Photographic camera: 16 Megapixels from OmniVision

The Moto G4 Plus features a fifteen.9-megapixel (4608 x 3456, 4:three) OmniVision OV16860 1/2.39" CMOS sensor on the rear, with an impressive one.305 µm pixels; larger than the pixels plant in most high-finish 16-megapixel smartphone cameras. This sensor is paired with a 27mm (effective) f/2.0 lens, and uses both a laser-assisted organization and phase detection for autofocus.

On the front end is a v.0-megapixel (2592 ten 1944, iv:three) OminVision OV5693 1/4" CMOS sensor, with ane.iv µm pixels. It's paired with a 26mm (effective) f/ii.2 lens. Both the front and back cameras are capable of 1080p video recording, along with 540p slow motion at 120 frames per second.

I was very impressed with the Moto G4 Plus' rear camera, making this the first OmniVision sensor I've seen that performs well at its price point. The quality of this photographic camera is a noticeable pace upwards from the 2022 Moto Yard, and information technology comfortably bests the camera of the LG G3, an older flagship that's available at a similar toll.

The level of detail from the 16-megapixel sensor is practiced. When downsized to 1440p or 1080p, shots from the G4 Plus look sharp, and at that place'due south enough resolution for crops and prototype manipulation. When viewing 100% crops, there is an adequate amount of item, although the camera does utilise some processing to ameliorate sharpness that can introduce artefacts. The Moto G 2022's camera is softer, and seems to pack less detail into its full resolution photos.

Dynamic range from this sensor is better than I expected, maybe not equally good every bit Sony'due south latest Exmor sensors, only still very good. Dissimilarity is improved through a fantastic automatic HDR manner, which is applied in all the right circumstances. Bokeh is not specially astonishing from the f/two.0 lens, although I did manage to capture some decent macro photos at times.

Perhaps the virtually impressive attribute of the Moto G4 Plus' camera is fantabulous color reproduction. This camera has accurate metering, which leads to accurate colors that do a great job of balancing saturation and exposure. The photographic camera is particularly proficient outdoors, but colors are also to a higher place average in more challenging lighting, such as indoors. If anything there is a slight trend to requite white areas of images a pink tone, though the issue is very minor.

The G4 Plus' photographic camera isn't perfect, though. Some images I took indoors ended up a touch blurry or out of focus, which indicates the software stabilization isn't great. This device could benefit from OIS, however it'south understandable that this hardware feature hasn't been included at this cost indicate. The good news is that grain is not often an issue, thanks to to a higher place average pixel size.

Low light functioning is okay but non amazing, and that'south what I expected from a mid-range photographic camera system. Again, OIS would improve images here. At that place is a manual mode included in the photographic camera app for adjusting ISO and shutter speed, which can exist beneficial in that you can lower the shutter speed significantly for ameliorate depression light images if your hand is steady plenty.

The camera app isn't particularly impressive. The interface is bones, which does reduce clutter, but additional shooting modes are hidden backside unlabelled and unclear icons. Tapping on the preview adjusts focus and spot meters, and you can slide on the display to adjust exposure. I prefer matrix metering over spot metering, and often when y'all want to adjust focus you lose the ideal exposure. The amount of shooting modes included is very slim: auto, manual, panorama, video and wearisome motion.

My main result with the camera is that the app can take a long time to open and initialize, which slows down the shooting experience. Focus speeds are decent from the laser-assisted autofocus system, just that's of little consequence if it takes more a second to actually open up the app in the first place. Capture speeds tin often be a tad tedious as well.

The front-facing camera is beneath average, which is disappointing. Photos I took in low light in item – cardinal for selfie cameras – were often blurry and lacked detail. It seems Motorola placed a lot of emphasis on the rear camera, with the trade-off being a lacklustre front camera.