Google Pixel Fold camera: here's what it can do
One of the best foldable phones to be released in 2023 was the Google Pixel Fold, the company's first foldable phone ever. Typical for a Pixel phone, it came with one of the best camera systems on a foldable, rocking versatile hardware and plenty of Google software magic.
Like in other book-like foldable phones, you get a total of 5 cameras, including a wide (main) one, a telephoto, and an ultra-wide. The other two are the selfie cameras, one for each display. With the Pixel Fold 2 expected to come out very soon, let's take a look at the OG foldable Pixel phone and its camera prowess.
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Google Pixel Fold camera: specifications
Main camera
The main camera on the Pixel Fold comes with 48MP with pixel binning, an aperture of f/1.7, 82-degree field of view, and a 1/2" sensor with 0.8 μm pixel size. Of course, it also has optical image stabilization (OIS).
Ultra-wide camera
The Pixel Fold has a 10.8 MP with Dual Pixel autofocus, and it comes with an aperture of f/2.2, a 121.10-degree field of view, and a 1/3" sensor with 1.25 μm pixel size.
Telephoto camera
The third and last camera on the Pixel Fold's back is a 5x (optical zoom) telephoto snapper with, with a resolution of 10.8MP. This one has an aperture of f/3.05, a 21.9-degree field of view, and a 1/3.1" sensor with 1.22 μm pixel size.
The 5x telephoto on the Pixel Fold is also be capable of 20x Super Res Zoom, including while taking video. For taking video, however, users have to use the default camera app (not third-party) and are limited to 1080p at 30 FPS.
Selfie cameras
Front selfie camera
The Pixel Fold has two selfie cameras, one embedded in the cover screen and one inside the unfolding display. The front selfie camera has 9.5 MP, f/2.2 aperture, an 84-degree field of view, and a pixel size of 1.22 μm. It comes with a fixed focus though, so no autofocusing with this one.
This front selfie camera will also be the one that the Pixel Fold will utilize for face unlock.
Inner selfie camera
The selfie camera that sits inside the foldable display has 8MP, an aperture of f/2.0, an 84-degree field of view, and 1.12 μm pixels. Again, the focus is fixed on this one as well.
Camera features on the Google Pixel Fold
If you know anything about the Google Pixel phones, you are probably aware that they are famous for their camera features as much as the photo quality they produce. The Pixel Fold holds up to that standard, featuring Google's special photo-related features.
Rear Camera Selfie
Like with all other foldable phones, one of the best perks with the Pixel Fold is that you can take a much better selfie photo using the main camera, while you frame yourself with the cover display.
Magic Eraser
Magic Eraser is a feature that is already familiar to Pixel owners. It's function is to, as the name suggest, magically make objects, people, or text disappear from the photo to make it look cleaner.
Real Tone
Real Tone is one of the camera features that makes Pixel phones stand out the most. Simply put, it makes sure that any type of skin color comes out as realistic as possible on each photo taken by the Pixel Fold.
Astrophotography
The Pixel Fold is capable of taking photos of the stars, or otherwise called astrophotography. Google uses this opportunity to suggest yet another use of the foldable form factor, showing off the sample images taken while the phone is in tent mode, allowing for the user to also be in the shot.
Super Res Zoom
The Pixel Fold can shoot at 20x Super Res Zoom, allowing you to shoot from very far away, with an image that should look acceptable if we expect the 5x telephoto on the Pixel Fold to perform anything like that on the Pixel 7 series.
Tabletop Rear Camera
Tabletop mode simply refers to placing the Pixel Fold opened like a small laptop, and using the inner camera to take a photo or video of yourself. Again, a shared perk of foldable phones in general.
Slow motion video
The Pixel Fold is capable of slow motion video at up to 240 FPS.
Timelapse
The Pixel Fold can shoot 4K timelapse with video stabilization, and astrophotography timelapse as well.
Other features
Here are some more camera features that come with the Pixel Fold:
- Photo Unblur
- Long Exposure
- Face Unblur
- Panorama
- Manual white balancing
- Top Shot
- Portrait Mode and Portrait Light
- Motion autofocus
- Frequent Faces
- Dual exposure controls
- Live HDR+
- Cinematic Pan
- Fused video stabilization
- 4K Cinematic Pan video stabilization
- 4K locked video stabilization
- 1080p active video stabilization
How many cameras does the Google Pixel Fold have?
Google's Pixel Fold has a total of five cameras: a main wide camera, an ultra-wide, a 5x telephoto, an inner selfie shooter, and a front-facing camera embedded in the cover display.
How many megapixels does the Google Pixel Fold have?
Here is a list of all the Pixel Fold cameras and their respective megapixels:
- Main camera — 48MP
- Ultra-wide camera — 10.8MP
- 5x telephoto camera — 10.8MP
- Cover display selfie camera — 9.5MP
- Inner display selfie camera — 8MP
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