We just bought the Akaso V50 Elite, thanks for the video it was a big help in getting started. Making it into a webcam for school work for children was a small challenge, a restart soon had the PC accepting it. All in all we are very pleased with it. Also what a coincidence, in your location, we as a family holiday in Brixham Every year. We went to splashdown in Paignton, but didn't go to Paignton harbour, it looks lovely so we'll be going this time. cheers.
Hey that's great, good luck with the school work. Not in the Bay now, it was fun for 30 years but got busier and busier and the ring road traffic had become an ongoing nightmare. Nice place for hols though and nice walking on the coastpath.
I just got the V50 Pro and I'm mighty impressed with it.I found the V50X to have the best stabilization,V50 Elite to have best quality and V50 PRO to have a great balance between those two.Thank you for this video.
I just bought this camera yesterday and got it today, and i love it, i heard that the version that i have is the refresh of the v50 elite. Now i can do with the newer model 4k 60 fps with eis. I got the package with the micro sd included, i paid 140 euros here in Italy. For now i played around with it and its great. Cheers from italy. The new remote for the camera is really different too.
The video looks great, bobflyman. Excellent editing, also. Watching from Tennessee. I had a v50X for 2 years (great camera) but I scratched the lens. I am replacing it with a V50 Elite.
Bob, I wish I saw this review before I returned my V50 Elite to Amazon! :( Your review was very well done and very thorough. I have never had a small action camera before and thought I'd get one during this time at home to entertain myself and take with me whilst kayaking. I'm a camera lover. As I played with this camera I found it to be a bit difficult. For me it wasn't intuitive. Maybe it's because I don't have experience with this type of camera. The touch screen had some lag. When I set up my camera and tried to record the hummingbird at the feeder, the video playback on my iPhone seemed slow and was made up of a lot of little squares. I figured it was the camera quality. Watching your review I now think it was user error and inexperience. I now wish I kept the camera and worked more at learning it. Loved your video clips. They were fun to watch and the quality was great. Well done. Ta! PS-- After staying in Notts and Derbyshire for 2 years you have this American 'homesick', especially during this virus.
i got this camera. amazing...........if you priced out all those accessories, the waterproof camera box is 50 dollars by itself, and wow 2 batteries.........are you kidding me!.....i payed 90 dollars for a display model never opened...........the wrist strap works Great.......picture is fine..........for 90 dollars you can't go wrong........def would buy again!!
You're welcome! Did you see my EK7000 review 533,000 views! th-cam.com/video/1p4yOmvkyP4/w-d-xo.html and Brave 6 Plus 9.2K views th-cam.com/video/UiZP-RGT0As/w-d-xo.html . AND Akaso V50 review th-cam.com/video/snaQ9IiylpY/w-d-xo.html AND Akaso Keychain new video th-cam.com/video/vvWuxNCnRcM/w-d-xo.html and in 4K here th-cam.com/video/1KBHq8nFQfw/w-d-xo.html My channel is the Akaso channel!
Sadly these other companies can’t get the parts that go into the Go Pro 8’s for the multiple mic’s and the hyper stability. I can guarantee the price would be half. For now with the strict parts contracts going to Go Pro, there is really nothing as good as the Go Pro 8.
MY COMPLIMENT FOR THIS CLIP, WELL EXPLAINED. IT IS GREATLY DONE. I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL. NO WAY TO MAKE IT WORK AND NO WAY TO GET THE PROPER ANSWER FROM AKASO CS. I SEE THAT YOU DID NOT MAKE IT WORK VOICE WISE IN YOUR REVIEW. HAVE YOU DONE MORE RESEARCH ON IT?? THANKS FOR ANY HELP AS AKASO DOES NOT HELP ME MUCH
I tested the latest Akaso Brave 6 Plus recently and couldn't get voice control to work. I was in touch with Akaso and gave them voice samples for all the voice commands in an English accent and opposed to the American drawl voice they had used. I managed to get some voice commands working by pronouncing words badly!
All of those brackets and adhesive mounts for action cameras are much the same. Would take a fair knock to break one. The mounts stick on well too, once on you won't pull it off. I think white water kayaking, or motor biking it's probably wise to put a safety line on a camera. Depends what you plan to do with it mate! You need to mount a flat mount on a flat surface. And a curved one on a curve of say a motorbike helmet. IIRC you get a curved and a flat one. I've never had one blow off when riding that's for sure, but I do put a little safety line on though. That's me! I wear full face and mount on the side of the helmet.
@@bobflyman cheers Bob it's for my full face AGV I had noticed that all the brackets look the same , I was contemplating buying the helmet attachment for the GoPro and using it on this camera , it's my birthday in march going to start dropping hints to the missus 🤔 Nice slug by the way not seen one in ages my dad used to have one it used to rock from side to side on the centre stand on tick over.
Thank you for the video Bob. Washed out colours, horrible dynamic range and clarity. I would rather save up money and buy something decent like GoPro or DJI Osmo Action, both have far superior video quality, stabilisation, performance, and both are waterproof without the case.
Exposure is better with EV -1. But you can't have everything. There is more detail in the shadows. I found the colours natural, but a lot depends on your monitor. And colours can be adjusted in edit anyway?
@@bobflyman Yea i looked into it, and it seems Android can only have one outgoing connection enabled. And since actioncams create a server that you connect to with the phone over wifi, you are using that 1 connection. So the only way to make it work is to use a capture card or an encoding device.
I reviewed SJ8 Air and Plus, not great. I think SJ8 Pro was better. Haven't seen SJ9 and haven't tested the GoPro's apart from an older one a while back. This was good for the money and even better with 20% discount code,
Best Review of an Action Camera. Thank You.
Wow, thanks!
We just bought the Akaso V50 Elite, thanks for the video it was a big help in getting started. Making it into a webcam for school work for children was a small challenge, a restart soon had the PC accepting it. All in all we are very pleased with it. Also what a coincidence, in your location, we as a family holiday in Brixham Every year. We went to splashdown in Paignton, but didn't go to Paignton harbour, it looks lovely so we'll be going this time. cheers.
Hey that's great, good luck with the school work. Not in the Bay now, it was fun for 30 years but got busier and busier and the ring road traffic had become an ongoing nightmare. Nice place for hols though and nice walking on the coastpath.
Thank you Sir David Attenborough...one of the best commentary I've so far seen since your days at BBC LIFE series
Wow, thanks!
I just got the V50 Pro and I'm mighty impressed with it.I found the V50X to have the best stabilization,V50 Elite to have best quality and V50 PRO to have a great balance between those two.Thank you for this video.
You're welcome mate! Enjoy.
I just bought this camera yesterday and got it today, and i love it, i heard that the version that i have is the refresh of the v50 elite. Now i can do with the newer model 4k 60 fps with eis. I got the package with the micro sd included, i paid 140 euros here in Italy. For now i played around with it and its great. Cheers from italy. The new remote for the camera is really different too.
That's brilliant! This stuff gets upgraded so fast. 4K 60 FPS with EIS for that price is excellent. Enjoy!
@@bobflyman Thanks have a great day man.
The video looks great, bobflyman. Excellent editing, also. Watching from Tennessee. I had a v50X for 2 years (great camera) but I scratched the lens. I am replacing it with a V50 Elite.
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it and good luck with the new camera!
Bob, I wish I saw this review before I returned my V50 Elite to Amazon! :( Your review was very well done and very thorough. I have never had a small action camera before and thought I'd get one during this time at home to entertain myself and take with me whilst kayaking. I'm a camera lover. As I played with this camera I found it to be a bit difficult. For me it wasn't intuitive. Maybe it's because I don't have experience with this type of camera. The touch screen had some lag. When I set up my camera and tried to record the hummingbird at the feeder, the video playback on my iPhone seemed slow and was made up of a lot of little squares. I figured it was the camera quality. Watching your review I now think it was user error and inexperience. I now wish I kept the camera and worked more at learning it. Loved your video clips. They were fun to watch and the quality was great. Well done. Ta! PS-- After staying in Notts and Derbyshire for 2 years you have this American 'homesick', especially during this virus.
Thanks mate for the comments and good luck! A lot of probs are with playback and not the way the camera is recording. We all live and learn!
i got this camera. amazing...........if you priced out all those accessories, the waterproof camera box is 50 dollars by itself, and wow 2 batteries.........are you kidding me!.....i payed 90 dollars for a display model never opened...........the wrist strap works Great.......picture is fine..........for 90 dollars you can't go wrong........def would buy again!!
Cool!
Thanks for your review for AKASO V50 Elite Action Camera!!😆😘
You're welcome! Did you see my EK7000 review 533,000 views! th-cam.com/video/1p4yOmvkyP4/w-d-xo.html and Brave 6 Plus 9.2K views th-cam.com/video/UiZP-RGT0As/w-d-xo.html . AND Akaso V50 review th-cam.com/video/snaQ9IiylpY/w-d-xo.html AND Akaso Keychain new video th-cam.com/video/vvWuxNCnRcM/w-d-xo.html and in 4K here th-cam.com/video/1KBHq8nFQfw/w-d-xo.html My channel is the Akaso channel!
@@bobflyman So Cool !!! Thank you for your love of AKASO😘
Sadly these other companies can’t get the parts that go into the Go Pro 8’s for the multiple mic’s and the hyper stability. I can guarantee the price would be half. For now with the strict parts contracts going to Go Pro, there is really nothing as good as the Go Pro 8.
No doubt true, but everything comes at a price.
bobflyman Yes it sure does.
MY COMPLIMENT FOR THIS CLIP, WELL EXPLAINED. IT IS GREATLY DONE.
I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL. NO WAY TO MAKE IT WORK AND NO WAY TO GET THE PROPER ANSWER FROM AKASO CS. I SEE THAT YOU DID NOT MAKE IT WORK VOICE WISE IN YOUR REVIEW.
HAVE YOU DONE MORE RESEARCH ON IT??
THANKS FOR ANY HELP AS AKASO DOES NOT HELP ME MUCH
I tested the latest Akaso Brave 6 Plus recently and couldn't get voice control to work. I was in touch with Akaso and gave them voice samples for all the voice commands in an English accent and opposed to the American drawl voice they had used. I managed to get some voice commands working by pronouncing words badly!
So if the Akaso got Bluetooth, I could possibly connect my Sena as a Microphone, correct?
Nice idea, I wish! Bluetooth remote is not the same as having capability for using a bluetooth mic.
Another quick one..what setting in your opinion would capture action better ? 4k30 or 1080/120..im mounting my cam on my helmet for dirt biking
I think 1080 with EIS on might be best, try a few settings?
If I want to use this for a dash cam can I plug into my car USB or 12v adapter to usb to keep the camera charging constantly?
Yes, you can change to loop recording and plug in to usb.
Can you fit an external mic to the camera?
Not as far as I know.
Hi Bob thanks for the great video, you have convinced me I need one lol , could I please ask how sturdy is the helmet attachment ?
All of those brackets and adhesive mounts for action cameras are much the same. Would take a fair knock to break one. The mounts stick on well too, once on you won't pull it off. I think white water kayaking, or motor biking it's probably wise to put a safety line on a camera. Depends what you plan to do with it mate! You need to mount a flat mount on a flat surface. And a curved one on a curve of say a motorbike helmet. IIRC you get a curved and a flat one. I've never had one blow off when riding that's for sure, but I do put a little safety line on though. That's me! I wear full face and mount on the side of the helmet.
@@bobflyman cheers Bob it's for my full face AGV I had noticed that all the brackets look the same , I was contemplating buying the helmet attachment for the GoPro and using it on this camera , it's my birthday in march going to start dropping hints to the missus 🤔
Nice slug by the way not seen one in ages my dad used to have one it used to rock from side to side on the centre stand on tick over.
@@artfullbodger2985 @Artfull Bodger Slug! Plastic maggot! Enjoy mate and happy birthday.
Thank you for the video Bob. Washed out colours, horrible dynamic range and clarity. I would rather save up money and buy something decent like GoPro or DJI Osmo Action, both have far superior video quality, stabilisation, performance, and both are waterproof without the case.
Exposure is better with EV -1. But you can't have everything. There is more detail in the shadows. I found the colours natural, but a lot depends on your monitor. And colours can be adjusted in edit anyway?
I have the EK4000 but when i connect with my phone to the cams wifi i loose internet on the phone, is there a way around this ?
I have the same issue with a lot of camera apps. The Xiaomi yi2 for example. Maybe in China phones work differently? Don't know a way around it sorry.
@@bobflyman Yea i looked into it, and it seems Android can only have one outgoing connection enabled. And since actioncams create a server that you connect to with the phone over wifi, you are using that 1 connection. So the only way to make it work is to use a capture card or an encoding device.
Manual says h265 is better ? You prefer h264 can you explain advantages and disadvantages of both ?
They are different methods of compression of the video. When I say I prefer 246 it's because Sony Vegas Pro will not handle 265, that's all.
www.2mcctv.com/blog/2017_07_18-what-is-the-difference-between-h264-and-h265/#:~:text=H265,or%204K%20compare%20to%20H264.&text=Many%20of%20the%20popular%20streaming,videos%20to%20HEVC%20or%20H265.
are all batteries of akaso are compatible???
That's a good question, but one I can't answer I'm afraid, they make several cameras and I've only tested a few. You'd need to ask them.
Is this camera capable of being connected to a 5.8 ghz fpv transmitter? Thanks
I don't think so.
thanks....how u do u edited sound levels coz audio is muted in case ??
All action cameras have muted sound when a camera is in the case. You could increase levels when you edit. I used Sony Vegas Pro 14.
Out of the 3 Akaso’s you tried, which do you like the best ?
That's a tough question.
thank you Bob. What do you think about quality again SJ8, SJ9 pro or GoPro 6, 7, 8 black, is it worth 140$ is it good buying ?
I reviewed SJ8 Air and Plus, not great. I think SJ8 Pro was better. Haven't seen SJ9 and haven't tested the GoPro's apart from an older one a while back. This was good for the money and even better with 20% discount code,
Will the elite work with an external mic?
Not as far as I know. It would need to wired differently on the board.
Hi is good for TH-cam recording from home
You can record video and put them on TH-cam. Yes, if that's the question?
1080p60 sample, no 1080p60 in video 🤦♂️
For starters the first clip, motorbiking, is 1080 @ 60? Did you actually bother to look?