Moto X 10 MP Clear Pixel Camera Review with Samples

# Moto X Camera Review: A Detailed Look at Its Performance

## Introduction

Hello everyone! I have this Moto X here, and today we’re going to be doing a camera review. Let me tell you about the specs first. This Moto X has a 10 MP rear-facing camera with Clear Pixel Technology, which is supposed to perform well in both good lighting and low-light conditions. The front-facing camera is also 2 MP, and both cameras can record videos in full HD (1080p).

One of the standout features of this Moto X is how easy it is to open the camera app. Since it’s a Moto X, there are plenty of gestures you can use. For example, you can just twist your hand like this, and the camera directly invokes. That makes it super quick if you want to take a snap without fumbling with buttons.

## Camera App Features

Let me show you the camera app interface. By default, sliding here takes you to all the settings. We have HDR mode, which you can set to Auto or force it on. I keep the flash on Auto because it helps with tap-to-focus functionality. There’s also a slow-motion option for videos, and you can toggle panorama mode if needed.

The settings are pretty basic—there’s no advanced stuff like exposure adjustment. To take photos, you just select an area, and a green icon appears when it’s ready to capture the shot. It’s not the fastest camera out there, but it gets the job done. You can also hold it like this for burst shots, though it’s not the fastest in that mode either.

## Sample Photos and Outdoor Performance

Let me show you some of the photos I took with this Moto X. These were shot with the rear-facing camera, and overall, it does a decent job outdoors. However, there are a few things to note. For example, if you’re not careful, you might end up with blurred pictures because the focus can sometimes be off.

Here’s a closeup shot that turned out pretty well. This one was taken using HDR, but even then, it came out slightly overexposed. I noticed that the contrast and color saturation could use some improvement. In non-HDR mode, the photos come out okay, but they’re not as vibrant as they could be.

## Indoor and Low-Light Performance

Now let’s talk about indoor performance. These pictures were taken in semi-indoor conditions with a mix of artificial and natural lighting. The Moto X did a decent job here, especially considering there was no flash used. In fact, when I tested it in my office under completely artificial light, the photos came out surprisingly clear without any noise.

That’s impressive because other Android devices with higher megapixel counts would have struggled in such low-light conditions. For instance, comparing it to the Samsung Note 3 Neo (which has an 8 MP camera), the Moto X performed much better indoors. It even held its own against the Galaxy S4 and Xperia T2 Ultra, both of which have 13 MP cameras but didn’t do as well in low light.

## Video Recording Capabilities

Let’s move on to video recording. I’m shooting this video at the highest resolution possible (1080p) with the Moto X. Unfortunately, there’s no tap-to-focus feature here, but the autofocus works pretty well even when moving quickly around. Here’s a quick demonstration of how it handles different lighting conditions—first in full sun, then in partial shade, and back to sunny again.

## Software Limitations

One area where the Moto X falls short is software features. The camera app doesn’t offer any manual mode, which limits creative control for those who want more advanced settings. Additionally, using tap-to-focus can inadvertently adjust the exposure, so you need to be careful not to overexpose or underexpose your shots.

## Overall Impression

In conclusion, I think the Moto X’s camera does a decent job overall. Its strength lies in indoor and low-light conditions where it performs better than many high-end Android phones with higher megapixel counts. However, there’s room for improvement, especially outdoors where photos can sometimes come out overexposed or lack sharpness.

That said, I’m really impressed by how well it handles artificial lighting, which makes it a great option for photography enthusiasts who prefer shooting indoors or in mixed-light environments. If you’re looking for a phone with solid camera performance in such conditions, the Moto X is definitely worth considering.

Stay tuned for more in-depth reviews of this Moto X and other devices on my channel! Thanks for watching, and don’t forget to like and subscribe if you haven’t already.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there I have this Moto X and this is ranit and we'll be doing the camera review in this uh video this Moto X has that 10 map RAR facing camera uh with the clear pixel technology uh the thing is that uh it's supposed to do uh great and low lighting also and the front facing camera is also 2 map uh and both these cameras the rear facing as well as the front facing camera can record video in full HD that's 1080P and uh you can unlock the device and open the camera app like this but actually as it's a Moto X we have a lot of guestures and you can just do this simple guesture just twist your hand like this and the camera directly invokes and that way you can quickly take this nap and this is the front facing camera and as you can see it's pretty clear let me switch back to the 10 map rear facing camera and by default if you slide here you'll get to all the settings we do have the HDR mode uh you can set it at Auto or force it to on we also have the flash again I'm keeping the flash to Auto and by default this won't be enabled but I would suggest that you enable this because this helps you to do the tap to focus and I've enabled that we also have the slow motion option if you want for videos this is the panorama mode location settings you can shut off the shutter sound if you want and this is that shake to unlock uh and activate the camera so these are the settings again if you notice very basic settings we don't have advanced settings like exposure adjustment Etc and to take the shots it's pretty easy just select an area and this green icon comes and you just tap in and it takes the picture it's not the fastest I would say in taking the pictures but it's relatively uh okay I would say and you can also just keep it like this and now it's kind of burst shot but not the fastest in the burst burst shot so let me show you these pictures and I've actually taken a lot of pictures and even videos with this I'll show you all those pictures in full screen mode so that you can get a better idea regarding the camera performance of this Moto X these pictures were shot with the rear facing camera of the Moto X and I would say it does a decent job outdoors and you can also get some interesting effects like bouet uh but you need to be careful otherwise it can get blurred pictures come out to be a little bit bright but I notice sometimes it can get Overexposed uh here this one came actually pretty good this is again a closeup this one was taken using HDR and it came out nice but it was a little bit Overexposed I also noticed that the contrast could have been a little bit better and here also the colors are not that Punchy and this was taken in non HDR mode and this came out to be okay and these are some more shots overall I would say it does a decent job but the color saturation and contrast could have been a little bit better recording this video with the Moto X at the highest resolution possible that's uh 108 ATP we do not get any tap to focus and the audio that you're hearing is also being recorded by the internal microphone of this Moto X and I'm just going to walk around this is my roof garden and we'll just slowly uh pan now and there's a little bit of sun shining uh in this area and I'll just quickly move to area where there's a little bit of Shadow now this is the shadowed area and back to the sunny area now I'm just going to walk back normally so this should give you an idea about the video recording capabilities of this uh Moto X outdoors in natural lighting now these pictures were taken in semi-indoor condition and here this is an interesting picture uh the picture came out to be okay in sharpness but the color was out of place these are some trick tricky areas and here in fact the Moto X did actually a pretty good job there is artificial light and natural Lighting in this area now all these pictures were taken in artificial light in my office and if you notice the Moto X actually does a very good job there is almost no noise and I kept the flash to Auto and the Flash was not firing then also the pictures came out to be really good so the claim of Motorola of getting decent pictures even in low lighting and artificial uh lighting seems to work and if it was any other Android device it would have fired the flash here I forc The Flash in fact in low lighting I feel that this Moto X did a much better job than even the Galaxy S4 and the Xperia T2 Ultra those have 13 megap camera I'm recording this video in completely artificial light in my office I'm just going to move around uh to see how well it's autofocusing because we don't have any tap to focus looks like the autof focusing is pretty good uh as you can see the objects are in Focus even when I quickly just move around yes there is a little bit of hunting let's see yes it is doing a good job of autofocusing uh so this should give you an idea about the video recording capabilities with this Moto X uh indoors and completely artificial lights so what do I feel about the camera performance on this uh Moto X as we have seen from the sample pictures and shots uh I would say the camera does a decent job Outdoors or the pictures came out to be nice but sometimes as I mentioned uh there was a little bit of overexposing at times but for photographs that you take indoors and an artificial light I would say this Moto X camera does actually a much better job compared to many of the Android phones that have even a higher megapixel count on their cameras and even if you look at the Samsung uh Note 3 Neo that has a 8 megapix camera I just did the camera review yesterday indoors the pictures that I took with this Moto X came out to be a lot clearer so in indoors I would say it doesn't uh actually a pretty decent job uh but outdoors I would say the pictures could have come out to be a little bit better one place where I found the Moto X camera to be lacking is the actual software that is provided uh you have very less features and actually you don't get any manual mode so if you like to manually adjust stuff it is difficult also when you use that app to focus it also adjust the exposure uh so you need to be careful with that because you can overexpose or underexpose if you're doing that so overall I would say the camera is actually pretty decent and in fact the strength lies in artificial and indoor lights it does a much better job than many of the other high-end Android phones but again no way this is the best Android phone camera out there I'll also be posting the full in-depth review of this MotoX very soon so stay tuned to my channelhi there I have this Moto X and this is ranit and we'll be doing the camera review in this uh video this Moto X has that 10 map RAR facing camera uh with the clear pixel technology uh the thing is that uh it's supposed to do uh great and low lighting also and the front facing camera is also 2 map uh and both these cameras the rear facing as well as the front facing camera can record video in full HD that's 1080P and uh you can unlock the device and open the camera app like this but actually as it's a Moto X we have a lot of guestures and you can just do this simple guesture just twist your hand like this and the camera directly invokes and that way you can quickly take this nap and this is the front facing camera and as you can see it's pretty clear let me switch back to the 10 map rear facing camera and by default if you slide here you'll get to all the settings we do have the HDR mode uh you can set it at Auto or force it to on we also have the flash again I'm keeping the flash to Auto and by default this won't be enabled but I would suggest that you enable this because this helps you to do the tap to focus and I've enabled that we also have the slow motion option if you want for videos this is the panorama mode location settings you can shut off the shutter sound if you want and this is that shake to unlock uh and activate the camera so these are the settings again if you notice very basic settings we don't have advanced settings like exposure adjustment Etc and to take the shots it's pretty easy just select an area and this green icon comes and you just tap in and it takes the picture it's not the fastest I would say in taking the pictures but it's relatively uh okay I would say and you can also just keep it like this and now it's kind of burst shot but not the fastest in the burst burst shot so let me show you these pictures and I've actually taken a lot of pictures and even videos with this I'll show you all those pictures in full screen mode so that you can get a better idea regarding the camera performance of this Moto X these pictures were shot with the rear facing camera of the Moto X and I would say it does a decent job outdoors and you can also get some interesting effects like bouet uh but you need to be careful otherwise it can get blurred pictures come out to be a little bit bright but I notice sometimes it can get Overexposed uh here this one came actually pretty good this is again a closeup this one was taken using HDR and it came out nice but it was a little bit Overexposed I also noticed that the contrast could have been a little bit better and here also the colors are not that Punchy and this was taken in non HDR mode and this came out to be okay and these are some more shots overall I would say it does a decent job but the color saturation and contrast could have been a little bit better recording this video with the Moto X at the highest resolution possible that's uh 108 ATP we do not get any tap to focus and the audio that you're hearing is also being recorded by the internal microphone of this Moto X and I'm just going to walk around this is my roof garden and we'll just slowly uh pan now and there's a little bit of sun shining uh in this area and I'll just quickly move to area where there's a little bit of Shadow now this is the shadowed area and back to the sunny area now I'm just going to walk back normally so this should give you an idea about the video recording capabilities of this uh Moto X outdoors in natural lighting now these pictures were taken in semi-indoor condition and here this is an interesting picture uh the picture came out to be okay in sharpness but the color was out of place these are some trick tricky areas and here in fact the Moto X did actually a pretty good job there is artificial light and natural Lighting in this area now all these pictures were taken in artificial light in my office and if you notice the Moto X actually does a very good job there is almost no noise and I kept the flash to Auto and the Flash was not firing then also the pictures came out to be really good so the claim of Motorola of getting decent pictures even in low lighting and artificial uh lighting seems to work and if it was any other Android device it would have fired the flash here I forc The Flash in fact in low lighting I feel that this Moto X did a much better job than even the Galaxy S4 and the Xperia T2 Ultra those have 13 megap camera I'm recording this video in completely artificial light in my office I'm just going to move around uh to see how well it's autofocusing because we don't have any tap to focus looks like the autof focusing is pretty good uh as you can see the objects are in Focus even when I quickly just move around yes there is a little bit of hunting let's see yes it is doing a good job of autofocusing uh so this should give you an idea about the video recording capabilities with this Moto X uh indoors and completely artificial lights so what do I feel about the camera performance on this uh Moto X as we have seen from the sample pictures and shots uh I would say the camera does a decent job Outdoors or the pictures came out to be nice but sometimes as I mentioned uh there was a little bit of overexposing at times but for photographs that you take indoors and an artificial light I would say this Moto X camera does actually a much better job compared to many of the Android phones that have even a higher megapixel count on their cameras and even if you look at the Samsung uh Note 3 Neo that has a 8 megapix camera I just did the camera review yesterday indoors the pictures that I took with this Moto X came out to be a lot clearer so in indoors I would say it doesn't uh actually a pretty decent job uh but outdoors I would say the pictures could have come out to be a little bit better one place where I found the Moto X camera to be lacking is the actual software that is provided uh you have very less features and actually you don't get any manual mode so if you like to manually adjust stuff it is difficult also when you use that app to focus it also adjust the exposure uh so you need to be careful with that because you can overexpose or underexpose if you're doing that so overall I would say the camera is actually pretty decent and in fact the strength lies in artificial and indoor lights it does a much better job than many of the other high-end Android phones but again no way this is the best Android phone camera out there I'll also be posting the full in-depth review of this MotoX very soon so stay tuned to my channel\n"