The offer (even at that price) seemed too good to be true, but by the insanely low production costs in China this good deal seemed somehow possible. And finally, so many people on the network but not be wrong, right? The camera was ordered at that time still by a dealer from Hong Kong (now the SJ1000 is indeed sent from Amazon directly), so I had thanks to New Year also unlucky enough to have to wait 15 days. According gigantic was accordingly my anticipation. Finally they arrived and I joyfully opened the package to test this technology is good value for miracles.
The first impression was good. Small, handy and with handy control screen on the back. In the menus I first turned the time-and-date stamp, as well as all times tested a bit. On the screen the video image looked really great. And above all of these angles, which has made my heart beat faster. All the brackets I leave first left, I was the first important camera. The first disappointment came when I have the Cam then connected to the PC and copy the videos to my hard drive. Happy as I was, I then opened one of the videos that I shot in daylight in our flat of our dog - and my facial features must be pretty much slipped me.
Yes, the shooting angle was great and somehow one could say with a lot of imagination, that the picture is sharp and detailed. But what the impression marred - no ... has catastrophically destroyed, was a kind of pixel snowstorm on the recordings. Particularly in dark areas, which of course then the interesting subject is at a black dog, you could see this white, dancing pixels. In the jargon (although I'm not an expert) is called something like noise as it usually mainly in low light (eg at night) and occurs at high ISO speeds. Normally, the image noise is perceived more as a colorful pixels - so clearly know how I got here something never seen before. And if then only at night. But the video was not at night. It was on a sunny day in a reasonably well-lit apartment.
The pictures on the internet looked definitely better. I do not know if I might have caught a Monday device, but this condition was absolutely unacceptable for me and made the Cam unusable. To go on the safe side, it is not a user error, I have checked all menu items have the HDR function on and off, and then looked at the video on my PC. And no, it was not my monitor, I have two monitors and two could this noise on all recordings perceive. On my graphics card (anyway a devious thought) it was not also because the test videos of Techmoan with the same camera model referred the snow on my screen is not on.
Perhaps something has changed in the production, I have a defective sensor in it or God knows what. Maybe I also just let me dazzle just too many positive reviews and an approximate GoPro quality expected - at such a price, of course, an absolutely ridiculous expectations. That I have no Monday device, but must have gone at least an entire production series in the pants, show the many new, mediocre to bad reviews, in 2014 surfaced here. The end of 2013 there were only 5-star reviews and a 4-stars. Meanwhile, many negative opinions have been added. I really can tell me so that the cam at the beginning really had the promised quality, but must have been faulty production changed sometime in December 2013. or just. The difference in quality to the material that I had researched in advance online is definitely not just marginally, but huge.
There has, incidentally, lasted no 30 minutes and that the menu button on the side that was totally okay even unpack, has clamped and could be operated only fiddly. Alone for the reason I would have exchanged the camera at least with a new one. Coupled with the lousy quality remained me unfortunately no choice but to let the Action Cam reluctantly go back and demand my money back. With such a promise of product it is clear that my disappointment was really astronomical. Over two weeks, I am totally excited and was jittery - determine only then after just 60 minutes, that was an absolute bad buy.
I have this whole story can be a lesson to me: For over 3 years (or longer) I adore the GoPro, have me but not purchased due to the expensive price. When frustration visit to Saturn, which took place shortly after the disenchantment with this China-Cam, luck was on my side then. I had anyway been thinking, I take this China camera something to treat yourself now and reasonable to me to buy the GoPro Hero 3. With Saturn, there was, as so happens, just one GoPro Hero 3 Silver Edition for 200 euros down set on offer: reason was that a customer has this camera can go back - The package was indeed open again, but yet not once used the camera (you could see). I had the money for the GoPro of Christmas left (with some savings) and I have finally bought the GoPro Hero 3 Silver Edition - and am more than happy with it. Yes, it is much more expensive and the equipment costs a fortune. But before I rumquäle me with an image noise cheap camera and I only "something like that, but worse than a GoPro" possess, I am now the proud owner of a real, reasonable, professional, high-resolution, horny, prestigious and robust GoPro.
Who buys cheap, buys twice. In this case, I get the money back for the first purchase. I am pleased but still, that I bought this SJ1000, because only they showed me that sometimes you just would rather should buy the original if you want to have the feeling of the original.
But to whom I would still recommend this cam here? Finally, is not all bad. This time the positive aspects, of which the GoPro could learn something:
- Control screen on the back -> Very convenient, it is believed not as practical
- Motion function -> Find me really cool, the cam takes up when something moves and stops only when nothing moves more after 15 seconds
- Lots of accessories here -> Yeah, it's not so great processed, Extreme Sports I would therefore not necessarily make. But who wants to quickly try all times, does not directly spend a fortune on brackets (like GoPro)
- Tripod socket in the housing -> Yes, this is an advantage - the GoPro for example, has a special connection. Alone, an adapter with tripod thread there costs 10 euros. The fall in the SJ1000 off course
Those who do not so much emphasis on places that the picture looks super clear and filmreif who can like access. For example, as in the car, the dashcam SJ1000 good services. Perhaps you have yet to stabilize somewhat, so they do not vibrate so strongly in the holder the Cam. But the date stamp is convenient for the usefulness in court and police. In addition, the light sensitive seem to be good, so you can also see when driving at night enough from the road.
In addition, one could use the camera as a cheap security camera. With the motion sensor function of this application is quite conceivable - and as surveillance video have to win an Oscar anyway, then does not hurt the image noise. Is convenient to take the camera starts all by itself and as long as ever picks up until nothing moves more.
For whom the camera is less suitable?
For those like me who thus mainly nice shots of pets, holidays or just too extreme sports (this, however, I do not belong) want to do. Allen, who value great pictures with rich colors and without noise, should really look elsewhere. Or just wait - who knows, maybe come at some point again really good SJ1000 cameras from China - As I said, I can not imagine that all the enthusiastic testers on YouTube actually had the same model as I do. If this was just a faulty production series, then there could be qualitatively useful examples of this China-Cam perhaps soon. This will then show on Amazon so the reviews.
Who wants to play it safe and really want to have a great image quality, should also be prepared to take some extra cash in hand.
I hope I could fully tell you about my experience and you understand my bad review. 2 stars are still quite generous and are related to the delivery, easy on-screen, and the nice features. Quite awful it is not, but for me just not enough higher for an evaluation.
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