Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) was launched in India last week starting at Rs. 11,999. We already brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The third-generation Moto G features a 13-megapixel camera that uses a Sony IMX214 Exmor RS sensor with f/2.0 aperture and True-Tone LED flash. This is the same sensor used in the Nexus 6, but this lacks OIS. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture.
The camera UI is simple, similar to earlier Moto smartphones. There is an option to control focus & exposure drag the bracket where you need to set the focus. It also has quick capture feature that lets you just twist you wrist quickly to launch the camera. This doesn’t work every time.
Daylight images and macro shots were good with vibrant color output, but low-light shots has noise most of the time and lacks details. Focus is a bit hard at times using the focus bracket. HDR shots are over saturated and too sharp. Thanks to the True-Tone LED flash, images with flash helps to maintain the skin color and is not overpowering. The 5MP front-facing camera is good for selfies.
Check out the camera samples (Click the image to view the full resolution sample)
Daylight
Macro
HDR
Low Light
Flash
It can record videos at 1080p full HD resolution at 30 fps. Video is good with good details. Audio output is also good, thanks to the secondary microphone. It can also record slow-motion videos at 720p HD resolution. This actually takes videos at 720p HD resolution at 60 fps and reduces the frame rate to 1/4th from the original video to 15 fps, similar to earlier Moto G smartphones. You can even use the editor in the gallery app to edit slow motion videos to make only a part of it in slow motion and the remaining in normal speed.
Check out the 1080p and slow motion video samples below.
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