Ahoj! A while ago I was saying that I'm going to review 2 action cameras.
One was already reviewed before, today's the second one.
I don't think I need to introduce Akaso brand on this channel
because it's already been introduced before and it's very well known
brand for budget friendly action cameras.
I've reviewed in a past Akaso brave 6 and 7 LE.
And today we're going to look at the Akaso Brave 8. If you are new here,
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As you're watching the unboxing of Akaso Brave 8,
one thing I have to mention is that I like that
many accessories are already included in the package.
It's ready to be mounted to anything.
But now let's go straight to the camera.
As it is half price of the current leading cameras on the market,
I already know that it's not going to have some of the premium features.
However, not everybody needs them.
What we are going to look at is the picture quality
and how easy it is to use.
The camera comes with the Akaso Go app, so we will check it out as well.
The camera is waterproof without the cage.
It can go up to 33 feet or 10m.
The weight with the battery is 114.8 grams,
and the dimensions are 63 by 36.5 by 45 millimeters.
It comes with two 1550mAh batteries and USB charger.
Battery life is roughly an hour if you will be really filming,
going through settings and all that.
It will also depend on many factors such as temperature and resolution.
So, if you want a phone for a long period of time,
you might think about picking up extra batteries.
What is not included is a memory card.
Supported card is microSD up to 512 gigabytes.
Camera is a very simple. Power button, record button,
mode button, front screen and rear screen.
Those you cannot switch while you are recording.
The 48 megapixel camera has 16 millimeters f/2.8 lens.
Bonus is this protector which you can remove or replace in case it gets damaged.
So right now I am
recording in 30 frames per second in 4K
using just a built in microphone.
It actually has a stereo audio instead of just mono.
I'm filming in 4K in 30 frames per second.
You can also film in 60 frames per second.
It has a lot more options when it comes to resolution, frame rates,
but I'm going to show you that a little bit later.
When it comes to sound, this is what you get.
It's usually a little bit quieter when it comes to action cameras.
You just have to increase the audio in the post.
Well, I'm going to go for a ride, I optioned for a scooter today
because we are still kind of in a mix of winter spring.
It's ice, there is snow. There is mud, there is water everywhere.
It's just a mess.
Let's go for a ride.
I still want to do
just a standard walk and run
stabilization test because when you ride
especially a scooter, you're going to get the extra vibration
because the wheels itself are not very soft.
So it's to be expected that you will see a vibration.
So right now, let's just do regular hard walk, and I'm going to go for a little run
to see how the stabilization really is with this camera.
It seems like when you are having
a lot of good light on a bright, sunny day, the picture quality is very nice.
This is how it's going to look like
if you're going to be recording yourself sitting in a car
and this is a sound you're going to get if you're going to be recording yourself
in a car.
But I'm going to switch to a little bit of a time lapse
and I'm going to ride around a little bit in a car.
I'm going to record what I see from the car.
This should be definitely a lot more smoother
because like I said, the wheels on the car are lot more smoother than on the scooter.
But still, for comparison, I'm going to record some video in a car.
I'm going to do a little bit of time lapses as well.
And I'm going to take you through downtown
much later on at night to see how this camera is going to perform
in low light.
As you can clearly see, the
super smooth stabilization is absolutely better.
You can also use digital Zoom. You have a choice from super wide angle,
wide angle, portrait perspective and narrow angle.
This is all purely digital Zoom,
so the more you zoom in and the less quality you are going to get.
I'm going to start showing you more a bit a little bit from the screen.
So when you press the M button on the side, you're going to get two modes.
There's a record video, take photo, time lapse interval. By the way, it records
time lapses in 8K. Then you have time lapse photo and slow motion.
When it comes to slow motion, you can do 2.7 K in 1440p.
2x or 4x in 1080p,
2x, 4x and 8x in 720p.
You can do 4x, 8x and 16x
slow motion. Since I'm already talking about frame rates
and resolution, let me show you actual video settings.
4k in 30 and 60 frames per second
2.7K in 120, 90, 60 and 30 frames per second.
1440 P offers all that and 180 frames per second.
1080P offers 200 120, 90,
60 and 30 frames per second.
I took some photos as well, so let's take a look.
I can see that the overall look of photos and also
video is very good during the day when you have lots of light.
Obviously in this price range it is quite normal
that it is not the best in low light is a bit grainy.
The camera takes JPEG photos or JPEG plus RAW.
Let's go back to the screen.
Navigation is simple, which is greatly appreciated.
Just swipe left, right, up and down.
That gets you to modes, your gallery, video settings and camera settings.
Here you can turn on voice control, connect it with your smartphone.
You can choose if you want to film in NTSC or PAL,
choose code H.264 or H.265.
Turn on remote, gyroscope and more. Moving on onto Akaso go app.
What do you get there?
The app is very simple. Camera can be connected via Wifi.
I didn't have any issues connecting it.
You can access all camera modes, change resolution, changed mixed zoom.
That you can also change in the camera settings without the app.
Super wide, wide, medium and unknown.
I haven't had much luck with this feature in this app as the app
actually crashed on me every time when I was trying to change it.
App also offers access to system settings. Conclusion time.
I actually enjoyed reviewing this camera.
There are a few things I really like about the camera.
There are a few things I don't.
What I like about it, that it is very straightforward
and super easy to use and I like those two screens.
It's easy to navigate through, no issue there.
I actually like the picture quality.
I like the video quality as well.
When it comes to stabilization, I would only use the super smooth feature.
The only bad part about it that it takes a long time to process it
on the smartphone.
So you will need a lot more extra time when it comes to processing the video.
That's something I didn't like much.
I would rather have the super smooth feature already
somehow enabled in a camera instead of always uploading it
to the smartphone and exporting the video. Here and there
when you look at the video with the super smooth feature, you can see this
light warp over the footage here and there.
So that's something to keep in mind.
You can see it more with faster action,
so when you mount it somewhere, mount it
well.
As I said before,
you are now going to get
some of the premium features which come with the more expensive cameras,
but if you just need a quick action camera on the go
in the good light, I think this is quite nice option.
Well, I'll give it the thumbs up if you like today's video and subscribe for more.
If you have any questions, comments, leave it below
and I'll see you on the next one. Cau.... Ahoj....