Review Sony Action Cam, Steadyshot Rollercoaster Test!

[AndyManCam]

I recently found myself at the Hamburger Dom, the local fairground, with my Sony AS30V action cam in hand. So I thought why not use it as a quick test of the Action Cam's Steadyshot stabilisation feature (as well as a bit of a sideline in testing the low light picture quality).

So I jumped on the fastest Rollercoaster there and what you see before you is the result!

It's shot in 1080p at 30 frames per second. I know that with the speed, 60 fps would have made a smoother video, but in low light, 60fps just looks grainy and fuzzy on ANY camera!!

Overall, I'm pretty impressed with the result. All rollercoaster videos I've ever seen have been bone jarringly shaky. this one is really rather smooth!

The fair test would have been to go back and try again without the image stabilisation. But I'm afraid the Bratwurst stand was calling my name!!

 

[chaosnaut]

Zoiks!

That is amazing!

Sound was great too!

 

[Lurch]

Impressed!

Also realised I wasn't subbed for some reason... :/

 

[mykb93]

I am starting to second guess my re-up on my GoPro since I did have the Sony in my hand but put it back in the shelf.

I also realized I had not sub'd.

 

[AndyManCam]

I am starting to second guess my re-up on my GoPro since I did have the Sony in my hand but put it back in the shelf.

I also realized I had not sub'd.

Thanks for the sub then!

To be honest, the gopro is never going to be a bad choice! But the funny thing is that when I first bought an action camera, I considered sony for all of about 30 seconds and then discarded them and went to the serious task of picking between gopro and drift. Now 18 months later and I wish I'd just gone with Sony to start with!

Ah, the wonders of 20/20 hindsight!

 

[mykb93]

The only reason I did not go with the Sony was because I could not find anyway to sync it to my Sena SMH10 to make it wireless mic like I have the GoPro set up to do. Well that and I have 4 other GoPros and a GANG of mounts and cases and blah blah.

 

[Mr AusAdventure]

So, was that hand held? That is really impressive mate. I am looking at getting another camera later this year and this is definitely on my radar. But so is the Drift, the GoPro and and Sena! lol