor with a 1/2.55-inch size as the Fold 8 Ultra (and the S26 Ultra for that matter).
Daytime sample photos
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In daylight, I think pictures look fine, but I cannot say that I was blown away with the quality. While 1X photos look usually fine with the typical Samsung color reproduction, which is quite nice, you do notice noise creeping in with 2X photos, especially in slightly dimmer light.
The lack of a telephoto camera is also noticeable when you go above 4X.
Low-light sample photos
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In low-light, the Galaxy Fold 8 meets even bigger challenges.
Images look fine on the cover screen, but when you blow them up on the bigger inner display, you will notice that detail is not as clean as on camera flagships, and some images come out slightly washed out.
Selfies
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You have two options for selfies for both color and focal distance.
I chose the "Natural" color mode (you can also go with "Warm" colors) and I mostly shot with the wider field of view. Samsung's color reproduction for selfies is very pleasing, but detail is not very plentiful.
Galaxy Fold 8 Camera Specs vs Fold 8 Ultra vs Galaxy S26 Ultra
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| Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra | Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra |
| Main camera | ||
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| 50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung GN3 Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm |
200 MP (OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.3" Pixel size: 0.6 μm | 200 MP (OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Aperture size: F1.4 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.3" Pixel size: 0.6 μm |
| Second camera | ||
| 50 MP (Ultra-wide) Sensor name: Samsung JN3 Aperture size: F1.9 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/2.5" Pixel size: 0.7 μm | 50 MP (Ultra-wide) Sensor name: Samsung JN3 Aperture size: F1.9 Focal Length: 13 mm Pixel size: 0.7 μm | 50 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung JN3 Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/2.5" Pixel size: 0.7 μm |
| Third camera | ||
| 10 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung S5K3K1 Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 67 mm Pixel size: 1.0 μm |
10 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Sony IMX754 Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Sensor size: 1/3.94" Pixel size: 1.12 μm |
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| Fourth camera | ||
| 50 MP (Telephoto, Periscope, OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Sony IMX854 Optical zoom: 5.0x Aperture size: F2.9 Focal Length: 115 mm Sensor size: 1/2.52" Pixel size: 0.7 μm |
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| Front | ||
| 10 MP (HDR) | 10 MP (HDR) | 12 MP (PDAF, HDR) |
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Overall, I think that the Galaxy Fold 8 does a good job, but it's clearly not among the best camera phones out there, especially suffering in low light conditions and with longer zooms.
What do you think about the Fold 8 camera quality? Is it good enough for you?
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