The Big SJ4000 WiFi Action Cam Review
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- Review and full demo of the SJ4000 Wifi camera. Includes a comparison with the original Sj4000 and lots of sample clips. Quick ebay link Here: goo.gl/TizCvE - Additional Country Buying Links Below (CLICK SHOW MORE)
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I spend the last 2 hours watching a bunch of your cam reviews...all very well done, very informative, and really a pleasure to watch.
Lee Sagi Thanks - but too much of me can get irritating - just ask the missus.
I had ordered a "GeekPro 2.0" early today before watching your reviews on the "SJ4000 Wifi." I immediately canceled my order and ordered the "SJ4000." These are incredible reviews of a product and I can't thank you enough for taking the time to do this. I am very impressed with the performance of the camera based on your excellent review. Can't wait to get my camera.
Ordered an SJ4000 Wifi because of this review. Thanks!
Dagley Media how is it
It's great. I now own 2 of them.
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Just an FYI. There IS an SJ5000 that is made by SJCAM. And it is an upgraded camera to the 4000.. I recently purchased a pair of
SJ5000 WIFI cameras and the ARE SJCAMs they even have the SJCAM logo on them. And they are a brilliant upgrade of the 4000. AND the anti-shaking DOES work in video mode. If you notice when he has the camera on the handlebars of his motorcycle there is noticeable vibration. Well, I use mine regularly on my ATV and with the anti-shaking on there is virtually no noticeable vibration, even when riding extremely aggressively. Both the SJ4000 WIFI and the SJ5000 WIFI are excellent action cams.
In the last couple of weeks I've had a few people ask if the camera works without WiFi. That's one heck of an odd question. The answer is *of course* it works as normal *until you turn the WiFi on* at which point it works with WiFi on. See 11:45 to 12:30 where I use the camera functions including turning the camera on, start and stop recording and changing modes - all without turning WiFi on.
If you don't need WiFi I'd recommend the Dazzne P2 over the SJ4000 (with or without wifi) th-cam.com/video/rDsuMd26wUI/w-d-xo.html
+Techmoan
Do you think the Dazzne P2 will come with WiFi sometime soon?
+Mark Kanzler I got my SJ4000 from: www.gearbest.com/car-dvr/pp_60637.html?vip=76434 Right now you get 50% DISCOUNT and FREE SHIPPING!
+Techmoan I downloaded the wifi app to my smartphone, but when I try to install, it says can not open file. I downloaded the app to my desktop pc. I just downloads a video file, that it says can not be opened.
+Techmoan can you live stream it from camera over wifi, so you can view the stream online with your computer?
My sj4000 won't connect to my MacBook Pro, any ideas?
I bought my Sj4000 after your video! For $89 US. I have used it for wood working and for fishing videos. Has a hard time filming inside as there was not enough light! Absolutely love my sj4000! Thank you!!!! I like the wifi... But I may wait for one with higher resolution before I go for another new purchase... Great review!
LOL... "successd"
However, I noticed "Techloan" on the overlay as well (ROTFL)
***** You'll see this issue explained in the video.
Techmoan
Yeah, I should have waited to the end of the vid to comment -- but I still love the fact that the camera inflicts bad spelling even on the things you correctly type in. Brilliant! :-)
***** It's the weirdest bug I've seen in a camera - but not the most serious.
LOL. saw the techloan spelling error as well.. but decided to wait if there was an explanation in the video. And of course there was! really weird bug indeed.
antiekeradio
Les, it's a Lery strange eLLor indeeL :-)
What an amazing review. I've spent a number of evenings recently watching Techmoan s camera reviews. It was only this detailed series of videos that gave me the confidence to purchase an SJ4000 wifi. I'm very pleased with it. Thank you very much!
I noticed you have one of the new iOS devices. Do you plan to do a review? I know there's thousands out there but I always find your reviews to be the most honest and useful.
I agree would love to see a phone review👍😎
Yes I happened to see that iPhone 6+ humm
reddragon27284 There's not much to say, it's like my old phone but bigger and with a fingerprint reader. I bought it because my eyesight has been deteriorating over the last year and I needed an IOS phone with a bigger screen. One additional benefit is that it will look better when I'm demonstrating an app (as in this video).
Thanks SOOO much for all your reviews. I must have spent 7 hours looking through all of them to figure out which camera I wanted and finally decided on this one. And I am glad you provide the links as well because there seems to be quite a few people making cheaper copies of these SJCAM's as well! I had to search through 7 pages just to get to one with the correct markings. None the less I look forward to getting it in and again I thank you a ton for all the hard work and very thorough reviews!
"There's a lot of nutbags out there on TH-cam" never a truer word spoken, thanks for keeping it sane in this corner at least :)
Hi there I've just received my SJ4000 WiFi edition (EKOO version) and I'm pretty impressed with it to be honest, the clarity is more than adequate for my needs (as a recording cam for a quad copter)
So what kind of interest rates do you charge, Techloan?
Alfred van Kuik Most of my deals start off with a very high rate of interest at the beginning, but then this starts to reduce quickly after the first couple of minutes and then the interest levels drop off towards the 30 minute point and I usually get a very low return on my investment.
Techmoan ((xD hahahaha
I bought one of these after watching your review. I just received it today. I am very pleased with it. A great camera for the price. I am very satisfied.
Matt you have the new iPhone
joshua cutting Really?
yes
Great review buddy. Contemplating getting it coz of this review.
One thing though. That's the design on the Tram (the circles)
does anyone else thinks he sounds like James May? 😀
All english sound likes this you fool.
A bit of a sweeping statement there. There are lots of different English accents. Techmoan has a rather nasally Mancunian accent as you would expect when you see where he shoots all his videos. James May is definitely not from Manchester. He is originally from Bristol but I worked there for 20 years and can't really detect a Bristolian accent in his accent. He is just generally well-spoken with no real discernable accent.
+Claudio Diaz Excuse me, I'm British, and I know a lot of British people. we don't all sound the same you dummy.
@@DrLoverLover You're three years too late boss 😂
Finally, a light hearted yet informative review of the SJCAM .. and in ENGLISH! :D .. Excellent viewing!
Great little cam, got the regular no wifi version. Surprised by the quality of image, night time recording, even microphone exceeded my expectations. People, just make sure its really SJCAM, trusted sellers only.
I saw also in previous vid that you're not sure about the longer leg. I found myself that its for chest harness, where the clicky side of te leg goes backwards and then turns up to attach the camera to the harness.
Got my SJ4000 WiFi today and I was particularly looking for that unexpected film applied inside the case in front of the camera, as described around 10:20. I found nothing. Then I watched the video again, and realized that that film actually was attached on my camera, not inside the case. They might made a small mistake for your camera, to cover the camera with the sticky side of film facing outside, and after they pressed the camera into the case, the film will stick to the case, not the camera.
Just my own piece of experience. And as always, thanks for the great video :)
Bro, you have by far the best English(if not all language) review of this camera, helped my decide what camera to buy, Thanks!
26:06 Spot the old faithful 'Dancing Flower' . Great video as always very helpful thank you.
Thank you for this extensive review! Thought there were a couple of comments that I disagree with, I still find your video to be very good knowledge base for someone, who intends to buy this little camera. I also would like to add my 2 cents to your review - my JS4000 wifi arrived yesterday, so I can share my first impressions. 1) I noticed that output files have fixed bitrate - 5min 1080p sample weights about 585.5MB +/- 0.5MB. In practice it means that in certain scenes image will be very sharp (small amount of detailed objects like trees and relatively high areas of smooth surfaces like sky or car body), while in others there will be clearly visible compression artefacts (your helmet view while passing among the trees). 2nd thing - wifi functionality. I'm not fully satisfied with that - video transmission is not continuous, even if the camera literally touches my phone. And it looks like it's not the problem with range - video have been transmitted across my entire apartment (signal passed 4 reinforced concrete walls). I suppose the problem may lie in my phone (LG L7). Oh- and I also noticed a problem with downloading samples through USB to Mac - it looked like an empty storage. Windows 8 works perfectly fine. Besides that I'm very happy with my purchase and do not regret it! Cheers.
Thanks for the review, I've just ordered one after downloading the raw footage. Can't believe I have never come across this brand before as I have been trying to keep an eye on action cameras for about a year. Cheers
Thank you for this comprehensive review (and the one for the non-WiFi SJ4000). the details you give and samples you show are a great help for many people. your work is greatly appreciated. i'll check back to your channel from time to time in hope of a review for a possible successor of the SJ4000.
Just received mine and it seems OK except for one thing. When I press the front button for the third time for the review mode, it sometimes locks up with the picture on the screen and to escape I have to pull the battery out and re-insert. Maybe it's a software bug or I may be doing something wrong. Your video presentation is very good by the way.
I bought the original SJ4000 after watching your reviews and use it for kayaking I love the thing and would rather loose £70 than the price of a gopro if something went wrong. Keep the reviews coming
Thankyou for the in depth review, I was able to watch the entire clip without nodding off like I often feel like doing with some reviews, nice one :)
Bought this after your review and the video quality is great. Editing software fixes the interesting colour issues very well, and Adobe software comes with a GoPro preset that deals with the lens issue if you don't like fisheye.
My only complaint about this is the sound; it's pathetic. Fortunately I intend to record this separately, but the onboard mic isn't up to much. Take a lot of creative editing in something like Audacity to get anything vaguely worthwhile, which is a shame.
Highly satisfied with the purchase, but when I can budget an SJ5000+ I'll upgrade; your review suggests the audio capture on that is significantly better and the 60fps in 1080 appeals to the geek in me.
Considering you can get five of these for the cost of a decent GoPro, it's a no-brainer.
Excellent review, thank you.
Nathan Baxter Help me! Adobe software comes with a gopro preset that deals with the lens issue? How do i go on about this? Where can a find this preset exactly.
BananaBread you're not a fan of the camera right? Why would you need to know this LOL, hypocrite.
Jono T No that's why is i exactly need to know this. If it was a fine camera i wouldn't need to search for stuff to adjust it. Something called doing your research. I'm not a fan of the camera because of some minor flaws in my opinion. So i search ways to work around these flaws and than i might purchase it. Moron, think before you speak
yahoo
I recorded a half hour gig and the audio is excellent.
I was SO on the fence about buying a GOPro then I saw these Budget action cameras on Amazon.com Thanks to your video I am absolutely sure I made the right purchase! Thanks so much for posting this it really helped me out!
I bought my sliver SJ4000 unbranded from Fox Offer around the time you done the first review on the SJ 4000. I think your wrong saying at the end of the review that the price has went up considerably. I ordered one last week from fox offer, and looking at my account with them I paid less for this Wifi SJCAM than my original ? I certainly wont be looking at the bigger brands. I can have five of these SJCAM for the price of the class leader. And I don have to fork out for a add-on LCD screen. Thanks for another great review.
Yes, you can download the latest Firmware and install it on the "old" (non-wifi) SJ4000 and it will have the same menu as the WiFi version!
Very good videos. I must say I like the WiFi option, but personally I don;t think I will use it that often. Thank you kindly for sharing.
Techmoan, I just wanted to say I've purchased two cameras based off of your reviews and I haven't had any regrets. You have the best reviews on the interwebs. Thank you for you knowledgeable video reviews.
Good job! Thank you... I just bought one. My boys took it to the pool with them, they were jumping, diving, swimming, etc I'm not too worried unless I spend a bomb on the action cam. So yeah..great review! I've watched your previous videos too (before I made my purchase)
I bought the wifi version because( I'm impatient) I prefer to straight away transfer the videos and pics my phone and edit with iMovie and upload into my instagram/fb account while I'm still at the pool or cafe.. And then later I transfer the whole video to my computer when I'm at home. Hahaha!
The Techmoan to Techloan was hilarious!! Your videos makes me wanna visit Manchester. Been there once back in autumn 1998, visited the Old Trafford. Anyways, have a great weekend!
Thanks very much for taking the time to produce such a comprehensive guide. I can't wait to get out on the slopes next week and try this out!
Alan Price Have fun.
The camera has a zoom feature . If you zoom in about half way you do away with the fish eye distortion. Use the up and down buttons on the right side.
Fantastic review! Thanks a lot! Just got the SJCAM SJ4000 without Wifi, going to test it out this weekend when we go to the Philippines.
Wow, this is 10 years old 😮
You are really good at this. I guess that's why you get to test all these wonderful toys. Keep up the good work.
i've got my sj4000 wifi one week ago and it already satisfied me. i'm using it while cycling around the city so i don't need such a pro thing like gopro. also planning to dive on july which sj4000 also can handle it. if you are not a pro, i think it would be waste of money to buy a gopro.
After watching this video I went and bought one, and I am well pleased with it, I use it for a rear camera in the car, I see now they have the SJ5000+ wifi I have ordered one, but then changed my mind after the reviews that I watched, too many things going wrong with it, so asked if I could change it for the SJ4000 Wi Fi, waiting for a reply.
Hi Techmoan! Kudos on the informative review! I've seen quite a few good deals of this camera & I'm considering buying one. I'm looking for a budget action cam to use when mountain biking, something with multiple mount compatibility, so this fits the bill. However, I'm a little turned off by some other sample SJ4000 videos here on youtube when comparing to the Gopro Hero 3+. Now, I'm not expecting the same quality at this price range of course, but I find that the videos tend to have "dark spots" in them. I'm referring to the way the shadowed/darkly lit areas are rendered -they appear as indistinct dark patches. Even when ISO is adjusted for light conditions. For example, you're taking a video of an outdoor park on a sunny day & you have a stand of trees in your shot. Some parts of the tree are lit by sunlight while some parts are in shadow. On the "leading manufacturer's action cam", you can still make out the shape of the individual leaves/branches that are in shadow. On the sample vids of the SJ, it just appears as a dark patch of color & you can't make out the shapes of the leaves within that patch. I observed this happens even when videos are recorded on 1080p. I just want to know what particular component of the camera causes this effect. Is it the lens.. the microchip that processes the video capture.. or maybe the conversion of the video file to a youtube-playable format was done incorrectly? If its simply a matter of poor conversion of the raw file, I'm sold on this camera. But if the hardware is what causes this, I guess there's no remedy for it. Please enlighten me when you can. Hope to see more reviews! Cheers!
27:46 Pigeon thinks: "WHERE DID THIS BIG METAL BOX COME FROM OUT OF NUTTIN!?!? MISSION ABORT!!!"
Nice to meet you in WH Smith on Friday. Excellent review, as always.
Yes, it was a pleasure to meet you too.
Wich town was this all recorded? looks great :)
Man you are GOOD. A lighthearted video with a lot of helpful information. Better than any Chinglish manual...
I've just bought one of these and looking forward to using it. Like your review by the way.
I'm pretty sure that short clip you downloaded was Manchester Arndale?
On topic I'm interested in getting of these for my helmet after being knocked off once already.
Mega, thanks for all your help Techmoan. On the verge of getting the Dazzne P2 from Amazon with all the accessories we need, BUT then I see there's a 2015 model out with wi-fi, but I can only find one review where the focus was useless. Dilemmas! What d'you think?
Rachel as far as I can see, it will be the exact same camera but with wifi. I don't need wifi. If you do then get the wifi model. If something is out of focus that will be a manufacturing fault. That can happen with any of these cameras, the wifi won't have anything to do with it.
About the only gripe I have about this product is an issue that's found with a lot of other electronic devices that have a " Charge Bar ". Namely, when you hook up your SJ4000 to charge a preinstalled battery, it will show a sweep display during the charging mode starting with charges to Sector A, to Sector B, to Sector C, to Sector D, regardless of how much battery charge you still had remaining on your installed battery. I mean, if the battery still had a 50% charge, why not just have the charging sweep start at Sector B or C ?? At least that way, you'd be able to tell if you're at 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% charge, at a glance.
the holes on the back of the case will be made to allow sound to the camera, the only problem was with the wind noise becasue you were traveling on a motorbike, i use an official go pro hero 3 and when riding and never use the back with a hole for the sound because of this issue
Watching this 7 years later. Wonder how the SJCAM apps and cameras are post-SJCAM M20. Never bought the product to test for myself.
You didn't fool me for a second Techmoan. Your video is 33+ minutes. Nice try ;)
Thanks for the review, as always.
I just want to say thank you for the work you do. I received a SooCoo S20 to use on my motorcycle mainly because it is supposed to be waterproof, it loop records, has a G shock sensor, and it records with 12 volt power applied. Anyway, it has a WiFi feature and I have been trying all day to connect with the supplied password: 0000000. I decided to search your website for "SooCoo" and I watched this video (again). You briefly mention the password 12345678...and it works on my S20. Brilliant! Thank you again, I really enjoy your reviews. Cheers from the US.
I fly with a mobius cam hanging under the wing, and I don´t really have the choice of going out and turning it on/off, or framing the cam while in flight, WIFI for me at least is a big deal, if you install a R/C gimbal to control from inside of the cockpit plus view finder like this is JUST PERFECT...
I've been told the Xioami Yi is better than the SJ4000. Wanted your opinion on that. Also the Yi doesn't have a display screen, doesn't that affect the accuracy of what you're focusing on, can't expect to have your smartphone around for everything, isn't it?
I saw on Alibaba.com you can buy this camera with optical zoom and stablizing too! Lots of different models.
Your reviews are exceptional, informative, refreshing and funny. Great job. Even though this is over 2 years old, it helped me to make a decision on today's product. Great tip on the SJ5000. I had no idea. Thank you very much for taking the time to put this together.
Hi Techmoan, I saw your video of the WIFI version, and I just got the same,
but I having issues with the video recorded, I used a 32gb SDHC Samsung SD Card,
and couldn't see the video recorded for some reason, looks like file corrupted, then I used a 2 GB SD Card ( unknown Class ) and on my last test took away the first 3 Minutes of video. please help!
please let me know what to do.
Camera & Version is the same as yours, settings are as default, didn't change anything.
thanks
You are a great presenter and reviewer and funny! Made me want one so I ordered it. We shall see. Thanks for taking the time to create this.
would be great if you coud compare the new gopro hero (130$) to the sj4000
Thanks for taking the time to create an excellent and comprehensive review. Much appreciated.
Have you seen the SJ3000 model? It looks extremely similar to the Sony action cameras, and it seems to have just popped up on their website.
Techmoan I got the orignial SJ4000, which I bought because of your good review. Thanks for that! Question: The software on the SJ4000 WiFi looks better due to the more ''bars'' for the battery information. Is there a software update for the orginial SJ4000 available?
Cheers!
@techmoan thanks for your reviews. I'm new to the action camera thing and looking for one for my 4 year old daughter and your videos on the sj4000 and go pro are very informative and answered every question and more with video for our own judgement. thanks heaps.
For ages I thought your channel was called Technoman. Think i'm not drinking enough coffee :S. Love the channel
James Sharkey-Arthur it would probably make more sense...but the other name has stuck now.
Excellent video! This changed my mind away from buying a go pro for nearly 3x the price. Looks like a very capable little camera
Gr8 vid. I'm from Manchester myself though live in USA now. Nice to see some shots of it. Good description of the camera and it's functions. Been thinking about getting one of these and making some better videos for my channel. Thanks for the info!
What camera you guys recommend for youtube videos. I was thinking of getting this one.... But the wide-lens is the problem. Any of you can recommend an affordable camera for youtube.
Hey techmoan, i heard you talking about the sj5000 and that it is not of the same brand but at 4:21 you can see at the bottem of the screen compatible with sj 5000...
Thanks very much for this. Excellent review and I'm a fan of the dry humour! I'll be getting this for Xmas so looking forward to trying it out.
I'm not sure if you done this one, but you should do the EK5000
Hi. Thank you for such presentation. My question is, can I use it recording while connected to a battery charger?
Is the video quality better in this camera than the original SJ4000?
Awesome review
thanks
Where does the video file get stored on an android device?. I used the app to download a video clip from the camera but after I disconnect from the camera wifi I can't find the clip on my phone in gallery. Great review thanks for sharing
Such a unique design, can't think of any other cameras that look like that XD
Wow you're review is very helpful. Covered all the details and confusion. Well for me at least. I ordered one of these. It should be here tomorrow. Thanks.
Hi Techmoan,
Thanks for that fantastic review. I can't help but notice the blue tinge that this camera seems to have. How does it fair when using the on-board white balance? Does this help?
Hi, thanks for a very comprehensive review. I wonder if you know where I can buy one of these WITHOUT the waterproof case and all the other gubbins, please
PERFECT, BRILLIANT video for a newbie like myself being new at the mounts. Much thanks indeed for the help on software as well! Cheers !
Looks like youre driving through the isle of man, is that where you filmed? I love the TT race.
I bought this camera before I watched this video. I used it last month in Egypt while snorkeling in the red sea. The results of the recordings are amazing good. I made about 10 hours of video in 3 minutes files. This was a bad idea. now I want to stitch the files together with one file of every snorklingtrip. My question is what's the best way to do so...
solution in MKVtoolnix (with the old gui...)
1. open the main MKV in mkvmergeGUI
2. Click on "append" in the upper right .
3. Select the next MKV in the order you want.
4. Repeat Steps 2 though 3 until you've joined all said MKVs
5. Click on "Start Muxing"
6. Check said output file for any sync issues.
I saw on some tech blogs people talking about the SJ4000s zoom function, but they weren't wiring a review. I might have missed it, but did you cover the zoom feature?
As you mentioned and demonstrated, the sound recording isn't great. Could you recommend and external microphone that could improve this a little? Thank you!
Another great review. What are the limitations of the wifi functions (I.e. Distance, only under wifi). Thanks
Thanks for the review seen both and nice to see there is a difference between videos even though no huge changes in the camera, thanks for the tip about lighting change and firmware updates
Great review! Just wondering, the wifi's purpose is just like bluetooth right?
I already watched it. So for vacation video and some scenery and visiting museum in Madrid, is iphone 6 plus good enough?
Just bought one without wifi, and this guide helped a lot :)
U wot m8?
thanks for your really detailed summary. does the webcam mode (via USB or Wi-Fi?) stream in full HD? a lot of HD cams stream only in 720p. thanks for answer
Just letting you know, the original SJ4000 video you did was featured on SJCam's website
Assuming that the water tight cases, mounting options and screen don't matter, going on image quality and cost alone, would you go with one of the jscam cameras or the mobius camera?
Hi! I ve enjoyed many of your camera reviews. I suggest you review the "blackview hero 1" action camera. On paper it looks really interesting (true 16MP sony sensor, Bright F/2.4, 170 degrees lens, 2.7K resolution). First samples I saw look great except from the large barrel distortion.
you did really good review, its help me a lot to choose the right action cam for me
very good video
i wonder if the battery of sj cam is the same one like the go pro have?
Great review...you also helped me set up and learn the basics on how to use it. Thanks so much
Mr. Techmoan, is this SJcam the same people who make the Mobius.
Such a great in depth video! Answered all the questions I had, seriously considering on picking one up.
Thanks once again for a fantastic review. You've become one of the few places where I can be certain to get an accurate, thorough, enjoyable review. I've been noticing more sarcasm lately than in your reviews from a couple years ago, which is totally understandable and actually adds a bit to the entertainment factor. I can't imagine the sheer volume of stupid comments you have to wade through on a daily basis. Keep up the great work!