I'm not impressed with this camera; "astonished" would be closer to the mark. Purchased this Akaso EK 7000 based on a recommendation from a friend of my wife's, and I just can't believe what this little camera can do for the money we put into it. As a caveat, we're not pushing the camera to the limits of human endurance by skydiving, mountain biking, scuba diving or the like. But it works extremely well for our needs.
My wife competes in dog obedience training, and likes to review videos of her dog's performance after trials and matches. Finding someone willing and capable to record her session in the ring on a cellphone is always difficult. Most of the other dog handlers are preoccupied with their dogs, and it's not good ring etiquette to approach too close to the show ring to shoot video, since that will be a distraction. She noticed another handler retrieving a tiny camera from just outside the corner of the ring after her session and asked about it. Turned out to be this little EK 7000, and that handler was very enthusiastic about what it could do. When my wife asked for it for Christmas I was skeptical, so I spent a lot of time researching this and several other cameras. While there were other cameras that were able to do what the Akaso could do, and possibly even more, they were all at least two to three times as expensive. So I went ahead and gave this to my wife for Christmas.
We gave it a full practice run-through yesterday, mounting it on a short tripod at the corner of the ring. I used the 1080p 30fps setting instead of the 4K mode to get more storage space and lengthen battery life. Had the camera on for about an hour, shooting about a dozen videos of one to three minutes, plus a number of photos, and with wi-fi on for a while, and off for a while. I tried starting and stopping the camera manually, then used the phone app, and lastly used the remote for a while. All worked well, even from about 20 yards away. Back home I hooked up the camera to our 55-inch TV (via a micro-HDMI cable, not included), and we were both very pleased with the video quality. Since it's a wide-angle lens, people (and dogs) are naturally pretty small at about 15 yards, but the high video quality means that when you put the video on a large screen you can still see all the details. The sound was a little muddy, but a huge overhead furnace was running right over the camera which made audio pickup difficult.
The battery lasted for at least two hours with the camera on, and was recording or playing back videos later for most of that time. The little charger will charge two batteries at a time, and seemed to need only an hour to take the battery from fully discharged to fully charged. (Lights on the charger progress from magenta to red to blue while charging.) You can also charge the battery just by connecting a USB cable to the camera, which we did while transferring files to the computer. I used four different video viewers on the our computer to watch the videos, and all showed the clips with no problem. Settled on VLC Media Player to access slow motion and other features.
There are so many attachment options included in the box that I can't imagine you won't be able to mount it any where you wanted. I used the frame with bottom and top threaded sockets to mount it to a regular camera tripod, and it worked great. The camera is so tiny that I've taken to putting it back into its waterproof case for additional protection before stowing it in the camera bag.
A couple notes: We installed the Akaso DV app on a Samsung Galaxy S5 cellphone. It worked almost perfectly, although at one point I changed modes at the same time I rotated the phone, and that, or some gremlin, locked up the app tight with a black screen. Force-stopped the app and restarted it, and had no further problems. The app itself is great, giving you the ability to start and stop the camera from a distance via a wi-fi connection, (be sure to disconnect the phone from any other wi-fi networks first), and actually see what the camera is recording live. While recording, the camera flashes a little red light on the top of the camera, but it's not visible from anywhere but right above the camera. This means that when using the remote, if you don't keep careful track of your button pushes, you may stop a recording already in progress when you meant to start one. The phone app shows you what the camera is doing, but running the wi-fi on the camera shortens the battery life somewhat, according to the manual. In the mode we were using, 1080p @ 30fps, the video was using about 106mb/minute. Unless my math is off, that means a 64gb card will store close to ten hours of high-quality video. One gotcha is that if you do change out the batteries, the camera forgets the date and time and you have to re-enter that if you want to tag your files accordingly, which is a bit of a hassle.
Would I recommend this camera to a friend? Absolutely. Would I buy it again? Only if we lose the little guy, a definite possibility with something so small. I'd better go write our name and phone number on it with a Sharpie right now!
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With AKASO EK7000 action camera you can recall your adventure with sharp and clear video quality.
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Our best action camera ever - capture stunning photos from places.
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170° wide angle lens enables you to capture more expansive field view.
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Take multiple photos that you have a range of photos to choose from when capturing a moving subject.
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This underwater camera comes with a waterproof case which allows you to dive up to 98FT/30M.
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With AKASO external mic (Not inclued), the camera captures sound with crisp details.
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You can connect the camera to your phone. AKASO GO App helps to edit and offload your contents.
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This little camera comes with a whole bag full of accessories to mount it in just about any way you might want. Two batteries and a charger, waterproof case and so on.But - no image stabilization. For $50 I suppose they had to cut costs somewhere. But it also does time lapse which is something I'm interested in, and that's all done on a tripod so stabilization within the camera isn't a big deal.I bought this to fill in a gap in my camera arsenal. I don't have a GoPro because they cost about eight times as much, but if this one turns out to be as useful as I think it might, then I may go for the better camera in the GP family. Meanwhile, this takes good quality videos. A bit of fish-eye but it's not too bad. If you have image stabilization software on your computer it may take some of that away.Overall for the price it has simple controls and is easy to use. Don't forget it doesn't come with an SD card.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
I don't need anything fancy (yet) but it works well and the battery life is fine. I don't need to worry about sound, although I'm hoping the camera would catch the whale calls we sometimes hear (will post if I have the chance to test that!) But I've been able to get some excellent colors and sweet shots of various fish, which is just what I need. For less than 1/2 of a gopro, it's totally worth it.
The transfer between laptop or iPad and the camera works fine with the Akaso apps, although I prefer to use a SIM card reader (faster). I do all editing and such off the camera, but the image stabilization feature is really helpful while filming.
Also would like to say I've had a VERY positive interaction with Akaso after losing a camera on a dive an appreciate their support and excellent communication very much.
All in all, even if I decide to upgrade to more specialized equipment for photos/video in the future, one of these will aways be in my BCD pocket as a backup at the very least!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
I'm a casual diver and snorkeler, and I live in the tropics in winter so I have a LOT of opportunities to be in the same reef areas repeatedly. I went with an Akaso after reading up on folks' experiences and it was well worth it, and so much more affordable. This camera comes with everything I need to have the ability to capture the fish and coral that I see when I'm in the water (I've taken Akaso cameras down to 90+ feet and it's been just fine.) I did decide to get a red lens that fits over the Akaso case for deeper dives, which is helpful, and have a spare housing, but so far no need for the spare. Also got a decent selfie stick and made sure to put on a retaining cord so I don't lose it.Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
I don't need anything fancy (yet) but it works well and the battery life is fine. I don't need to worry about sound, although I'm hoping the camera would catch the whale calls we sometimes hear (will post if I have the chance to test that!) But I've been able to get some excellent colors and sweet shots of various fish, which is just what I need. For less than 1/2 of a gopro, it's totally worth it.
The transfer between laptop or iPad and the camera works fine with the Akaso apps, although I prefer to use a SIM card reader (faster). I do all editing and such off the camera, but the image stabilization feature is really helpful while filming.
Also would like to say I've had a VERY positive interaction with Akaso after losing a camera on a dive an appreciate their support and excellent communication very much.
All in all, even if I decide to upgrade to more specialized equipment for photos/video in the future, one of these will aways be in my BCD pocket as a backup at the very least!
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