Welcome to Foldables: Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra Takes Centre Stage at 947 Joburg Day

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – September 2026 – When special moments arrive, the best camera isn’t the one sitting safely in a bag, but the one ready to capture them. At a music festival, the second a performer jumps on stage and the crowd erupts, you’re suddenly hit with a frame worth remembering.

For film director and content creator Pedro Ridwan (@Pedrothe3rd), capturing those moments at this year’s 947 Joburg Day meant doing more than simply pointing a camera at the action. Armed with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Pedro brought his own visual perspective to one of Jozi’s live music experiences, capturing and turning the day’s energy into a dynamic portrait of the festival, its crowds and the artists who took to the stage.

The result is a highlight reel that shows the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra’s 200MP camera capabilities when put to the test in one of the most demanding environments for mobile photography and videography: a major live festival.

Concert photography can be unforgiving. Subjects move quickly, lighting changes momentarily, performers can be far from the crowd, and once the sun goes down, capturing detail without noise or losing the atmosphere becomes even more challenging. Add a huge crowd, limited space and the reality of moving through a packed festival, and carrying a full professional camera setup isn’t always practical.

Pedro’s approach demonstrates how the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra can flip that script. With its advanced Ultra camera system, Space Zoom¹ brings distant performers closer, with up to 100x Zoom¹ allowing creators to get into the action without having to physically push their way towards the stage. The ProVisual Engine¹ works behind the scenes to optimise image quality across challenging conditions, while Nightography¹ helps preserve detail and atmosphere when the lighting drops and the performance continues after dark.

When the action gets unpredictable, Super Steady² Video with Horizontal Lock helps keep footage smooth and stable, even when the creator is moving with the energy of the crowd. And for fans who want to focus on a particular performer, My FanCam³ offers another way to put the spotlight where it belongs, helping turn the live-event experience into personalised concert content.

These are technical specifications, but Pedro turned them into creative tools. His footage moves seamlessly between wide shots capturing the scale of 947 Joburg Day, close-up views of performers and detailed moments that impeccably depict the atmosphere of the festival.

But the real advantage of the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra at a live event extends beyond what is happening inside the camera.

It is the foldable form factor itself. Unfolded, the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra’s expansive main display becomes an immersive viewfinder, giving creators a larger canvas through which to frame their shots and see the action. That flexibility takes the relationship between creator and camera to another level. Instead of holding a phone rigidly in front of you throughout a performance, the Z Fold8 Ultra can adapt to the way you want to shoot, whether that means finding a low-angle perspective, setting up a hands-free shot or reviewing footage on a larger screen.

And while the camera is capturing the action, the experience does not have to stop there. The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is built for multitasking and multi-window creation, allowing creators to move between apps, footage and other content without constantly interrupting their workflow. A creator can capture a performance, review a clip, work across multiple windows and use Galaxy AI editing tools to refine content, all from the same device.

That means filming the concert does not have to distract you from the fun of being there. Instead, the experience can happen through the lens of the device. The creator remains part of the crowd, takes in the performance and responds to the moment, while the Z Fold8 Ultra becomes the tool that captures, shapes and shares it.

“947 Joburg Day is the kind of environment where something is always happening, so I was fortunate to have a device that could keep up with that pace without getting in the way of the experience. The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra gave me the flexibility to move between wide crowd moments, details on stage and shots from different angles, while the larger screen made it easier to see and shape what I was capturing. For me, that is what makes it exciting as a creative tool. I’m not just documenting what is happening, I’m able to experience the moment and create from it at the same time,” said Pedro.

The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is therefore particularly suited to content creators working in environments where mobility matters. Rather than navigating a festival with heavy camera bodies, lenses and additional equipment, creators can have an advanced toolkit in a device that fits not only into their pockets but the flow of the experience. That freedom makes all the difference when capturing constantly moving subjects.

At 947 Joburg Day, the camera had to respond to everything from lively performances and dynamic stage lighting to expansive crowd shots and the low-light conditions of an outdoor concert after dark. Pedro’s footage demonstrates how the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is designed to meet those moments in real time, giving creators the flexibility to find their shot rather than waiting for the conditions to become perfect.

Through Pedro’s eyes, 947 Joburg Day became more than a collection of performances but a living, moving visual story, captured from within the crowd and told through the perspective of a creator reacting to moments as quickly as they unfolded.

And that is where the foldable advantage becomes particularly powerful. The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is not simply a high-performance camera that happens to fold. It is a different kind of creative device, bringing an expansive display, flexible shooting angles, powerful cameras, AI-powered editing and multitasking into a form factor designed to move with the creator.

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With the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra in hand, you can break the barrier between professional capture and spontaneous creation, thus highlighting the freedom creators have to document big moments with fewer compromises and far less equipment.

No Bad Seats with Galaxy

At a festival like 947 Joburg Day, there is no single place where the best moment happens. It might happen on stage, somewhere in the crowd, in the reaction of the person next to you, or in a split-second moment that’s easy to miss from a distance. With Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, there are #NoBadSeats, whether you are close to the stage or catching the action from further back, Galaxy gives you the tools to find your perspective, get closer to the moment and capture it your way. Because when the experience is this big, your position should never decide what you get to see or capture.

1. Results may vary depending on light condition and/or shooting conditions including multiple subjects, being out of focus or moving subjects. ↩︎
2. Super Steady results may vary depending on editing method and/or shooting conditions. ↩︎
3. My FanCam feature requires a Samsung Account login. Availability may vary by video. Not supported if there is no subject to track. Accuracy of results is not guaranteed. ↩︎