Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Camera Quality
- Muhammad Rehman
- 18 hours ago
- 4 min read
The camera system on the Galaxy Z Fold7 gets a solid upgrade this year, the first one in a while too. The main camera is the most significant upgrade. It now uses the Galaxy S25 Ultra and S25 Edge's flagship 200MP ISOCELL HP2 sensor from Samsung. It's a considerable upgrade over the smaller 50MP sensor from last year.
The ultrawide camera also gets autofocus, but the hardware stays the same. The autofocus feature was a notable omission in previous generations, and it now allows you to shoot crisp, close-up macro stills.
Additionally, the internal selfie unit has been replaced. It now uses the same 10MP shooter as the one on the cover screen, but employs a wider lens with an 18mm focal length. Still concentrating, though. It's perhaps no surprise that the Galaxy Z Fold7 main camera produces virtually identical photos to the Galaxy S25 Edge and the S25 Ultra.
The stills we're looking at have excellent sharpness, a wide dynamic range, and a lot of detail. Samsung's recent shift to a more restrained post-processing is obvious here as the phone offers rather accurate and conservative color reproduction. However, they are far from muted. The Galaxy Z Fold7 is now competitive with other foldables in this regard, but the overall quality is still a little lower than what you'd expect from a flagship phone from 2025.
We can't think of a reason why you would use the unbinned 50MP and 200MP photos, which are okay and not bad. They have a more limited dynamic range, are extremely soft, and offer a little bit more detail. The primary sensor's two-fold crop is, as was to be expected, quite satisfactory in most cases. We see minimal loss in sharpness and detail in close-distance objects, but foliage or fine detail in the distance is often smeared away, possibly due to the noise-reduction algorithm.
During the day, the 3x telephoto camera performs admirably outdoors, but it fails to impress in slightly more challenging lighting conditions. The camera does a good job of capturing fine detail in both close-up and far-away objects in bright sunlight; however, as the amount of light decreases, the quality begins to decline.
Even though the ultrawide camera doesn't sound very impressive on paper, it does a good job of matching the overall processing of the main camera when it comes to still images. Although it does not have the same dynamic range as the main camera, it is unquestionably one of the best ultrawide solutions, even on a flagship phone. On close-up objects, the autofocus captures a lot of fine detail and improves sharpness. The autofocus also enables macro mode.
Sharpness is excellent, colors are muted but not uninteresting, and there is a lot of fine detail. The way the software switches between the main camera and the ultrawide camera when detecting a close object seems to have improved as a result of this implementation. On the S25 Edge, it was a little finicky, but not here. On the inner display, the significant upgrade to the selfie camera is evident. Surprisingly, it is now superior to the outer one. Even though the two sensors are supposedly identical, the only difference is the lens (the inner selfie gets an ultrawide lens with a wider FoV).
The inner shooter typically produces skin tones and colors that are more likable and accurate. If you want better results, you'll need to manually activate the dedicated Night mode because, in typical Samsung fashion, the Auto Night mode rarely activates when the main camera is used. The stills taken in non-Night mode lack fine detail and appear extremely soft. We also notice that some light sources have a tendency to have a cold white balance, which makes them look green. Contrast also needs adjusting.
However, we like the naturally darker shadows. The majority of scenes are significantly altered by the Night mode. In places where there was plenty of light, the Night mode barely made any difference, but in most of our low-light scenes, the dedicated mode fixed the contrast, added some much-needed sharpness, albeit artificial, and produced better colors overall. Additionally, the white balance is improved, and the colors appear much more realistic. Noise also sees improvement.
The small telephoto sensor's limitations become clear here. The non-Night mode stills are extremely noisy, lack fine detail and are way too soft to our taste. Fortunately, the majority of the issues are fixed by the Night mode, which improves sharpness, reduces noise, and brightens the scene. However, even with Night mode enabled, we find the stills to be a bit on the soft side.
The software for Night mode is much more accommodating with the ultrawide camera. It's almost always active, but taking a picture takes a little too long. However, the outcomes are not all that bad. Images are generally clean, with a wide dynamic range and about as sharp as most ultrawide images we've seen from competitors.
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