Action Cameras

[Coby.]

I have no idea about what specs are essential with these.
Basically want one to take on holiday to use when snorkelling/scuba diving and general out and about recording.

Quick Google brought up this as very well reviewed and at a good price.

AKASO EK7000 Pro 4K Action Camera with Touch Screen EIS: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

AKASO EK7000 Pro 4K Action Camera with Touch Screen EIS: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

www.amazon.co.uk

Guessing Go Pro is the Apple of this world as they are ludicrously expensive in comparison.

Any help appreciated.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

As with anything.. you get what you pay for...

First two 4/5* reviews suggested some major flaws and both had replacement units/refunds.

You'll be pissed when you get home and find the whole things corrupted or is inside out and you lost all your holiday footage.

Buy a second hand GoPro ?! I'm sure plenty of people on here would sell theirs or there might be someone to lend you it for a couple of weeks...

 

[Coby.]

Valid point, was just a quick Google and it was at the top of the list.

Time to research which Go Pro will accomodate my needs for as little outlay as possible.

 

[Coby.]

Go Pro Hero Session for sale locally at a good price.

Anyone any experience with one of these?

 

[MarkCup]

As in the little cube one?

I use mine all the time. Apart from the phone app, which you need to set it up, being a little clunky I can't really fault it.

 

[Coby.]

As in the little cube one?

I use mine all the time. Apart from the phone app, which you need to set it up, being a little clunky I can't really fault it.

Yep, Single button On/Off.
Waterproof.

Off to the Maldives later in the year and fancy just seeing what I can record whilst in and out of the sea etc.

Can't really justify £200+ on one with what the wedding and honeymoon is costing.

 

[Coby.]

Or there is a Hero 3+ Black Edition with extra battery and a few other bits for not much more than the session.

 

[djp66]

Or if you want to use it in your car and capture stats (rpm, speed etc) then the Garmin Virb's are worth a look. Get a bluetooth OBD dongle, pair them and then overlay car metrics to your hearts content. Not quite so abundant as GoPros, but still plenty about.

I have an older Virb XE model and it's good enough for me and I hook it into sensors on my mountain bike too.

 

[MarkCup]

GoPro are currently discounting all of the new 7 range.

You can get a 7 white new for £159 which is pretty much the 'new' hero session spec wise.

 

[Coby.]

GoPro are currently discounting all of the new 7 range.

You can get a 7 white new for £159 which is pretty much the 'new' hero session spec wise.

I'll take a look but sounds good, Thanks

 

[Coby.]

Bought the 2nd hand Hero Session today and the seller had a dog harness so strapped it to my energetic Spaniel this afternoon, Obviously the image is quite shaky at times but otherwise fairly impressed.

Have a holiday at the start of May so will try it in the pool and if its not upto the job will see if I can convince her to let me upgrade.

Probably help info had a laptop to edit the videos but baby steps in case I barely use it.