📸 Wondering, camera...............

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:26 pm

Just wondering do any of you have an "action camera" if so which one and how do you get on with it, or did you buy a cheapo one and wish you hadn't.

oz0707 · Post by **oz0707** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:14 am

Phone gets used as camera for me. Not great but does the job for what i want

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:19 am

stevei · Post by **stevei** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:24 am

What do you mean by "action camera"? I have a bridge camera for better quality shots and video but tend to use my Samsung A52S for most things because I always have it with me and it takes really good photos/video. Using Google photos is handy too as it tells me all I need to know about the file and saves it to the Cloud so no worries about hard drive failure. I bought the bridge camera, a Panasonic, on eBay. Lots of good second hand stuff available. From memory I paid £40.00 for a camera that cost £250.00 new.

stevei · Post by **stevei** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:32 am

: Liverpool skyline.jpg (203.5 KiB) Viewed 4659 times

I took this photo with my phone. The file size is 2.8MB and you can zoom in quite a bit before it gets fuzzy. Really excellent cameras on new smart phones. My apoligies if you know all this already.

Bob225 · Post by **Bob225** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:11 am

action cameras - the world is your lobster it depends on your budget most go for the Go Pro as It's very well supported and has big community other alternatives are the DJI osmo or Garmin virb

etaf · Post by **etaf** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:57 am

whats your budget , are you talking about action as in sports action - Tennis, F1, diving etc or animals or ????

I have had quite a few cameras over the years and also advised / trained people on photography -
A bridge camera is a good compromise these days -

Sony used to be rated a few years ago -
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V
is quite an old model - but stands up to a lot of comparison - but not sure if still available - niece got one last year . last in shop

THE RX10 is a flagship model - expensive but highly rated

All depends on Budget and what you specifically need

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews?category=cameras
is a good site for reviews

fin · Post by **fin** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:54 pm

i play football on a tuesday and thursday... the thursday lad records it for youtube (for a laugh haha ) he records on his phone. wonder if a go pro would be better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJxKYOq-VOo

stevei · Post by **stevei** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:10 am

fin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:54 pm i play football on a tuesday and thursday... the thursday lad records it for youtube (for a laugh haha ) he records on his phone. wonder if a go pro would be better
<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJxKYOq-VOo</span>

That would depend on whether he's playing or not.

fin · Post by **fin** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:54 pm

i should clarify.... i play on a tuesday and organise it. i play on a thursday and my friend organises it. he sets his phone up to record the "action" as it were haha