Camera difference on the 23 and 23 Ultra

[thefrozenray]

As I'm recommending new phones to a friend, I'd love some feedback on the primary camera differences between the Galaxy S23 and 23 Ultra!

[LongHiker · Accepted solution]

@thefrozenray This info can be found on the Samsung.com web site. You can click the Compare to see the specs directly compared. 

The S23 and S23+ have 30X zoom. The S23 Ultra has 100X zoom. 

[betancd]

To clarify, the S23 and S23U 30/100x zoom are digital (cropped and processed). The max optical zoom on both phones is 3x and 10x. Having used both, you can get good photos zooming in to a max of 10x and 30x digital zoom respectively.

One more difference is the size of the main sensors. The Ultra has a larger sensors which means more light gathered. It is 200MP 1/1.3" sensor. The S23 is a 50mp 1/1.56" sensor.

In real world use, you will see more details if you use the full resolution and lower light ability of the Ultra but I often got better contrast and color on the S23 as the Ultra pictures were often overexposed to my eye. This is subjective to the user of course.

[SamsungModerator1]

Wow! This is amazing!  Thank you for sharing!

[TipsyTrex]

Small correction, the S23 does not have an optical 10x lens, only a 3x, it's 10x is an optimized digital crop. The S23U has both an optical 3x and 10x lens.

[BostonDrew]

Big difference

[Picksomething4me]

Depends how much money they want to spend as well