Campark X20 4K 20MP Action Camera with EIS Touch Screen Adjustable View Angle 40M Waterproof Camera Remote Control Dual 1050mAh Batteries and Kit of Accessories

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  My wife and I film our cat indoors often. I got this as an alternative to using our smartphones.The build quality fits the price. This is where all the savings are.It comes with 1 battery which last 1.5 hours.Remote is not waterproof - currently there is no waterproof remotes in the market for budget camerasProsthe touch screen makes it very intuitive. to change modes and settingsFront LCD screen info is clear, the numbers are big enough to see how long the video has been recording is.It's sharper than the £199 Yi 4k action camera 20MP vs 12MP. See video review I'll include a youtube link to the 4k sample in the comments section.It can handle low lightConsthe tripod mount is only 4 threads making it too shallow for most tripod screws. I needed to add a washer to keep it tight.Photos involving the sky is magenta by Auto setting, you'll need to adjust the white balance manually to correct itPhotos edges of objects like lamp posts have color moire.Focus distance is around 20cm any object under that will be out of focus. Flower photo was the closest I can get. The cat photo was out of focus because of the distance.

I bought this just before a 3 week family holiday to Australia as a backup/extra camera to my GoPro Session. I did purchase a cheaper 16Mp version under a different brand but decided at the last minute that it might be better to spend a bit more and get one with a 20Mp sensor and image stabilization. Overall, it's awesome and I've been utterly delighted with it. Over 4 weeks of use I shot nearly 70Gb of video and still footage from Go-Karting, to wildlife to snorkeling on the barrier reef, it's not let us down once and the image quality has been top notch. The only extras I've added have been a floaty handle for swimming and the extra two batteries and little charger that's £9.99 on Amazon. These are essential as each battery only lasts about an hour an a quarter and on an action packed day out I'll easily rip through all four batteries. So,onwards to the details. First off, image quality is excellent and definitely worth spending the extra for this version over the 16Mp sensor versions. Stills quality is also much improved and for video 1080p and 50fps is the sweet spot, this gives smooth and sharp footage with great colour even when played back on a 70" TV screen. The 2K and 4K setting were a bit jerky due to the lower frame rates so I rarely if ever used them. The smartphone app does all you need and works fine on Android or Apple. The only quirk is you need to turn on WiFi on the camera, then activate airplane mode on the smartphone, then turn on WiFi on the phone and connect phone WiFi to the camera WiFi - and only then open the App itself. If you don't follow these steps and in this order you won't manage to get the app to connect to the camera and you'll get no clues as to why it's not working from either the manual or any on screen messages either. Follow the correct sequence and everything works perfectly, although not nearly as fully featured as the GoPro app it's actually faster and more reliable. With everything connected correctly you can remotely control the camera, view live footage and download footage to your phone and share it online. Find and download the manual from the Campark site, it's pretty detailed, it is accurate and explains all the features well. In daily use, picture quality is excellent, the image stabilisation works well and dramatically improves the footage in comparison to non stabilised footage. Low light performance is definitely grainier and much worse quality than in normal light but I was quite shocked as to how successful it was at capturing useable footage in extremely low light conditions. By extremely I'm talking about underwater in total darkness bar some weak coloured LED pool lighting. The footage was poor but it did work. Around an outdoor dinner table at night with dim lighting the footage was excellent. sound quality is good but not excellent and close not quite as good as my GoPro Session. It works well as close range but doesn't seem that sensitive to sound beyond about 3 - 4 metres range. Once in the underwater housing the sound quality is worse, fine for underwater and in a close range pool environment but using it out of water in the waterproof housing makes voices muffled and less clear. The menu is easy and intuitive, the touch screen and software is fast and responsive, the camera feels well made and has so far proved perfectly reliable. In summary and compared with my GoPro Session, the footage at 1080p is as good as the GoPro, the GoPro might be marginally brighter and sharper but there's virtually nothing in it. I suspect the Campark has the better sensor but the Session has a better quality lens. The GoPro has slightly better sound quality and is waterproof without a housing but you can't change its battery. During a day spent on the Barrier Reef the GoPro was flat and out of action whilst charging from a powerbank after 1 hour whilst the Campark managed 4+ hours of filming via four batteries and by the time the last battery was flat the first two were recharged via the little dual charger and the powerbank and ready for more. Over the course of 3 weeks holiday the telling pint was that when reaching for a camera I kept finding myself grabbing the Campark X20 as opposed to my GoPro Session. The reasons being mainly that the video quality was excellent, the sound quality was perfectly Ok, the battery life through having removable and extra batteries was a huge improvement over the Session, and the touch screen and menu system was much more user friendly that the GoPro Sessions simple two button and tiny screen option. It's great if you just want to turn on or off recording but the moment you want to switch from video to stills or change from 1080p to slow motion it gets very awkward. The X20's touchscreen is way simpler. Even using the buttons on the waterproof case to scroll through the menu options is easier than the GoPro Session alternative. So all in all, excellent camera and well worth the extra money over the 16Mp sensor versions.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  I bought this camera for a trip to The Azores. The camera can struggle to maintain optimal focus in lower light while moving but if kept stable is excellent. In good light, colours are great and the overall image is very good. When used with a gimbal and the image is kept stable, the camera is superb. However, underwater, with the supplied comera housing which is pretty robust, this camera was outstanding and captured some amazing memories on our trip to the Azores. Functionality is very easy with the touch screen and the camera can be inverted easily using the settings to use as a dashcam for which it was simply outstanding. I used the 1080p setting most of the time as I don't have any 4K playback equipment but I am very happy with the picture quality at 1080p. I did a static battery test at 1080p and it lasted 69 minutes, but in regular use, expect around 40 minutes or so per battery. Overall, I am really happy with my purchase but, although it has built-in stabilisation, I recommend using a gimbal to get optimal picture quality. Edit: The uploaded video quality appears to have been compressed but the original quality is outstanding.