what's happening everyone my name is Alex and welcome back in today's video we're checking
out the latest action camera from Akaso called the brave 8. This is an action camera that's
waterproof without a case so as you see it in my hand here you could take it diving and nothing
would happen to it this camera can record at the maximum resolution of 4k at 60 frames per
second however at that resolution we don't get in-camera image stabilization if you want to
use the in-camera image stabilization which is called normal um you're going to have to lower
the resolution to 4k at 30 frames per second 2.7 k at 60 frames per second or 1080p at 60 frames
per second so this camera has two levels of image stabilization the normal one which is
the in-camera image stabilization and then another level called super smooth however in order to use
that super smooth level of image stabilization you have to download the video file from the
camera to the Akaso Go app on your phone and then the app it's supposed to process that
video however i've tried this multiple times and it doesn't work so once the video is exported to
your phone the phone cannot play the video file i've also tried the same video file on
the computer and the computer cannot play it so at this time i'm gonna say that this camera
has only one level of image stabilization which is called the normal and with that being said
i think we should start by checking out a couple of sample recordings just so you can see how that
image stabilization works so let's check out those some recordings and i'll be right back.
For our first test for image stabilization with the Akaso brave eight i am recording
in 4k at 30 frames per second and i have the image stabilization set up to normal as you can see i am
outside it is a bit windy this so maybe you're gonna hear a bit of wind aside from my voice
and i'm trying to hold the camera as steady as i can while walking i'm also
gonna start running in a bit just so you can see how the stabilization does while running
so this is me running i'm not gonna run that long but just to get an idea and for our next test i'm
gonna try to change the image stabilization to the super smooth level of image stabilization
but with that you do have to process the video in the Akaso go app so let's see how that one looks
okay we're gonna move on to our next test for image stabilization and as you can see for
yourself this time around i will be riding the bicycle i am recording in 4k at 30 frames per
second and i have the image stabilization set to normal i did try the super smooth level of image
stabilization so that processing that's done in the Akaso go app and it doesn't work so just like
last time when i've tried that even though i did get a couple of updates for that Akaso go on app
so 4k 30 frames per second and normal um level of image stabilization so let's
try going as fast as we can we'll start somewhere around here i guess
we'll go this way we're gonna turn left back right
and left again
back right again
so yeah this is how the image stabilization would look like if you're riding a bicycle fairly quick
i'm gonna say i mean you could definitely go faster but for me it's quick enough okay so
for our next video we are recording 1080p at 30 frames per second i have the image stabilization
set to normal and i'm just gonna go ahead and chase alexander around just so you can see how
the video would look doing something like this
okay so as you've seen for yourself if you are walking nice and slow the image stabilization
does work fairly good but as soon as you start moving fast the image stabilization doesn't look
that great mostly if you'd be to compare this to something like a gopro 7 8 or 9 or even 10. so the
image stabilization on this action camera is a bit disappointing in my opinion moving on to something
that's much better than the previous um a castle brave camera which is the castle brave 7 and that
is the internal microphone this one finally has a decent internal microphone so you're gonna be able
to capture sound much better with this one so next i'm gonna show you a couple of sample recordings
so you can see how the internal microphone on the castle brave eight um works so let's check those
out and i will be right back okay we have our first audio test today castle brave eight for this
recording i'm doing 4k at 30 frames per second and i have the image stabilization set to normal i'm
also holding the camera about two feet away from myself because i am outdoors it is a bit windy so
you may hear some wind aside from my voice and maybe some traffic um to my left there because
there are some cars passing by so this is so the internal microphone on the Akaso brave eight would
capture sound if you are outdoors okay and we are moving on to our second audio test today castle
brave eight for this test i am inside the car as you can see for yourself and of course i have
all the windows closed so there shouldn't be any wind any traffic nothing like that
you should only hear my voice for this recording we are doing 4k at 30 frames per second and i have
the image stabilization set to normal so this is how the internal microphone on the castle brave
8 would capture sound under these conditions so in a pretty quiet environment basically and as
you've heard for yourself the internal microphone on the brave 8 is a really nice improvement mostly
compared to the brave 7 the brave 6 and so on so probably the best internal microphone that we got
on any Akaso camera up until now unfortunately i wasn't able to find out any information regarding
an external microphone so this time i'm not sure if an external microphone would actually work with
a brave 8. the camera itself looks pretty unique we have a screen on the front and a screen on the
back unfortunately you cannot have both screens on at the same time so you can either have the front
screen on or the back screen on the back screen does have an adjustable brightness and it's also a
touch screen the touch sensitivity is also pretty good better than all the other akaso cameras that
i've tried in the past the glass covering the lens is also removable so there is potential for some
filters in the future at the top we have a couple of buttons on the left hand side we probably have
the holes for the speaker and a little plastic door that if you open you can access the
usb c charging port and the slot for the sd card i personally only use the 64 gig sd cards to this
camera so i'm not sure what the maximum capacity for it is you can also charge the camera while
um recording so if you have a power bank would you basically get unlimited um power on your camera at
the bottom here we have a little um plastic door that if you remove you can um take out the battery
and the camera comes with two batteries in the box plus a charger for those batteries on one charge
if you're recording in 4k at 30 frames per second you can get about 30 to 40 minutes of recording
time so not the best battery life out there not to mention at the bottom here we don't have a quarter
inch screw hole so if you want to mount this on a tripod or something like that you're going to have
to use that mount that comes in the box so keep that in mind and on the other side of the camera
we have a mod button that's the button that you would also use to switch in between the front and
the rear screen in the box aside from those two batteries that i've mentioned earlier the charger
for them and that mount that you're gonna have to use for pretty much everything that you're gonna
do with the camera there are a variety of other mounts and stickers so there is a the potential
of mounting this pretty much anywhere and we also have a remote control for the camera so you can
start and stop recordings from that remote control so it could come in handy okay next i want to show
you a few more recordings a different resolution so you can see how the video quality from this
action camera looks at different resolutions this year we also get two color profiles one of them is
called normal and one of them is called vivid all the recordings that you've seen in this video were
done on the vivid color profile but i do have a quick recording that i'm gonna show you next
so you can see how the normal color profile looks and how the vivid color profile looks and
with that being said let's check out those sample recordings and i'll be right back okay so for this
recording i'm doing 4k at 30 frames per second i have the image stabilization set to normal
and the color profile set to vivid so the colors are nice and saturated now on the right hand side
of the screen i'm gonna do the same recording but with a normal color profile so the colors
aren't as saturated just to get an idea and see the difference between the vivid color mode and
the normal color mode all right we're moving on to another 4k 30 frames per second they cast so brave
eight i have the stabilization set to normal and as you can see for yourself it's a pretty sunny
day so we're gonna go this way so under these trees here it does get a bit shady under the trees
so i'm gonna stop somewhere around here thinking it's about here and we're gonna pan left slowly
and back right towards Alexandra
and the sun is right uh behind her so yeah 4k at 30 frames per second with the Akaso brave eight
we are moving on to our next recording for this recording i'm doing 1080p at 60 frames
per second and i have the image stabilization set to normal so i'm just going to walk slowly
here we're basically going to follow alexandra here we'll pan right a bit towards these houses
and back left of course i'm holding the camera in my hand and holding it as steady as possible
so yeah this is how 1080p at 60 frames per second recording the Akaso brave 8 would look like
okay we have a quick test in low light today cast so brave eight for this recording i'm doing
4k at 30 frames per second and i have the image stabilization set to normal so technically the
only level of image stabilization as you can see for yourself is fairly dark out but we do have
some street lights um around here so not total darkness however action cameras don't typically do
great in low light so of course this is gonna be the case with this action camera
and pretty much all the other action cameras available so yeah the Akaso brave 8 in low light
okay so in my opinion the video quality from it is nothing mind-blowing i'm going to say it's about
average the footage does look a bit um soft i've seen other action cameras that have
a bit sharper footage so the footage from this one looks a bit soft and if you're recording in 1080p
well i'm not a big fan of the video quality when recording in 1080p your best bet with this action
camera would be 4k at 30 frames per second and also not move on super fast so if you move nice
and slow on 4k at 30 frames per second doesn't look quite good with the brave 8 you also get a
brand new menu system and if you've used the gopro in the past well this looks just like from a gopro
so you change the resolution the same way you change the image stabilization the same way so it
was definitely copied from a gopro of course with the gopro you do get more options but compared to
all the previous a casual cameras that we got in the past well this one is much better than you do
get a lot of options so it is a welcome addition having this new menu system on it of course this
camera can also be controlled from your smartphone so the camera makes a wi-fi network you connect to
that wi-fi network and then you open the castle go app unfortunately the castle go app isn't that
great this was the case last year the previous year so not a whole bunch of has changed for the
cast so go up not to mention that that super smooth video processing doesn't actually work
so it makes that additional feature the super smooth image stabilization kind
of pointless and useless hopefully in the past they can send um some updates to the castle go
app and they can have that going but as of now the super smooth ima stabilization doesn't work
probably because of that a Akaso go app so there you have it this is the brand new Akaso brave
eight hopefully this video was useful thanks for watching and i will see you guys in the next one