Showing posts with label underwater camera. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

SJcam SJ4000 Wifi

If you like to go on outdoor activities, take pictures and/or videos and also happens to be a budge savvy. Fret no more! We now have an alternative for GoPro. 

Introducing the SJcam SJ4000!

At first glance, it almost looks the same as GoPro 3+, people may thought of this, especially those who are not familiar with the details of the looks of GoPro. 

Every year, me with my best friends, we go to places we haven't been before. Or at least we try to take the time out on these busy manila streets. So this year we decided to go to Puerto Prinsesa, Palawan. We usually bring our cameras, tripod, and some lenses with us and yes they are quite a baggage, just them alone. So now we decided to get an action camera. Of course our first and only option back then was GoPro since it was the only handy sports camera I knew and it's the most leading brand everywhere. But considering I don't usually go outdoors like mountain hiking/trekking, hell I even hate the deep sea waters(but yes, I like the beach shores), I did a research on other sports camera brands and found out that there are several brands that can stand beside GoPro. 

Xbase SJ4000 and SJcam SJ4000
Yes. They have the same model. I read from some forums that they have rebrandings on different countries. 

The experience
Before I get into the goods, I'd like point out first the issues I encountered for your checklist. 

-When I change the settings thru my iphone app, it doesn't save.
Problem figured out:
There were delays on wifi transfers.

-I had some power issues. Probably because of a defective battery. The time when the store staff was showing me a demo for my newly bought device, they were charging it. -It was charging while while were testing it- So I thought and asked them, shouldn't the device have at least a factory charge. And I totally forgot what they answered. And so, when I got home and charged it then used it the next day. I noticed that the battery indicator is still in "charging" mode while it was unplugged already. After a while we noticed that the "charging" mode is gone but the battery is halfway through or only one bar was left. Another power issue was, the device keeps turning off even though the Auto Shut Down and Screensaver options are OFF. 
Problem resolved: I went back to the shop (bad experience when I explained the issues all over again to 3 different people because some of them doesn't know the What's and How's of SJ4000 since GoPro's the popular one that they know of, unprofessional) however, after all the hassle they replaced my battery, and so far that solved the issues.

What I like:
It also has a wifi feature so you can pair you android/ios device with sj4000. You just need to download the app, you can find the QR code for the app's link on the side of the box. You can use this as remote, preview, and configurations.

Wide lens. most sports cameras have wide lens, but there are also some that don't. I almost bought a GoPro 3 White edition since it's the cheapest of GoPro 3 variety. But comparing the lens, I'd totally go for sj4000.

LCD. Yes! built in LCD, although at first it kinda looked cheap because it's very tiny. But it's really helpful.

Accessories. There are lots of mounts that came with the package, actually week after I bought the camera I still don't know how to use the other mounts. Plus there's also a spare back cover for the underwater case.









Sample shot (low light)


More pictures will be posted on my photography "Eyes Cream" section soon.