APEMAN 4K 60FPS Action Camera A87,Touch Screen 20MP Wi-Fi EIS 8X Zoom Remote Control Sports Cam 40M Waterproof Underwater Vlog Camcoder with Mounting Accessories Kit and Carrying Case

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  Edit: review update #3.Well colour me impressed! To be honest I held out little expectation that Apeman Customer Support would come through with a solution, however I am happy to say that I was wrong! Last week they emailed me through a firmware update that rectified the problem mentioned below.So even though the camera had a problem, the fact that customer support responded immediately, accepted the issue with no fuss, remained engaged and kept me updated directly, and finally fixed the problem, easily makes this a 5 star company to deal with. Dealing with the lesser known name brands you kind of expect little to no after sale service, but that was certainly NOT the case here with Apeman.Now, as for the technical side:For anyone suffering a similar issue (mentioned in my earlier update below) and has a camera with firmware v3.1.0.1-A please contact Apeman Customer Support and they will send you through v3.1.0.2-A. This update fixes the problem.To install it:1. Download the firmware package on your computer.2. Format your SD card on your computer;3. Copy the firmware onto the SD card (I removed the firmware file from the .rar container it came in and put the raw update file in the root of the SD).4. Make sure you have a well charged battery in the camera.5. Insert the card into the camera;6. Press the ON button on the camera... Now This is the tricky bit. Nothing will happen. No matter how many times you press the button the screen will stay blank and you will start panicking that you've killed your camera. Just wait. And then wait some more. Put the camera down and step away. It is updating silently in the background. Mine took about 3-5 mins before it eventually leapt back to life of its own accord. You are waiting for the APEMAN logo to eventually appear. Check the firmware and hopefully you will see v3.1.0.2-A.I hope this all helps. I would happily recommend Apeman for their reasonably cheap, good quality cameras and their excellent customer support. I am now toying with the idea of getting their A100 Trawo.Cheers.---------------------------Edit: review update #2.I have been in contact with Apeman customer support about the below mentioned issue. As always they are polite and responsive which is commendable.The issue: When you use any kind of digital zoom (digital zoom effectively just crops the image from the image sensor) the image jumps erratically around what would be the unzoomed (uncropped) image rather then staying centred on the zoomed portion of the image. The video is completely unusable like this. [please see attached video].Customer support have assured me their R&D are working on a firmware update for the issue. As we all know getting firmware updates for devices such as this can be somewhat iffy.We shall wait and see and I will update my review accordingly.Cheers.-----------------------------------Edit: review update #1Unfortunately I have noted an issue with this camera.[Please see attached video]With the gyroscope ON (Electronic image stabilisation) if you then zoom the camera in at all the picture appears to gimbal lock, or snap quickly from one side of what would be the unzoomed image to the other erratically whenever you move the camera. Quite simply the camera is unusable with EIS ON and zoomed in. It appears to be a software issue. I had not been using the camera zoomed with EIS on... but now that I am noting this issue every time.I apologise for not picking up on this issue earlier.I shall be contacting Apeman support to report this problem and will report back here if I get a response.------------------------Original review:Hi folks...This is my review for the Apeman A80 Action Cam - 2018 model (This year/model has the orange mode button on the front).This is a superb little camera for the price. It is worthwhile noting that the image quality is not GoPro quality, but to be fair, you are paying nowhere near GoPro prices so it is unfair to try and hold it to that standard. At this price point the image quality is more than reasonable.To give an example of the image quality I have attached to this review a quick 30sec video I took of us Hot Air Ballooning with friends. The camera was mounted using only the accessories included in the kit. It is shot in 1080p30 (FHD), Timelpase (the entire 1.5hr flight is compressed into 5 mins) and the footage, apart from the addition of a couple of titles and a soundtrack, has not been edited or enhanced in post production. (Hopefully uploading to Amazon hasn't reduced the image quality too much and it still relatively accurately reflects the output from the camera. Unfortunately I have no idea - or control over - what kind of resolution and bitrate Amazon encode their video reviews at.)Now on to the details:My camera arrived promptly and with a good selection of accessories inside of a handy little carry case. It is a very well presented little kit. Note: the kit comes with 2 batteries but does not include an external charger. You can pick one up here on Amazon with a couple of more spare batteries for about $15USD.Resolutions supported: 4K/24p, 2K/30p, 1080/60p, 1080/30p, 720/120p, 720/60p, 720/30p, 850x480/30p(WideVGA), 480/240p, 480/30p, 240/30p.I have attached photos of the settings screen showing the various resolutions. Note: this camera not REAL 4K, rather the image is upscaled/interpolated to 4K. If you want a real 4K camera you will need to go a tier up and pay >$100USD as of September 2018. I have compared the video quality of this Apeman A80 against the Apeman Trawo (I believe it also called A100) which is a Apeman's next tier up camera. I found the A80 to have comparable detail to the Trawo, however the Trawo did give a warmer image with slightly more saturation. On the Trawo, whites & greens (leaves and grass) were slightly brighter and with a hint more yellow than the A80 which to me was slightly more visually appealing but this really comes down to personal preference. The A80 gave cooler whites with a hint more blue in them. I also found the Trawo to have a slightly better graduation and detail in contrast. In the end I went for the A80 despite having a slight preference for the Trawo's image.The camera itself encodes in mp4 format using h264 compression meaning it is compatible with most computers, players and video editing software. The sound is AAC and the microphone quality is acceptable.The specs state that SD cards up to 64GB can be used, however I have had success in formatting and recording to a 128GB SD card which gives me close to 13hrs at 1080/60p. Your mileage in this area may vary.INSERT SD CARD msg: if you format your SD card on Windows 10 using Windows standard format tool you will note that you are only given the option to format in exFAT or NTFS, neither of which are suitable for this camera. This camera requires the card to be formatted in the older FAT32 format. Whilst it is possible to format to FAT32 in Windows using either the Command Line interface (format command), or a variety of downloadable free tools (FAT32FORMAT has a graphical interface), it is easier just to format the card in the camera. When you insert the card and turn on the camera it will come up with the message INSERT SD CARD and appear frozen. From here continue to press the Mode (orange) button until you cycle through to the settings, then scroll up or down until you find the FORMAT menu item, at which point you can format the card.Overall, this is a great little camera for the price. The image quality is crisp and clear and the build quality is on par with other cameras in this price range. If you want GoPro quality, unfortunately you are going to have to pay something more like GoPro prices. I would happily recommend this camera to a family member or friend. I hope you found my review helpful. Cheers.P.s. This is not a fake review. I have paid full price for my camera.----

I had a chance to do a direct comparison between this camera and a GoPro 7 Black. Almost all usage was underwater in fairly clear water (Hawaii). As should be expected with the price difference, the GoPro was better in almost all respects. However, in terms of picture and video quality, they were virtually identical. I generally had to look at the metadata to tell which was which (the Apeman appears as an iCatch V Series Camera in the metadata). Both use Sony sensors. So if you are budget-limited this is a very good choice. Details:- The file labeling convention on the Apeman is quite logical (date and time for every image) but incompatible with iOS, so you can't simply load the photos onto an iPad or iPhone. The Apeman app allows this but the files aren't available to be edited by the iOS Photos app, due to the sandboxing nature of iOS. I found this to be a nuisance. The GoPro naming convention works fine with iOS.- The waterproof case makes the Apeman somewhat bulkier than the GoPro. It also has a single watertight seal vs. multiple doors on the GoPro. I never had a problem with either one but I prefer the single-door design of the Apeman.- The time and date reset every time you change the battery. It can be reset using the app on your phone but it's still a nuisance. The GoPro doesn't do this.- Both have rear touch screens but the Apeman screen won't work inside the case, which is how almost everyone will use it. So a big advantage to the GoPro.- The Apeman comes with a huge set of attachments. Buying the same set of attachments for the GoPro, from GoPro, would cost more than the Apeman camera. However, the tab spacing on the Apeman is just a bit different than on the GoPro (of course).A few fairly random shots are attached. I boosted the contrast to make up for the low light (I had to do that with the GoPro as well). No other adjustments besides cropping.

Kamera wird mit viel Zubehör geliefert. Leider ist das Bild schlecht und es wurde kein Ton aufgezeichnet.Man muss eben doch etwas mehr Geld in die Hand nehmenEdit 01/2021: Ich erhalte jetzt regelmäßig Mails vom Hersteller und das Angebot, den Betrag nochmals erstattet zu bekommen bzw. eine kostenlose Kamera zu erhalten falls ich meine Rezension lösche oder verbessere - soviel zur Aussagekraft der positiven Bewertungen.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  Ich hatte schon den Vorgänger dieser Aciton Cam, leider ist sie mir verloren gegangen, als mein Hund damit durch den Wald gelaufen ist. Daher musste eine Neue her.Die Kamera kam schon zwei Tage später bei mir an. Dieses Modell wird in einem Koffer geliefert, so dass man sämtliches Zubehör immer mit sich führen kann, alles perfekt gepolstert. Der Akku war schon vorgeladen, so dass ich die Cam sofort ausprobieren konnte. Die Bedienung ist quasi selbsterklärend und dank des Touchscreens noch einfacher, als bei dem Vorgängermodell. Auch die Kopplung mit meinem Smartphone hat einwandfrei funktioniert. Die Videoqualität ist spitze! Ich nutze sie, um meine Hunde während des Trainings zu filmen. Dazu habe ich ein Hundegeschirr, auf dem die Cam mit Hilfe einer im Lieferumfang enthaltenen Halterung befestigt werden kann. Sinnvoll ist es, wie ich gelernt habe, die Kamera mittels dem Sicherungsdraht noch einmal mit dem Hundegeschirr zu verbinden, so kann sie nicht verloren gehen, sollte sich die Halterung etc. lösen.Wichtg ist, eine TF-Karte zu verwenden, mit einer gewöhnlichen Karte funktioniert die Cam nicht.Die Kamera hat sogar den Rodeoritt auf meinem Hund ohne Probleme überstanden und das Video ist klasse!

Gekauft als Nachfolger für die schon genutzte A79 - ein Update der Bildqualität sollte her. Bin mit dem Kauf sehr zufrieden! Nutze die Kamera primär mit meiner Drohne. Mitgeliefertes Zubehör wie schon bei der vorherigen Kamera umfassend mit diversen Halterungen, Ersatzteilen und Fernauslöser. Inzwischen gibt es auch eine relativ sauber laufende App mit nur geringer Verzögerung und problemloser Übertragung aufs Smartphone.Zum wichtigsten: Bildqualität überzeugt, zumindest bei den für mich wichtigen Bildern ohne extreme Bewegung. Selbst die Aufnahmen bei Gegenlicht sind noch sehr ordentlich. Sicherlich gibt es bessere Actioncams (bin kein Experte), aber für den Preis sehr solide und für meine Ansprüche voll überzeugend.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  Diese Kamera habe ich mir für eine Montage am Pkw besorgt, bei denen ich verschiede Perspektiven einfangen möchte und damit rechne, dass die Kamera durch Herunterfallen, Wetter oder Anderes Schaden nimmt.Die Kamera kommt mit entsprechendem Montage Zubehör und zwei geladenen Akkus. Auch sehr fein ist die Fernbedienung, welche es ermöglicht die Kamera fernzusteuern.Das erste Mal den Akku einlegen ist ein echtes gefummel. Nachdem ein Akku eingelegt ist, geht die Klappe allerdings recht gut auf.Die Kamera an sich ist recht günstig verarbeitet, mit dem wasserdichten -allerdings recht großen – Gehäuse macht die Kamera einen robusten Eindruck. Die ersten Testaufnahmen, bei denen die Kamera auch zu Boden gefallen ist, hat das Gehäuse gut überstanden.Wer sich mit Action Cams auskennt wird sich mit der Bedienung der Kamera sofort zurechtfinden.Ich habe die Kamera mit einer 64 GB Micro SD Kamera in Betrieb genommen. Hierbei gab es keine Probleme. Die SD Karte muss vorher nicht formatiert werden o.ä. .Zur Videoqualität muss man natürlich sagen, dass man hier keine vergleichbare Qualität wie bei einem namenhaften Actioncam-Herstellern bekommt. Die Aufnahmen sind aber absolut in Ordnung. Vor allem der Lichtwechsel zwischen hell und dunkel funktioniert recht gut.Kurz um für meinen Einsatz und alle absolut brauchbar, die eine günstige solide Cam suchen.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  Die Kamera kommt mit viel Zubehör in einem schönen Case. Die Menüführung ist intuitiv über ein TouchDisplay oder das Handy zu Bedienen. Zusätzlich gibt es eine kleine Funkfernbedienung mit der man sehr schnell Videos starten/stoppen oder in den Fotomodus wechseln kann.Das Wasserfeste Gehäuse wurde durch unsere Hündin auf einem Geschirr getestet.Alles war dicht und trocken, trotz dem Sprung ins Wasser.Die Aufnahmequalität und Farbtiefe ist für so einen kleinen Sensor wirklich klasse (Video musste wegen der Größe leider mit schlechtere Qualität komprimiert werden).Neben dem Auto Mode, kann man auch manuelle Einstellungen wie EV, Weißabgleich etc. Vornehmen.Der 2. Akku rundet das Paket ab.