Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Who am I kidding, I was absolutely expecting the seller to blatantly lie about 4K 60. It's totally fake 4K! It appears to be also branded as "CAMPARK X40", "ACTMAN X40", and several other "Amazon brands" (see below). At least those brands do not try to make the camera fake 4K 60 and instead stick to 4K 30. I was surprised at the amount of detail this camera managed in broad daylight. However in anything other than direct sun it SUCKS. Because of the variable frame rate issue, don't buy these cameras. Don't trust the Amazon reviews on them. I instead recommend these cameras:
- Single screen? Akaso V50X
https://dreki.tech/v50x
- Need dual screen? Akaso Brave 7 LE, XTU S3 and Victure AC960 are all decent, even if not true 4K60 (or true 4K30 EIS). Whichever is cheaper is the one I would recommend (AC960 at time of posting). These all have substantially better build quality and reasonable video quality.
https://dreki.tech/ac960
- Best overall quality budget? DJI Osmo @ $200
https://dreki.tech/osmo-action
This generic camera instead is:
- Very, very poor build quality
- Some weird firmware issues
- Terrible in anything but broad daylight
- Issues with video quality (exposure; aggressive HDR)
It really rocks at stills though I have no idea.
Some examples of this camera from Amazon (I do not recommend buying). All of these cameras appear to have the same or very similar hardware, some even being the exact same cameras. Some brands may better optimize firmware but I think the reality is that this hardware is not powerful enough for true good quality 4K with EIS and that is the main source of issues.
So again, I do not recommend these cameras:
- Campark X40 (likely same processor and same sensor)
amzn.to/3hjxrw4
- Campark X35
amzn.to/38V0pOb
- ACTMAN X40 (likely same camera)
amzn.to/38RMp7U
- COOAU SPC01 (same processor; likely same sensor. Every Cooau camera I have tested has been off the shelf with no notable modifications over stock firmware and quite frankly very poor quality):
amzn.to/2X9VHt2
- LBYZHAN Action Camera (same camera)
amzn.to/3njCArD
- CROSSTOUR CT9300 (similar internal hardware)
amzn.to/3tBLDFx
Please note: the above links are Amazon affiliate links. If you click through them and buy the channel gets a small kickback. Thank you for your support!
Timestamps:
0:00 Epic Intro
0:37 Mamual / Build
1:22 Real 4K60 Example
2:24 Video - Day
3:04 Framerate issues
4:44 Audio Samples
6:02 EIS Samples
8:02 Low Light
9:35 Stabilization Problems
10:12 Still Images
11:25 Conclusion
12:30 Outtro
Who am I kidding, I was absolutely expecting the seller to blatantly lie about 4K 60. It's totally fake 4K! It appears to be also branded as "CAMPARK X40", "ACTMAN X40", and several other "Amazon brands" (see below). At least those brands do not try to make the camera fake 4K 60 and instead stick to 4K 30. I was surprised at the amount of detail this camera managed in broad daylight. However in anything other than direct sun it SUCKS. Because of the variable frame rate issue, don't buy these cameras. Don't trust the Amazon reviews on them. I instead recommend these cameras:
- Single screen? Akaso V50X
https://dreki.tech/v50x
- Need dual screen? Akaso Brave 7 LE, XTU S3 and Victure AC960 are all decent, even if not true 4K60 (or true 4K30 EIS). Whichever is cheaper is the one I would recommend (AC960 at time of posting). These all have substantially better build quality and reasonable video quality.
https://dreki.tech/ac960
- Best overall quality budget? DJI Osmo @ $200
https://dreki.tech/osmo-action
This generic camera instead is:
- Very, very poor build quality
- Some weird firmware issues
- Terrible in anything but broad daylight
- Issues with video quality (exposure; aggressive HDR)
It really rocks at stills though I have no idea.
Some examples of this camera from Amazon (I do not recommend buying). All of these cameras appear to have the same or very similar hardware, some even being the exact same cameras. Some brands may better optimize firmware but I think the reality is that this hardware is not powerful enough for true good quality 4K with EIS and that is the main source of issues.
So again, I do not recommend these cameras:
- Campark X40 (likely same processor and same sensor)
amzn.to/3hjxrw4
- Campark X35
amzn.to/38V0pOb
- ACTMAN X40 (likely same camera)
amzn.to/38RMp7U
- COOAU SPC01 (same processor; likely same sensor. Every Cooau camera I have tested has been off the shelf with no notable modifications over stock firmware and quite frankly very poor quality):
amzn.to/2X9VHt2
- LBYZHAN Action Camera (same camera)
amzn.to/3njCArD
- CROSSTOUR CT9300 (similar internal hardware)
amzn.to/3tBLDFx
Please note: the above links are Amazon affiliate links. If you click through them and buy the channel gets a small kickback. Thank you for your support!
Timestamps:
0:00 Epic Intro
0:37 Mamual / Build
1:22 Real 4K60 Example
2:24 Video - Day
3:04 Framerate issues
4:44 Audio Samples
6:02 EIS Samples
8:02 Low Light
9:35 Stabilization Problems
10:12 Still Images
11:25 Conclusion
12:30 Outtro
