I compared the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5's camera with the Galaxy Z Fold 4's, and the results were quite frustrating.
This story is part of our Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 coverage Samsung hasn’t drastically changed the camera setup on the Galaxy Z Fold 5 over the Galaxy Z Fold 4, promising instead that the new processor, lenses, and software changes will see it take better photos than before. To find out if the claim is accurate, I put the two big-screen folding smartphones against each other in a camera shootout.
Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Fold 4 camera specs The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 has a 50-megapixel main camera, a 12MP wide-angle camera, and a 10MP telephoto camera for 3x optical zoom and 30x digital zoom. At the top of the cover screen is a 10MP selfie camera, and there’s a simple 4MP Under Display Camera at the top of the inner screen. These specifications are identical to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4.
Galaxy Z Fold 5 vs. Fold 4: main camera When you compare the two cameras directly against each other, there are genuine differences between the photos taken, but they don’t always result in one camera consistently being better than the other. In fact, going through my photos taken with the two phones’ main cameras, it was hard to find examples from the Z Fold 5 that consistently beat the Z Fold 4.
Here’s another main camera photo, this time taken inside a church in average lighting, and it shows Samsung’s promise to reduce noise in the Z Fold 5’s camera. There’s also a lot more detail and better focus, which can be seen on the walls and the wooden pews. Plus, the Z Fold 5’s HDR does a better job of exposing the bright day outside the window, but again, I think the Z Fold 4’s white balance is a touch more accurate.
Our final wide-angle example shows how our last main camera photo wasn’t necessarily a fluke, as once again, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 brightens the scene considerably compared to the Z Fold 5’s far darker, less effectively exposed image. Remember, both these photos were taken with essentially the same sensor and aperture, and at the same time. The EXIF data confirms the Z Fold 4’s shorter exposure time compared to the Z Fold 5’s 1/3,906 time.
Finally, the photo of the car demonstrates how much better the focus is on the Z Fold 5, with the entire vehicle, right down to the Porsche emblems and logos on the tires, being far sharper in the new phone’s photo. The background gets a similar treatment, while the Z Fold 4 has the same noisy blur seen on the car. The Galaxy Z Fold 5’s 3x optical zoom is a vast improvement over the Z Fold 4’s.Galaxy Z Fold 5 vs.
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