Cheap GoPro clones

[Dabz]

Not sure if anyone on here is interested, but I've been reading up on another forum about these cheap £35-50 GoPro clones that are available on Amazon and eBay - the main ones are SeCAM SJ4000's though if you search eBay there are even clones of the SeCAMs now.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SJ4000-Bla...item2ed9650c2f

The feedback on other forums and review sites are that they're just as good as the GoPro and at that price it's less of a heart attack if they fall off and break. YouTube videos done using them look great, and they come with loads of mounting accessories.

Might be of interest to anyone wanting a helmet cam or camera to strap to the bike

[Uber Dave]

May look at one of these for a secondary one to mount to my bike keeping my expensive Contour as my helmet cam.

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[WR6133]

I think their 1 big difference is no external mic option, so any aspiring boring-loggers can't natter over the video.

I have one of the even cheaper ones http://www.banggood.com/1080P-Car-DV...-p-943732.html . Not the best quality but enough for my purposes. Here's an example video filmed at 720p, it does 1080 but the quality is not a lot better so I go for the smaller file size https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkzBGMuUAc8

This site is better for buying the SJ's http://www.banggood.com/Wholesale-Sp...ra-c-3250.html . It tells you the hardware/chip/sensor/whatever it is, in the listings so you know if it's a "fake" or not.

[Wes]

Looks ok, gopro are doing a basic version for £99 now, and you can always get mounts on the bay.

[Uber Dave]

The basic one as far as I know is the original gopro so the hardware probably isn't as good as these cheap ones.

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[Wes]

Probably not, but the build quality will be better, the cheaper ones look pretty good, but it states not to be left in direct sunlight, which cant be much good.

[Nelly]

I got a cheap Sunco for £70. Really impressed with it.

[WR6133]

I think the basic model go pro has a fixed battery which will limit its life, if I splurged 100 notes I'd rather the SJ with its removable battery.

[Dabz]

There's a Chinese seller on ebay selling the sjcam sj4000 plus 2 spare batteries for £52 at the mo, not bad!

[Dabz]

Mine arrived today along with certificate of authenticity to show it's a proper SJCAM one. Will have a play at the weekend if I manage to get out on the bike