Motorola Edge 50 Pro: JPEG vs DNG

JPEG images from the Motorola Edge 50 Pro are poor quality. They are overprocessed: oversaturated, oversharpened, and excessively noise-reduced.

Fortunately, the Pro mode (in the Camera app) offers the option to shoot in raw (DNG). 

The ultra wide angle and long focus cameras produce poor results due to their tiny sensors (1/3" and 1/3.94"), even in DNG. I rarely use them. The ultra wide angle camera also exhibits significant "mustache" distortion (in DNG/JPEG).

Also note that the macro mode uses the ultra wide angle camera. The resulting DNG contains the entire image without cropping and resampling.

However, the main (wide angle) camera (1/1.55") is quite good in DNG. The resolution and detail are adequate for 12.5MP (raw 50MP data is unavailable).

The image in DNG is obviously noise-reduced by software. However, the noise reduction is rather coarse at high ISO. Additionally, noise remains visible when processing at low ISO (boosting shadows).

Both the DNG and JPEG images taken with the main camera show visible barrel distortion.

Another issue is the slight green tint that is visible under certain conditions. This may be due to ART (raw processor). I now fix this issue by adjusting the white balance during processing.

See also related notes:

• Motorola Edge 50 Pro: Cameras (2025-04-25)
• Motorola Edge 50 Pro (2025-04-01)
• RawTherapee (2022) и ART (2022-03-30)