Ikhamera iba ngenye yezinto ezihlukanisayo phakathi kwamadivayisi aphezulu, sithola ukuthi izinhlobo ezifana neHuawei bezifuna ukwenza umehluko ngqo ngokungeza amakhamera amabili, kepha ama-purist purists afana ne-Sony aqhubeka nokugxila kuzinzwa ezinhle njengompetha we ikhwalithi yamakhamera akho. Ukusebenza kweSony Xperia X sekuyinto ehamba phambili ngokuya ngekhwalithi yezithombe, noma okungenani ihlangana nezingcingo ezimbili ezihamba phambili emakethe ngokuthatha izithombe, besingeke silindele okuncane kwaSony kulokhu, ngoba izinhlobo ezinkulu zisebenzisa izinzwa zazo.
Ochwepheshe be-DxOMark benze uphawu lokulinganisa olujwayelekile kulokhu kusebenza kwe-Xperia X futhi bathathe imizwa emihle, empeleni, bayinikezile amaphuzu angama-88/100, ukuyifaka phezulu kohlu, iboshwe ne-Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge ne-HTC 10. Lokho, akungabazeki ukuthi iSony Xperia X Performance ibe yikhamera ehamba phambili kunazo zonke kulo 2016, okungenani iboshwe ne ezedlule ezimbili. Empeleni, yinto engasimangazi nakancane, mhlawumbe ukucutshungulwa kwezithombe kungumsebenzi weSony osalindile, kepha izinzwa zawo ziyamangalisa, futhi amaphuzu ayadlulisa.
Ngokombono, Ukusebenza kweSony Xperia X kuyakwazi ukuthatha "izithombe ezihlakaniphile" ngenxa yesoftware yayo entsha, kepha lokhu akuzange kuyisize ukunqoba ukucubungula kwe-HTC ne-Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Vele, i-AF ku-Xperia X Performance iyingxenye ye-equation kuphela, kepha kakhulu okufanele ikucabangele. Abafana ekuhlaziyweni abajabule kakhulu nge-Auto HDR yezithombe, yize izengeza ngokunye ukuthuthuka, imibala icace ngokwedlulele, mhlawumbe ayinangqondo, ezoncika kunambitheko yomthengi.