The concept of record life is more and more popular now. Capture the wonderful moment in lives always makes people happy. A good action camera will help to keep the good memories all the time. Then, how much information do you know about action camera? And importantly, how to select a suitable action camera? Today I’ll introduce all of the action cameras to you on this post.

 

 

What is Action Camera?

Action camera, sports DV, or action-cam, is a digital camera designed for filming action while being immersed in it. Therefore, action cameras are always compact and rugged, and waterproof at the surface. They typically record photos in burst mode and time-lapse mode with the point of view of the shooter they capture video in the 4K mode as this allows continuous capture of the action without having to interact with the camera or indeed removing it from its housing if an additional protective housing is used. Most records on a micro SD card, and have a Micro-USB connector.

All in all, Action cameras are associated with outdoor sports, and, often attached to helmets, surfboards or handheld stabilizer, are an integral part of many extreme sports such as base jumping and wingsuit flying.

 

 

Above all, as an action camera, it must have:

1.Lightweight and portable

2.Waterproof, dust-proof, anti-collision

3.High definition filming

 

 

So, How to Select An Action Camera?

There are some concepts that you should know before selecting a suitable action camera. They all have the important influence on the performance of action camera.

 

 

Main Control Chip

For an action camera, the main control chip just like the CPU for a computer. It is the core part of an action camera that takes charge of the collection of digital picture and data compression. Therefore, different chips design will offer the different pic effect. So far, there is some main chips supplier that you can choose - Ambarella, Novatek, TI, STK, SQ, Sunplus, Allwinner and so on. Among them, Ambarella and Noatek are better in the aspect of performance than others.

 

Image Sensor

The key element that determines the filming quality of action camera is good or not. Then, how to know about image sensor? The size of the single pixel, total image area, ISO, SNR, dynamic range and so on. What they are, what the image sensor is. By the way, for the image sensor, Sony really does well.

 

Lens

For material, glass material lens does well on the definition. For type, the wide-angle lens is universal now. And the angle is larger, the image is more full. Moreover, the numerical value of diaphragm of the lens is smaller, the light which your camera get is more, and the captured image is brighter. Therefore, if you always utilize the action camera in weak light, you should choose a lens which has a small numerical value of diaphragm.

 

Resolutions

Obviously, the resolution is higher, the fps is larger, the video is more clear and fluent. 60fps 4K action camera is a great choice for people who desire the high-quality video and picture.

 

Some Additional Function You should Notice

1. Anti-shake

With anti-shake function, you will never need to worry about taking a fuzzy video all the time.

 

 

 

2. Time lapse

 

 

3. High-speed burst

 

 

4. WiFi Action Camera or not

5. Loop-cycle recording

6. Motion detection

7. Night vision

8. GPS

9. G-sensor

10. WDR/HDR

11. FPV output

12. Track log

 

Action Camera Recommendation

 

SOOCOO C30 WiFi 170 Degree 4K Ultra HD Action Camera

 

SOOCOO C30 action camera adopts Ovatek 96660 chipset with the IMX078 12MP image sensor, offers the fluent and high definition filming. Meanwhile, 4K ultra HD with 2.0-inch screen design supports real-time viewing. In addition, it also supports burst photograph (3 photos per second), selfie timer, RSC anti-shake, loop cycle recording and motion detection.

 

SOOCOO S200 Touch Screen 4K WiFi Action Camera

 

SOOCOO S200 action camera features 2.45-inch touch LCD screen, easy and convenient to operate. It is equipped with Sony IMX078 sensor that provides the excellent image. Also, supports 4K HD, never need to worry about filming effect. Besides, SOOCOO supports wide angle adjustment, GPS, G-sensor, and remote control.

 

JZZH V1 Mini 360 Degree Panorama Wifi Action Camera

 

JZZH V1 action camera features 360-degree panorama design that can shoot super 3D VR effect video for you. With built-in Wifi, it can upload the data anytime. Mini size, it’s also easy to carry. All in all, it is ideal for vehicle data recording, product photo-taking, sports field, home security, deep water probes, etc, allowing the movie anywhere and at any time.

 

Hope you select a satisfying action camera successfully!