AKASO Brave 8 camera

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The battery and micro-SD / USB-C port covers latch down in a similar style to GoPros, but I have found them increasingly hard to open with use, which appears to be down to surface corrosion. It’s good to see a removable lens cover on the Brave 7 – I’ve replaced it on my GoPro Hero 7 twice due to welding spatter and having it too close to an angle-grinder. The Hero 8 didn’t have a replaceable cover, but 9 nine and 10 do. The problem is that I can’t find replacement lens covers for the Akaso for sale anywhere online. The Brave 7 is powered up by holding the button on the top. Once the blue LED comes on, pressing the same button again starts the recording and the blue light flashes. Sadly there’s no one-touch recording option, which is great on a bike as you can leave the camera turned off then just hit the button to power up and start recording, hit it again to stop and power down. There are little things that make it frustrating too, like the fact that when you touch the area that says ‘Video 1080P60’ it only allows you to change modes, not resolution (and mode changes are easy to do with light brushes of the finger from the main screen, hence my filming mistake). When using the front camera, there’s less information displayed, and that’s very small so it’s easy to miss that you’re in the wrong mode. The range of accessories that come with this make it a great action camera for skaters, bikers and adrenaline-adventure type people

AKASO Brave 8 4K60FPS Action Camera, 48MP Photo Touch Screen AKASO Brave 8 4K60FPS Action Camera, 48MP Photo Touch Screen

For the price, this seems a reasonably well-made bit of kit – there’s a decent heft to it, the plastics seem quite robust and the lens cover has resisted scratches from my pen-knife.My GoPro Hero 7 is far from perfect, the battery sometimes being completely dead just a day after charging it (it seems to not properly shut down sometimes), and the odd glitch here and there. Close inspection of the footage can sometimes show over-processing in the camera, but there’s a reason that professionals use these; even the BBC World Service videographers use them as second cameras at times. The level of control and the general reliability and sturdiness help justify the higher price. You do get what you pay for. It is fair value for what it can do and you can get all the accessories included which marks a change from some other manufacturers.

Akaso Brave 8 Action Camera Review – Better Than a GoPro? Akaso Brave 8 Action Camera Review – Better Than a GoPro?

There are many different action cameras available, and many, many more opinions on them. I can only comment on my experiences over several years of using a handful – mainly for work – and what I’ve heard from professional videographers.

In this section of my Akaso Brave 8 review, we’re going to look at exactly what kinda usage the camera excels in.

Akaso Brave 7 review | Budget action camera tested - Bennetts Akaso Brave 7 review | Budget action camera tested - Bennetts

All in all, the AKASO Brave 7LE action camera is is a superb little camera that can be controlled remotely, and has all the extras you could need for your active life. Buyers are going to have a dilemma to face: do they go for the cheaper option that comes with a load of accessories, or the market-leading action camera that has set the benchmark for this kind of product? Aiden’s favourite countries include India, Spain, Lebanon along with 195 others. His biggest travel achievements include pushing a shitty tuk-tuk into the Himalayas, leading a group trip to Pakistan and surviving many near death experiences. Action cameras are now established as one the most powerful and indispensable weapons in the arsenal of any adventure traveller, adrenaline chaser, or irritating vlogger. Since the original GoPro exploded onto the gadget scene, a lot of pretenders have sprung up and overall the tech has come a long way. Controlling the camera via the app is pretty straightforward, and as it gives a live view of the camera, it makes framing shots relatively easy. To connect to your phone you have to create an account, but once done it takes you through steps and it’s easy to use. The app community has a credits system that makes it look a bit like BangGood, but overall it works and isn’t too laggy.When it comes to the accessories that come with that camera, the Akaso Brave 8 is miles ahead of the competition. There is absolutely loads of stuff in the box. So much so that I have to admit that I was scratching my head wondering what half of it was. As a rider, what matters to me is that it can survive the rain, and in my testing – with it exposed on the front of the bike – it showed no immediate signs of water ingress, but the removable lens cover only seems to be sealed on the inside, leaving the possibility of water creeping past the outside. I’m not sure if this is where it got through, but the camera started glitching, then shut down completely before I found water in the battery case the day after I had it on the front of the bike and had also left it for 30 minutes in the sink under 10cm of water. Swarovski NL Pure10x42 review: sensational high-end binoculars for wildlife spotting and spectator sports Filming at 1080P, 30fps the Brave 7’s 1,350mAh battery lasted 1hr 41mins. The 1,220mAh cell in my GoPro Hero 7 managed 2hr 4mins (and that’s after a couple of years of use).