Cheap Action Cam On Amazon

[Lancey]

I ordered an SVC200 from Amazon UK on whim because they're on sale for £25 - it's taken the best part of a month to arrive (presumably shipped from China) but finally got it yesterday. I have to say I'm very impressed for the price, after doing a quick video quality test this morning it looks pretty decent (you can find plenty of test-footage on YT) - it offers 50fps at 720p or 25fps at 1080p, so I'm currently deciding which to use for my videos.

The only downside was that after getting such a bargain price on the camera, I ended up spending about £40 in Maplin on the correct mounts to attach it to the side of my helmet - but it still means I can give moto-vlogging a go for a grand total of £65 (already had a spare SD card so didn't need to buy one).

The box came with the camera, battery (which is removable and, I believe a standard size which can easily be replaced), a car window mount, waterproof case, and an adapter which converts the camera's standard 1/4" tripod mount to a GoPro style one.

Just thought I'd share in case anybody is in the market for a cheap, serviceable action cam. I bought a budget helmet cam for about £20 a year or so ago (from Chilli Tech) and it was terrible, but this one seems much better. Now I just need to figure out a good mic setup...

 

[SteinerOTR]

I wonder how it will perform in the long run though.

 

[Lancey]

One flaw I've noticed after a couple of days - it's hard to find an adapter for the 2.5mm mic socket because of the shape of the case. The housings for both adapters I've tried are too wide and foul the casing. Not a massive problem because I can just file the side of the adapter down to make it fit, but still annoying.

 

[SteinerOTR]

One flaw I've noticed after a couple of days - it's hard to find an adapter for the 2.5mm mic socket because of the shape of the case. The housings for both adapters I've tried are too wide and foul the casing. Not a massive problem because I can just file the side of the adapter down to make it fit, but still annoying.

And so it begins Still the best of luck with it dude.