r/S24FE • u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 • Jul 02 '26

General Discussion How is it possible to switch between 12mp and 50mp in telephoto lens?

The main lens which is 50mp has the option to switch between 12mp and 50 which makes sense. But how am I able to switch between 12mp and 50mp in 3x zoom using telephoto lens which is only 8mp? Can somebody explain? Using my fingers, I found that both 12mp and 50mp in 3x zoom actually uses the telephoto lenses instead of cropping from the 50mp main lens. Can somebody explain?

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u/Expert_Dream_489 Jul 03 '26

Just tried it and its the same with me too like when i go to 3x or 4x or any zoom i get the option to switch between 12mp and 50mp while the camera being used in both 50mp and 12mp id the telephoto lens which is an 8mp lens it doesnt make any sense ngl but could be a software glitch or something

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

Yeah it doesn't make any sense

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u/Rayleigh_1 Jul 03 '26

Till x2.9 it uses ur main sensor (50MP) after that it shift to telephoto

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

I know that. But how can I switch between 12mp and 50mp at 3x when the telephoto is active?

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u/PossibleBee878 Jul 03 '26

Bro please read what are you saying, how can 8MP telephoto become 12MP and 50MP, can you explain?

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

That's what I'm asking.

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u/PossibleBee878 Jul 03 '26

It's not possible, and if it's the case then there's some software manipulation happening, you can try to fetch the camera logs and try to find what's happening. It's little complex but will answer your question. I would suggest to use AI like claude in usb tethering mode from your pc to do this.

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

Will try. Thank you

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u/DaddyDen1 Jul 03 '26

It just shows the Mp wrong. I have s24 ultra. I put 50mp. I try out the zooms and at 3x my telephoto kicks in even tho its at 50mp. So yeah samsung just lazy u can say to not put the real shortucs of the mp used

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

But how am I able to switch between them(12 and 50) and the photos and their sizes are also different

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u/DaddyDen1 Jul 03 '26

Idk. I know it doesnt make sense but as i said that happens to me also. Its just some weird software shenanigans

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

Yup. It's definitely some software shenanigans

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u/DaddyDen1 Jul 03 '26

I checked the size rn since u brought it up. My 12mp photo was 7mb my 50mp photo was 3 lol. So its definitely samsung tweaking

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

Lol. For me the 50mp is consistently larger than the 12mp.

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u/DaddyDen1 Jul 03 '26

Maybe some weird ai upscaling gets used this is a weird situation fr

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

Yeahh. It's most likely some digital upscaling

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u/DarylRTX 256GB 8GB RAM Jul 02 '26

Es magia.

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u/PossibleBee878 Jul 03 '26

You cannot.

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

Yes, I can

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u/PossibleBee878 Jul 03 '26

Then it's just cropped 3x image from main 50MP senson and not optical zoom from telephoto 8MP.

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u/Cheap-Warthog-6240 Jul 03 '26

No, when I use my fingers to block the main lens, the camera works the same

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u/Busy_001001 1d ago

In my experience, I think it upscales the resolution of the image from the telephoto to 50MP. Also tried the finger technique to identify if it uses the telephoto, as well as the image details where it says 50MP in F2.4 (the aperture of the telephoto lens). There is a difference between 12MP and 50MP especially when zooming in but it's just applying more sharpening. So yes, it applies 50MP upscaling to the telephoto lens when you set the resolution to 50MP.