We're ramping towards the end of 2015 and all of the big players have showed their cards. It is now Motorola's time to stand up and show theirs. But before we dive into the full review, let's dive into the question on everyone's mind for the new Moto X. Are the cameras any good?
Motorola is known for several good things in the industry: like great software & battery life. What has been their Achilles heel since their resurgence is their cameras. This time around things are different as they claim their shooters are better than ever.
This time around they're working w/ a 20MP f/2.0 rear-facing camera w/ dual LED flash and a 5MP f/2.0 shooter w/ a single LED flash on board. We've been shooting w/ it rigorously over the past few days as we were curious ourselves. Our camera test that you've been wanting to know lies below.
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For the most part the entire camera setup in the exactly what you would expect from Motorola. The same swipe from the left to access Settings and swipe from the right to access the Gallery. Its super-fast but I think its time to move on from this layout. It looks like they didn't too much to the actual sensor ability but made to sure to beef up things on the processing side of things.
In great to average lighting, you'll achieve excellent photos & video results. Colors are bright when in HDR or not. The details are good but could be a bit sharper. That's just me nit-picking though. However your results drop drastically in little to low light. Perhaps a OIS would have a made big difference but I'm confident a software update can definitely help out even better.
On the video side of things, things look great in both 1080p & 4K. It even has the assistance of video stabilization to handle all of those shaky situations. This is also good to not have to worry about it. The 5MP selfie shooter is huge improvement as it is good enough. I was nervous about the front flash but its not as harsh as I thought it would be. It will benefit you better in a low-lit environment for a group selfie. Just like on the rear shooter, good lighting is key as darker situation lead to a noisy-looking selfie.
