We haven't used this camera a ton yet, so we are still learning. We bought it mainly for MTB and kayaking and did not want to spend a lot of money on a more expensive camera, as we just want to play around with it, not invest hundreds of dollars. I will also start with saying that I am not very familiar with most any form of action camera. I just spent several hours on Amazon reading reviews from others who know more. 🙂
Initially the remote would not operate the camera. I emailed customer support & they gave instructions to pair them. Thankfully it just randomly worked as I went to do it because the directions were very odd "1. Press both buttons vigorously 15 times. 2. The back of the remote control will hit the hard desktop 5 times." is the start of them, for instance. But I was impressed with their quick and through help! 🙂
We took it kayaking, using a helmet strap mount I found elsewhere. In bright light it is very hard to see the light, if you have it on/off. I wish the remote had some way to show the camera was on as well. I would imagine this is an issue for all cameras outside, so not a ding at all.
It took good video, and the sound even wasn't half bad, tho I didn't get it for sound.
Accessing the photos/video inside the camera is a pain since it is not touchscreen. But I assumed this would be the case, so no big deal. 🙂
Using the app, I was able to access them once but have not been able to since. It was easy to just pull the card and put it in a laptop/etc. to see them and I think I will stick to that as our way of emptying and saving videos and photos from the card. I do like that the app is working well aside from accessing taken photos/videos. I don't plan to use my phone to control the camera, but it is nice as an option if I change my mind in the future.
The camera's version of standby for remote use is video or single still photo. The camera has the option itself to do burst photos and can be controlled via the camera or the phone app this way. I do wish you could be in burst vs. video with the remote, but if left in burst mode, you get the one set of burst photos, then it defaults back to still photos once the video button is used. I wish it had buttons/abilities for all 3 or would stay on burst as I am terrible at taking photos and use burst to help my poor skills lol.
I haven't figured out all of the mounts yet. The connection clip in points on them seem to be fairly tight, which will be hard for me to undo, but at least I won't lose the camera as easily?
There is an interesting lapel/pocket clip mount that goes with the dry holder. I only point it out as I am not sure I would 100% trust that the mount and the clip won't pop apart in an MTB crash. I wish the camera was held with more contacts for the dry mount and that there was some way to put a thin safety strap on the camera attached to me at the same time in case the mount busts, which I feel like will send the camera flying.
Overall, I feel like it is a great camera for an entry level user who is just learning the ropes on having an action camera. 🙂
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