Currently available on on Amazon for £49.99 this new action camera from Anmade falls into the budget range for price if not features. A year or so ago you could not get a decent sports camera for under £150 but excellent cameras can now be found for less than half that amount. This one boasts some high end features for what seems a very decent price.
The camera and accessories arrived packaged in a large and rather upmarket box which belies the budget price. You get plenty of kit for your money as my unboxing video shows. A full range of accessories and mounts are included including a remote control. The only omissions are the lack of a carry case and SD card. It is a pity about the SD card as they are cheap enough these days and would not add greatly to the cost and would allow the camera to be used straight from the box.
The printed User Guide although small is reasonably well printed in colour and easy to read but somewhat brief and basic in content. I attach a copy of the guide to my unboxing video. Run the video full frame and pause as needed to read it.
The camera itself, which resembles almost exactly every other action camera of this type, is certainly better than I expected for the money. Video quality is good but not exceptional, but a definite step up from many of the cheaper no-name GoPro clones. The 170° angle of view is great but with the barrel distortion common to all cameras of this type. There was a time when this would have been seen as a high end camera and now standards are moving higher even in the budget market. This camera does a perfectly decent quality 4K@30fps – the exact size of the claimed 4K is not defined in the manual but usually this taken to be 3840×2160 -as well several other rather more useful modes including 1920×1080@60fps and 720P slow motion at 120fps. The slow motion is OK and at 120fps is better than on some rival action cameras but not so good as my my 240fps Nexus 6P phone. Still images were good but with both still and video I noticed a tendency for highlights to burn out. With a right subject in even lighting it was capable of producing excellent results for both video and stills. Remember that the sample footage in my unboxing video will have been heavily compressed during posting and not reflect the true resolution.
We are told it is waterproof to 30M, but there is no mention if this means it has been tested and rated IP68 or what. I would prefer a more precise definition before diving with the camera. The camera has loop recording, which is often used for cameras and does indeed offer a Car Mode but I have not seen in the User Guide that the camera has the G-Sensor needed to record and flag impacts. For me that is no big deal as I have yet to find an action camera that will actually work effectively as a Dashcam.
Like many more upmarket action cameras it has wifi built in which means the camera generates a mini wifi network of its own which allows an attached phone have basic control the camera and viewed live streamed video. To use it you need to download the “XDV” app from Apple or Android. The Android app is better than most and will stream a decent quality video stream, save images and video to the app. I was not able to test the iOS version of the app. I doubt I will need to use the app as the camera comes equipped with an excellent remote control button, large and easy to use in gloved hands which allows you to take pictures and videos, which is all I would want to use the app for.
This is a good quality action camera that can give excellent video and images in the right circumstances. It comes with an excellent range of mounts and accessories
The Good
Great price
Good video quality
170° Angle of view
4K@30fps
720p@120fps
1080P@60fps
Wifi
64GB card support
Good Android app
Nice packaging
Remote control button
Wide range of accessories included
2 inch screen
Easy to configure
The Bad
No SD card included
Still Image quality could be better
No carry case
Image highlights tend to burn out
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