hey what's going on guys so today we have the Akaso EK7000 4k Wi-Fi sport
camera review so here we go
the Akaso EK7000 can be considered a cheap GoPro alternative but is also a
decent little action sport camera in its own right allowing for the following
shooting modes it can shoot in 720p at 120 frames per second 1080p at 30 or 60
frames per second Ultra HD 4k at 25 frames per second and 2.7 K at 30 frames
per second one thing to keep in mind with that 4k is its interpolated 4k so
it's not true 4k so basically what it is is it's 1080p that's up scaled to 4k or
2.7K in addition to video the camera also shoots still pictures so here's
some examples of that it has a 12 megapixel sensor with a resolution of
4608 x 2592 the shooting modes for the camera include the video still pictures
burst mode which let's say you take pictures in quick succession and then
there's also a time-lapse mode in the Box in addition to the camera of course
you also get to 1050 mAh batteries a remote control a waterproof
case and most of the attachments you'll need for attaching to a helmet a bike or
anything else that you might wanted to attach the camera to I recently went on
a rafting trip and use the included waterproof case and the straps and
mounts to attach to the helmet I had no problems with it and for a 4k action
camera under $100, I've got to say this actually worked really really well and
much better than I expected it to. On the front of the device is the lens, LED
charging indicator and power button on the right side is the micro HDMI, micro
USB and micro SD card slot and one thing about the micro SD card slot is it's
rated at up to 32 gigabytes I've been using a 200 gigabyte card in mine and
haven't had a problem it may not be reading the whole thing I'm not quite
sure about that but as far as using it it hasn't been a problem at all. On the
back is the LCD screen which is functional but doesn't have great
viewing angles and it's kind of hard to see in direct sunlight on the left side
we have the up down arrows the up and down arrows
function as navigating up and down when you're in the menu system but
when you're outside of the menu system the down arrow activates the WiFi and
I'll show you that later it gets a little confusing but once you get used
to it it's not too bad. At the top of the device is the LED power indicator as
well as the shutter button which also doubles as the select button when you're
in the menu system. The construction of the device is solid but it's all plastic
it definitely doesn't feel very premium but I got to say I've dropped this quite
a few times and it's still functioning just as well as it did on day one so it
may not look very durable but it definitely is. In addition to the buttons
directly on the device there's two ways to remote-control it the first one is
via the remote control that's included in the box so it's a real simple remote
control it has one button for snapping still photos and then another button for
starting and stopping your video recordings. So what's the second option
for controlling this little action camera WiFi, there's an app available
for both Android and iOS that lets you connect to the camera via Wi-Fi and
control it so for this to work you're going to need to download the EZ ICam
app so you can find that in either the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store
once you have the app installed press the down arrow on the camera and you'll
get a message that it's awaiting WiFi connection, on the phone go into
your Wi-Fi settings and select the Icam-h9r and then there'll be some numbers
after that if it prompts you for a password the initial 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. So after you make that Wi-Fi
connection launch the EZ iCam app, you'll come to the main screen go ahead
and tap the connect button at the bottom of that screen and it should take you
into the remote connection this app allows you to change the resolution but
for some reason it only lists the 1080p and the 720p resolutions it doesn't list
the 4k and 2.7 K and I'm not really sure why that is
the app will also let you transfer pictures and video directly from the
camera to your mobile device as well as being able to take pictures and start
and stop the video remotely. So the battery life on this little action
camera is rated at about 90 minutes and I was honestly getting right around that
I was getting 75 to 90 min shooting at 1080p and the really nice
thing about this action camera is that it comes with two batteries in the box so as long
as you keep both of them charged you can just pop the dead one out pop the new
one in and you're off and running real easy powering on the device will take
you to the video recording screen by default this screen shows you how much
time you can record for the current frame rate as well as battery life
pressing on the power button on the front of the device takes you to the
next screen which is the still photo mode with some similar information on
the screen related to stills clicking that power button again will take you to
the multi shot mode where you can take several stills in rapid succession and
then another click will take you to that time-lapse mode that let you take some
nice time-lapse video and then one more click take you into the menu system. Now
the menu is pretty limited but it gives you all the basic functionalities like
video resolution setting up a time stamp some basic exposure adjustments photo
settings language date & time etc... So navigation in the menu is done through
the up and down buttons on the side to select an item you'll hit the shutter
button at the top and to go back you can hit that power button on the front to go
back a menu so earlier in the video I mentioned that I took it on a rafting
trip so here's some sample video from that trip and as you can see in good
lighting it actually does a really nice job, this was all shot at 1080p and for
the price I'm actually really happy with the quality of this little action cam. So
the action camera does have a built in microphone and it's not great but it's
not horrible here's some sample video to kind of showcase the microphone. Alright
guys so here's a little test of the microphone and as you can hear it's
nothing special but you know for an action cam it picks up the surrounding
audio so it does what it's intended to do and you wouldn't want to use it for
any high production value items anyway so the microphone is not too bad on this.
Although it's not on par with the GoPro I would say it's a good cheap GoPro alternative
if you look at the camera just by itself without comparing it to a
GoPro it's actually a really good sport camera, action cam, action sports camera or
whatever you want to call it. So what do you guys think of this action camera do you
have one or are you interested in getting one go ahead and leave a comment
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