Solved (kind of)… see t his post. Workaround is to change the module back to legacy and the image fields will work. This is a temp solution until image fields are properly coded for SuiteCRM 8.
https://community.suitecrm.com/t/image-field-not-displaying-the-choose-file-button/84713/11
And here…
https://community.suitecrm.com/t/compatibility-mode-in-suitecrm-8/83355/2