Can this $5 action camera compete with a GoPro?
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2020
- A few months ago I searched for the cheapest action camera (with shipping) that I could find on the whole Internet. After over a month, my cheap action camera finally arrived in a completely mangled box.
This action camera was $5 with $10 shipping, and today we're going to put it against one of the best cameras on the market, the GoPro Hero8. In the video, I refer to the camera as $4, but it was $5. If you find it on Amazon right now it'll probably have a different price.
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The footage looks like archival shots of someone in a documentary about how they died, disappeared, or was murdered
Shawn ‘the berm peak witch project’
Lmao
Jack Simmonds that’s gold
You mean found footage?
The 5 dollar cam looks to be ISIS quality footage. 😳
Worth a shot though 👍🏻 The Akaso V50x is really good for 99🦌
This must be the camera every bigfoot sighting was filmed with.
You'll never find me tho
Well thanks mr. obvious
Big foot yeti what a coincidence 😂😂
@@andrewbell3822 You're not real lol
@@randel9658 You're an idiot lol
I had high expectations for that 4 dollar camera for some reason 😂
I mean for 4dollars you can’t complain
@@cardboardtruck1009 insanely good for 4 dollars
@@user-lh5hl4sv8z yeah
its HD 1080p
@@aark69 “HD”
Im late but, that 4 dollar action cam gives me the feeling of recording in the 90s
My thoughts exactly
It probably is 90s technology
90s skate video
Total dad cam vibes.
One thing I legitimately like about the cheap one, is that it gives super authentic retro '90s camcorder vibes. If you told me that stuff had been recorded in 1994, I'd believe it.
"Dad cam"
@@ianwish5738 bro 😂😂😂
Legit - using it today would let you make skate videos that look like the OG 80's/90's shit
I thought the same. Reminded me of a Bones music video
Every video on RUclips in the early days looked just like that. I felt like I was travelling back in time.
The sports camera is what footage of bigfoot is filmed on.
😂
You beat me to this comment! 😂
HAHA totally big foot footage
😂
Now they know what to bust out when they send their buddy through the woods in a costume.
Give me oscar the frenchie and a DJI action 2. hahaha.
Not too keen on super cheap options quite frankly. My DJI action camera 2 serves me just fine.
Sports Cam, for when you get bitten by that 90's VHS camcorder nostalgia bug
exactly what I thought XD
That's what I was thinking! I could totally use it in a retro bmx/skate edit to take little clips
might get one just for this
But it isnt even really usable for bmx or skating videos since it has such shitty visibility lol
Like the "dad cam" from the ifht guys
this looks like hidden camera footage in an undercover investigation documentary lmao
haha
Or the camera they used to catch footage of bigfoot
@@americantrailrider7031 Why don't they use a high quality camera... You have one job
Blair Witch Vibe in the palm of your hand.
I haven’t seen the video but I already know it’s shit :)
The “Sports Cam” is great for making videos that look like throwback footage of the past recorded on a VHS recorder. It almost looks like footage from an 80s video recorder. It is useful for that!
Seth: this is for you to pee on
Oscar: pees on it
Seth: surprised Pikachu face
Hahah this made me laugh the most
1h running through the woods with the $5, and you have every found footage horror movie ever....
But to be honest...for 5$ ist does a very decent job!
Hi Clemens!
Yes
@@ClemensAlive hi
and they still manage to edit it out to 2hrs
The Sports Cam would be fun to keep around for when you’re testing old or retro bikes/equipment. It has a fun old style filming quality to it.
Steve Cullen that’s actually a good idea, kinda like IFHTs Dad Cam
It's that America's funniest home videos 90's vibe.
Let's just call it what it is: shitty haha
so true
Yes! Like in those infomercials when they cut over in black and white to the "regular products" that are inferior but the people just aren't using them right - like spilling things intentionally or trying to cut things with a doorstop
As soon as Seth booted up the camera and started following Brian, I just couldn't contain my laughter. The fact that they didn't know at the time how terrible it looked, and they were just nonchalantly carrying on with it, made it so funny!
them recording is kind of the point of the video...
I love how Seth looks way more happy and less depressed in recent videos like this than even a year ago.
Me: Mom, can I have a GoPro?
Mom: We have a GoPro at home.
GoPro at home....
Jeah these face Products 😂😂😂😂
My moms the same
Its probably a poster that says ''go pro "
I'm sick of that joke.
Abram Kidane actually happened to me
When a $5 camera is better then 90% of stores security cameras
Security cameras are intentionally nerfed so that the recorded video isn't very large, they have to record 24/7.
@@n3gi_ That was a good excuse 15 years ago when the cost of data storage was through the roof.. These days, you could record two week's worth of 4K footage *AND AUDIO* for a couple of terabytes and have NCIS (the TV show) level footage to hand over to the cops.. Shitty CCTV cameras are still around because of cheapskate business owners.. There's literally thousands of criminals who owe their freedom to cheapskate business owners not wanting to spend a few hundred bucks on even a Mobius Action Camera and 5TB of storage and cables..
@@Funkteon yes
@@n3gi_ i heard same thing but like 10 years ago lol
99% probably
This had me in hysterics the way it is edited, brilliant 👍
Great review/video! Thank you!
Finally found out what they use for surveillance cameras
The reason security cam footage sucks is because those cameras are recording all day every day, so the footage that is stored has to take up the smallest amount of space possible, hence the low quality.
gunnah123 I think it was a joke
@@kyu4662 thanks!i learned something new today
🤣Yes😂
I have a theory that these are just old dead stock cameras that were found in a factory in china, perhaps originally manufactured for a doorbell cam in 2002 and never used. The cameras were then fitted into a crappy plastic housing and sold as an action camera. But even so, it's pretty incredible that you can purchase a video camera (even at this level of quality) for $5 plus shipping.
Why are their POV so narrow tho, I have one of these as a gift and it's pretty much unusable because it's way too zoomed in and I was thinking of putting some wide angle lens on it just to be able to see the other half of my handlebars on my bike from my helmet
I believe that theory
That's a pretty good assumption!
I wonder if this kind of things actually happens ? Like I guess I takes at least some very very good knowledge of eletronics to create a pcb for this thing and also some programming skills to create the interface
@@bingus7361 I would guess it's because those camera have tiny sensor and normal lens, which give you longer effective focal length the zoom.
This is so unintentionally funny, I love it
First time checking out your channel.
The video was really fun to watch!
hero 8:
Bigfoot: not today
$4 sports cam:
Bigfoot: im gonna get the mail.
It would be good thing to record one of those cam recorder tapes in horror game/movies
So true🤣🤣
Do a 5$ vs 50$ vs 500$ episode i think that would be interresting
That's exactly what he did here to be honest
@@noahsutton5911 i know but i mean like 50$ camera from today and not a old one
@@sebastianbrenter1355 You can get old gopros for 50$.... A hero 2 is probably worth 25-40 bucks at this point
@@RumfordSledhead ik but u can definitely get better cameras than a 9 year old go pro 2 for 50$
@@sebastianbrenter1355 if u want a really good camera, then go for the eken h9r. They are 50 to 60 bucks
So interesting to see little difference with the upgraded camera tech. Great vid as always!
Pure entertainment. My brothers and I cracked up at the Sports Cam footage.
The $5 camera literally looks like every home video my dad made us watch in the 90s.
It’s perfect for replicating the 80s/90s VHS look. Get some vintage MTBs, wear vintage gear, and I’d believe it was recorded 35 years ago
There's probably a $5 app that does that better with your phone footage
Also says how far the audio has come on gopro and how little the video has
@@dylanbikesthings3633 vhs apps just look like some vhs filter over normal footage...
Just go to a thrift store and buy some old camera.
Or do some editing on a PC.
Apps can get the idea across but will look artificial. like a pencil filter.
This is way worse than even miniDV there is no way it is even 1080.
It is pretty representative of VHS or BETA from the 80's. Vhs did get better in the 90's.
The phone stability and adio impressed me
I thought the phone was going to be the bouncy house hell while recording but guess not
that was quite impressive for sure
Nice vid
I’m late to this but well worth the watch. I almost peed my pants from laughing, especially when you were running w/ that little board w/ the 3 cameras….super entertaining….LOL
The $4 camera gives off 1990’s based horror film vibes. It would definitely be better zoomed out more.
It looks like thode old videos parents filmed of their kid learning how to bike
I got one of those sport cam for Christmas and I put the little card in it and it fell through the thing and into the camera. 😂😂
And I got “Won” Life
lol
F
classic
Won? Are you stupid?
i love it, has this comfy 90ies homevideo feeling
Straight up same as Enthused, I loved it. reminded me of old skate and CKY videos.
The $4 camera feels like it has a scope stuck to the front. And it records like a VHS camcorder. It has a strange charm to it that I like.
The Hero 2! 😍 I have some big time nostalgic love for it, after all it was the camera used to record the best two train hop adventures on RUclips.
Link to video?
I still use a hero 2 today. Got a better battery for it and it still works great!
I understand what you mean by charm, but the bleached colors and the 3fps kinda killed it for me.
But Dave's great big train hop?
@@danielnourse4093
*Brave Dave's *Big *Fat *Freight Hop :)
Imagine disliking this guy whats the point hes great
87 people did.
I know
You should find the people who disliked and do something to them
BTW IM NOT EVIL
their action cam supporters
Probably because it wasnt $5
That was such a fun test Seth! As I can't find my old Contour HD action cam, I was considering buying a cheap one just for the sports shots for my channel... looks like you answered my question, better my my cellphone and maybe my old one too if I need 2 cameras!
Alex’s reaction is priceless so funny
6:05 "I think sports cam has a pretty good angle right here", this had me dying
James Hem how do you make your comment go blue
It sure did. A good angle of his gnashers, but a good angle nonetheless.
@@jimsec7344 all you do is type what part of the video you are referring to. 5:05
Now I know how to get a “vhs effect “
lol
😂
Fr tho 😂😂😂
Is this the Blair witch edition camera?
Spoiler alert top comment much?!
I was thinking of the go pro, but forgot I have a smart phone. Good to see attachments for them for helmet. Thanks for video
i actually laughed so hard at that quality and i dont have a gopro or anything (not that i need it) but it is just so funny to see them react to the not-wide video and stuff : )
This must be the camera they have in any bank/store that ever gets robbed..
Right!??
Security cameras are generally recording all the time.
Storing weeks or months of HD video is expensive.
Even just four 1080p cameras at 30fps takes ~3TB per day.
@@AdamEmond just film in 720p 20fps and get a couple of 10tb hard drives.
just a random educated human or delete footage older than 48hrs
@@alenavish5592 exactly
Buy a thousand of them, re-brand as "BPE-1 Vintage Effects Camera" and sell for 50 bucks.
hrmm... smart idea
What’s BPE?
@@paddor bruh
@@paddor Berm peak express
@@paddor Berm Peak Express - model 1
You've sold me. Time to go make some 90's reenactment videos!!
I laughed all throughout the video! it was so funny lol that 5 dollars camera is hilarious. Greetings from Ibiza. I know this is not a comedy channel but boy! lol. Sound-wise was not all that bad thou.
The footage looks like the same camera footage used in 90’s porn. Heard that from a friend.
mmm.....more like 80's porn on VHS.
Also heard from a friend.
It's always a friend isn't it
yes "heard from a freind
Danger Dane yeah, my friend is very trustworthy
Cyrus Papyrus yessir
I'm getting Americas Funniest Home Videos vibes from that footage. Could be a fun toy to mess with zero consequences if you break it.
I literally LOL'd when I saw the sports cam footage
good thing about the sports cam: u can make footages look old, and u can make scary "found footage" videos with it! I really loved the vid!!
When the shipping for a product costs twice as much as the product itself, you know it's something special
This is something I would get overly excited to win out of a claw machine to find out later that day why it was in a claw machine...
I actually laughed when I saw the quality of the Sports Cam
Same I was expecting something... better... it even says 1080p on the front lol
Tyyy same I was not prepared for the quality of like a potato
@@sirmounted8499 I wasn't tbf, it's 4 bucks with a decent amount of accessories and mounts
I was hoping for better but was not surprised it wasn't any better than that
Same!!
It looks like the Pantera home videos!!!
Great video!
Good ole vhs quality... love it!
tries to demonstrate weight by dropping it
newton: my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
Lol
if it weights more (more mass) its gonna apply more force when it lands because f=ma and a is constant so we can check if the object is heavier than the other if it lands with greater force. XD XD so he was not totally wrong
@@kevinclive7856 He did say "It falls like a feather" though.
@@halfportion5764 He didnt mention that in his comment
@@kevinclive7856 This is gonna sound so rude even though i'm not trying to be... He wouldn't have to mention it if you only watched the video.
Hero 8, Hero 2: High quality action cameras
Sports Cam: Every found footage horror film ever made....
Good review 👍
5:34 literally every single horror movie ever:
A few years ago, my god father bought me the only thing I wanted for Christmas, a "GoPro". It was exactly like this, except 60 DOLLARS it even has the same opening sound. I still have yet to buy a real GoPro
buy yi 4k
Yo I have the exact same story except it’s not from my godfather
The incredible thing is, if you gave this action cam to someone 100 years ago, they'd believe it was made by aliens and think it's worth billions... But today we can get it for 5 bucks.
More like 200, cameras were invented in 1820 something
@@riverclay Ya, but not that small and not with a.screen.
David M. Oh yeah, forgot about that
*15
@@riverclay cameras also took a long time to take a picture back then (i believe it was around 15 minutes) and you would need to keep whatever you're taking a picture of completely still
It gives that vintage look! Like Seth's videos back on Long Island when he was a kid lol
That footage of the sportscam looks definitely like the footage we all used to see on America's Funniest Home Video's.
You could use this as a “dad cam” like ifht to add some additional shots to the video
Zach Victor exactly what I was thinking
I was literally thinking the same thing, has a cool retro charm to it
Definitely screams IFHT dad cam
Yeeeep!!
b-roll (and c-roll) cameras make it easier to edit any random video into something worth watching. It literally looks like it's shot from a 90's SD HandyCam, but some really influential action sports videos were filmed in the lowest resolution video...
8:40 The “WoOhaHooo!!!” killed me lol.
Maximilian Hilpert HAHAHAHA😂😂😂😂
Love you vids great video
The audio for the sports cam is surprisingly good
“All on all it does what it says and more” buddy forgot that it says 1080p HD on the front
That was good🤣🤣
it might store it in a 1920x1080 resolution tbh
Honema exactly 🤣🤣🤣
1080p at 2fps
I imagine it takes 1080p stills (just like a GoPro can often take higher resolution stills than video)
If that camera captured a murder, the police wouldn’t even be interested in seeing it.
Rob Todd Only because they’re all too busy checking our shopping bags for ‘non essential’ Easter eggs...
That made me laugh out loud.
This aged well
But it's better than most security camera footage XD
Very entertaining, thank you! I was rooting for the cheap camera but it got mauled here. I got a cheap one for £13 delivered (Kitvision 4K) and the 4K looks upscaled to my eyes, but I'm impressed by the 1080P for the money. No surprise about the iPhone for me. The cameras in mobile phones are so good now and they have a ton of processing power. But I find action cameras more convenient and flexible. For my needs the GoPro has too wide a view, there's often stuff I don't want in shot and the narrower views of the cheaper action cams work better for me. The GoPro's stabilization is VERY impressive though!
"Just shreddin' the knar you know thats how we do it..." 🤣🤣🤣
Everyone is talking about how bad the sports cam is, but I'm just amazed at how good the Hero 2 looks, even today.
I have a hero 2 bought for biking many years ago... barely used it but it is definitely impressive from these videos
Same
I'm amazed that Seth is amazed that a 800$ phone can make good stabilized video.
My phone right now was 200$ (XZ1c) (the last of it's kind and we miss a successor) and it's plenty great. And with a 290$ Hero7 Black + 170$ accessories I'm still below the cost of new iPhones.
I have the "sports cam" and the video quality is not that bad it's also not as tight of a shot on mine (mine was also left in a pocket and through the wash)
@@rossk3409 dont sponsor these kinds of Rubbish-Chinese-Bad-Actioon cameras. Better to get 2nd hand YI Action camera, made some scripting and get almost as gopro 5 1080p-footage, instead of recording lots of useless videos.
The result looks like something out of Blair Witch Project on a budget.
It was the first thing I thought when I saw the footage haha
Yo great video! I did a 2 Hour Trackstand and posted a video of it on my channel! Appreciate everyone who drops by ;) it was really hard :D
My 1st thought... Blair witch project in broad day light. Also looks quite late 80's- early 90's if you are going for that feel.
This actually looks like a really good way to get vintage looking footage if you want that effect for something.
If it is anything like the one I have, they are quite good as webcams. The video quality when in webcam mode is slightly better than recorded to the sd card and it is on par with the webcam in my laptop, if not slightly better. The camera I have has a much wider angle lens than Seth's, meaning that there is a bit of distortion, although everything else appears the same with slightly different firmware as well. To enter webcam mode, the camera displays a menu asking if it should appear as a webcam or transfer files when it is connected to a computer.
This was a perfect video.
Yes
exactly
Which video there is a video inside a vid
@@marazatz HAHAHA
N n n n n no
Bigfoot when someone enters woods with high quality camera: i sleep
Bigfoot when someone enters with $4 sports cam: real shit
He smell there camera
It's really cool to watch
Great Great Video!!! Question? What camera are you using for all the footage other than the action cam video?
Canon Vixia prob
VHS quality right there.
serious question though: what's the definition of each camera?
I think "VHS" is the definition of the cheap one... lol
VHS was a video tape playing type thing and the quality of the VHS movies where realy bad so ya
The Gaming Noodle a good condition VHS on an old picture tube tv looks not bad at all actually.
240p 24fps lol
Theorislav I don’t think you can generalize the stats like that. There’s many versions. Although of course on paper it looks ridiculously bad compared to current day standards. I mean, also in real life it would look way worse. I’m just saying, coupled with a nice vcr and crt tv (the small ones) you won’t notice the resolution much. The most bothersome was the noise, artefacts and lack of colors, but colors is a perspective thing at that point. Plus analog artefacts are so much easier on the eyes and ears than digital ones.
This is the camera everyone uses to record ufo sightings
Awesome action camera sir👍
I enjoy watching youre video.
I really like the camera..for my motovlogging.
Thanks for the video.keepsafe
AsgelTV here
Super 90s videocam vibes!!! 😆
Alex looks like the wise man that you ask questions and he answers with glares or laughs :D
A bit late to the party, but I have a few observations.
1 - this would make for a fantastic "found footage" camera. Seriously, it totally captures that Blair Witch Project vibe, and the sound is perfect for that.
2 - I wonder just how much better the footage would be if you could put a different lens on it somehow. Much of the real problems are down to that narrow field of view. Yes, the quality isn't good and the frame rate isn't good, but it's a $4 camera that comes with a large variety of equipment AND a rechargeable battery. The only thing I'm sad you didn't cover is the battery life.
The cell phone is a great solution, BUT that puts it at risk during a crash. Would you rather have a crash that ruins your $15 (including shipping) crappy action cam or one that ruins your cellphone?
I have actually had an instance where I was riding with my dad(we both used these top tube phone case things at the time, now only I use one) and he forgot to close the case after taking a picture. So his phone fell out of the case(he has a galaxy s9, so not a cheap phone either) and I got about 2 inches from riding right over a $900 phone... The thoughts going around in my head were pretty predictable: OH **** HIT THE BRAKES. So I'm extra careful to remember to zip up the case, and my dad just uses a hip pack. Never will I just allow my phone to be out in the open recording video under my head because I freak out every time my phone even has a chance to fall out.
I have one of those chest harnesses that holds an iPhone. If you were just walking around it works great but most smartphones are way too heavy to stay stable in the mount. Not to mention if you crash hard enough you are probably going to break your $900 phone
it cant produce good videos, it's like 1\3 sensor camera, it's already equipped with not super-bad lens. It's bitrate is also very low, software is RAW as shit, so there is not option to make it better than just throw into recycle factory.
This is the camera all school fights are filmed with
Funny story, a few years ago I ordered a similar cheapie action cam off Wish when I first got into mountain biking. I’ll let you know if it’s any better than this SportsCam when it comes in the mail.
Seth: "Just tape your Iphone to your helmet or something"
Me: I don't even have an I phone even my current phone has sht stabilization
clearly the fifteen dollars was a bargain, one colour per dollar!
Big Dean lover omg
Lmao
I really love the youtube bitrate. The gopro just looked like a 40$ alternative
That iPhone footage was actually mint!!
"Thats for you to pee on." "Aight sick."
So, perfect for my ufo recordings.
love the frenchies!
Hey seth! I would be happy to which product did you use to attach the phone to your helmet!
The fact that it worked at all is pretty impressive.
Seth, you can use this 4 dollar camera as a ”dad cam”
I literally laughed my ass off the way through the vid. 😂😂🙌
For reference, what model iPhone is that? Great video!