so i bought an action camera
hey you guys welcome back to our channel number one place for people who love design art and all
things creative you are watching D+B's channel my name is Laszlo and i do brand illustration
and graphic design this video is going to be a technology heavy one obviously as i am about to
unbox review and give you my honest opinions on the akaso v50x budget action camera which
is being advertised and talked about online as the best action camera under a 100 dollars now
i've been on the market for one of these little guys for a while now and after doing months and
months of research on the topic i thought i would summarize all my findings in this video as someone
who is not exactly a videography and camera expert just a guy with casual interest in tech and making
occasional youtube videos as i thought most of you would be able to relate to all these questions
that i had before buying are these budget action cameras any good how do they compare with the big
dogs of the field the gopros the dji osmos the insta360s generally speaking are these gopro
alternatives worth it well let's talk about it but first things first let me show you what's in the
box when you open up the package you will find an array of little bits and bobs accessories on top
of the camera itself it comes in a waterproof case to start with really nice touch if you ask me then
as you open up the side of the box you will find a bluetooth remote control 10 i repeat TEN different
camera mounts some bandages tethers and cables a battery charger and not one but two batteries now
after the initial struggle of finding out how on earth do you get the waterproof case off the box
you can open it up and see this little piece of wonder how comprehensive these package is
something i was very much intrigued by and i think it played a major part in my decision
why i ended up buying this by the way this video is not sponsored it's not part of any sort of hype
campaign i bought this with my own money and i'm telling you my own honest opinions here i promise
the thing is action cameras generally speaking are getting pretty affordable these days right even
the market leading products you can get for about three maybe four hundred pounds which is while
obviously significantly more than what you pay for this one they are not crazy expensive either
well unless you need the whole package like this the thing is once you add up the value of all
the accessories that this little AKASO came with and try to get let's say the gopro equivalent of
everything all the little mounts and cables and extra chargers and whatnot the price can add up
really quickly i have done the math so you don't have to since the gopro when you buy it comes with
pretty much nothing included not even a tripod mount mind you to assemble an accessory pack
resembling akaso's offer you are going to have to drop around 6 maybe even 700 pounds for it and yes
the gopro gives you a micro sd card for free which is something akaso doesn't do so you need to buy
this separately and also technically speaking the gopro doesn't need a waterproof case anymore still
i think asking for that much money just so you can turn the bleaming thing on and use it the way it
was meant to be used is not the kind of business practice that i want to endorse customer service
and the value of the money i'm dropping for something is really important to me at least okay
enough of all this talking let's fire this baby up take it outside and see how it performs come
do
so
now obviously we need to talk about the quality of the recording itself in order to find out why
the big companies are charging what they are charging i mean yes of course if you buy the
gopro or a dji product they will provide higher quality footage than this thing and youtube is
filled with those kind of comparison videos for the interested and that's where the higher prices
are being justified for some people the question is is the quality six or seven times better on
these premium devices just like their price tags are suggesting well that very heavily depends on
you and your specific needs you know i wasn't planning to overspend on this thing because i
keep hearing stories about people who bought the latest and greatest gear played with it
for a couple months and then eventually realized that they don't exactly live that lifestyle that
would justify spending all that money on action camera gear of course i can only speak for myself
and if you happen to be a mountain biking scuba diving quad riding daredevil of a person then
yeah maybe you will get great use out of a more expensive action camera but if you're anything
like me just an enthusiastic beginner looking for their first action camera to play around
with and test the waters with literally then i think something like this is worth considering
now looking back at all this footage i feel like all in all my general first impressions
are positive about this camera and i'm pretty happy with my purchase it wouldn't be fair to only
talk about the good stuff so let's have a look at the negatives let's talk about what you're giving
up here now i think it goes without saying but action cameras tend to not perform well indoors
but i thought just for a laugh let's try out how that would look so i'm switching from our main
camera footage to the akaso now i mean of course there is an obvious significant drop in quality
but then again that is expected as these things are just not made for this kind of filming really
and as a side note i would just let you know that even the premium devices the big action cameras
can't really provide decent enough footage indoors so yeah don't expect miracles another
expected negative is the microphone again this is something that is not specific to this brand per
se it's just action cameras in general don't really record nice sound without an external
mic it's just it's just not a thing and the biggest flaw that is specific to the akaso v50x
for me is the available frame rates that you can record at this camera once you put up the quality
to 4k which looking back at the footage is pretty much the only decent enough recording quality
here at 4k this thing can only record 30 frames per second now if you're camera savvy you know
exactly why this is a drawback if you aren't well all you really need to know is the higher your
frame rate is the better your footage will look if you're planning to do some slow motion shots
travel vlogs b-rolls any outside footage can look pretty epic if you slow it down and while premium
devices like the gopro hero 10 are capable of recording at 120 frames per second at 4k this
little akaso can't do that of course you can try smooth things out in post-production and create
some fake slo-mo shots per se bottom line is that will never look as sharp smooth and dynamic as
let's say the gopro's footage now for some people i believe this could be a deal breaker and yeah i
gotta admit even my heart aches a little bit about this but again the thing is and i feel like i
cannot stress this enough this was only a hundred pounds so to summarize is the akaso v50x the best
thing that money can buy no not at all but is it worth buying for the price they are asking for it
yeah absolutely of course i just got this thing i mean you watched me unbox it so this wasn't a
very comprehensive review but more of a first impressions kind of thing so if you guys want
to see a more in-depth video from me using this camera down the line well let me know and i'll do
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