COMPARE ACTION CAMERAS

HOW TO USE THE FILTERS AND SORTING FEATURES

There are many ways to use this page to help you narrow down the right product for you. There are SELECTIONS filters which you will see on the left, and you can also use SORT options on the table header to rearrange the order of the selections. Here we will go through how you can use the tools on this page.

There is a huge table of all available options, old and new.  We continually update the list with the latest new products.

QUICK START

•     Go through the filters one by one and select the filters and things you want in a camera. This will remove cameras that don't have the same features you are after, and leave those that you are interested in looking at.
•     Now click the columns titles that are sortable and they will reorganise the table and sort it based on what feature you clicked.
•     If you clicked on battery life, it will sort the whole table with the action camera with the longest battery life at the top.
•     Once you are interested in a few or you have found the camera for you and your needs, you can check that cameras price online and save that camera to your own saved camera section.  

SELECTIONS

You can choose, none, one, or many, of the SELECTIONS filters to compose the comparison table you prefer.

One of the best tools within this comparison table, is the feature to compare one item directly against another, or multiple items against many others. You can do that with the SELECTIONS filters on the left by simply selecting the manufacturers or features that you want to compare against each other. The table will automatically update.

NOTE: You cannot make multiple selections in the drop downs, but you can continue to make new selections to continually add multiple criteria that you are interested in to compare. Each time you make a new selection, the table will recompile

To use the SELECTIONS menu, click one of the drop downs in the menu and select the criteria you are interested in. You will need to let the page reload so that the new table is built with the new selections.

EXAMPLE: Choose a SELECTIONS option within a single drop down filter and and let the table update. It is that easy, if you for instance want to find cameras that have Wifi, you go to Connectivitiy and then click on Wifi, then the table will update, showing you just action cameras that have Wifi.

DROP DOWN OPTIONS

Manufacturer Search and filter the entire list of action cameras for just the specific manufacturer you want to check

360 Field of View If you are after a 360 action camera, check True within this and Apply to see just 360 action cameras

Resolution & FPS If you require a specific video resolution and frame rate pairing, select it here, eg, 1080p 120fps

Shooting Modes Whether you are after loop mode, photo, video or a camera with burst mode, select here

Screen Choose here whether you would like an action camera with a screen or not

Water Resistance If you are after a specific depth that you need to take the camera underwater, choose and apple

Camera Size Small, medium or large action camera, or you don't mind? Select your size here

Memory Size Will you be recording large videos at a high resolution and need as much memory as you can to get it all on a micro SD card

Removable Battery Require a removable battery so you can take the battery out and replace for long days out recording

Drop Proof If you require a camera that is drop proof and tough, select here, remember, most action cameras become more tough when they are in their housing but aren't advertised as such

Connectivity If you require a certain connection, such as wireless, bluetooth or something else, check here.

Ports We have added all ports of each camera on to the database so you can choose by a specific port you require here

Flip Screen Need a flip screen? Select True and apply to see action cameras with a flip screen

Waterproof Case Required You can filter for action cameras that are waterproof without an extra underwater case if you don't want the hassle, but you will lose out on extra depth, expect up to 15m depth without an extra case

Depth Rating If you need a minimum depth, say you so scuba and will dive to at least 40m or more, put in '40' and it will show cameras that can go deeper than this exact depth

Optical Zoom If you would like optical zoom on your camera, select True here

Video Features If you want image stabilization, data overlay or even upside down video recording, select the feature you want here.

TABLE SORTING

Because all of the info is within a table, you can sort the columns in ascending or descending order on quite a few different action camera specs. Here is our ever expanding list of specs and information we collect for each action camera, this list is growing as new action cameras come out with new features:

Table Specs

360 shows whether this action camera is a 360 camera or not.

Battery field will have the battery capacity, ranging anything from 800mAh to 2000mAh and above, the bigger the number usually means the longer the battery will last.

Battery Life is based on the longest recording time available with a full charged and new battery based on recording the highest video setting that the action camera can record in, ie: 4k @ 60fps for 80minutes. The action camera may be able to record for longer but with a lower video setting like 720p @ 60fps.

Best Video Resolution is the best video resolution that action camera can record in, if it says 1080p, that is the highest you can record a video.

Burst Rate is how many frames of photos the burst mode can do in a second, if it says 5fps it means it takes a burst of 5 photos over a one second span. Sometimes this is at the full photo resolution or sometimes at a smaller res so that it can take faster frames.

Buying Options shows you whether you can buy these action cameras brand spanking new or used (second hand), if they're older than 6 months old there is a good chance you can now buy that camera you are after refurbished or used for a lot less.

Chipset is what processor/chipset the action camera uses, you'll notice that a lot of the action cameras use very similar, if not the same chipsets inside their camera.

Connectivity are for features like ANT+, GPS, G-sensors and other things you can connect too and use. Maybe you want to connect to other things on your bicycle or you want to use voice commands to control the camera.

Depth Rating will show you how deep this camera can go with or without an underwater case/housing.

Dimensions are exactly that, dimensions of the camera outside of its housing or as it is if it does not need a waterproof housing/case.

Drop Proof, if this is the case, it is shock and drop proof. Although adding a housing/case to most cameras will help with this, it isn't guarantee'd unlike some cameras that are made like this.

External Battery is for any action camera that can record and be used with an external battery or power supply. Say you want to do a long time lapse or use as a dash cam, you'll want to be able to power by USB and you can search for cameras that can run from their USB and an external battery.

External Review is for the best action camera reviews specific to that camera, we have linked to the best informative review for each camera so you can really find out whether its right for you or not.

Field of View is the largest field of view (fov) the camera has when recording.

Manufacturer is the manufacturer name

Material is what the camera is made from on the outside, mostly this is plastic.

Memory Capacity is the largest size micro or normal size SD card you can put in to the camera, if it says 64gb, you are limited to that size and can't record any more footage. So if you want to record long videos in 4K resolution, I would recommend a camera that allows 128gb and can power from an external battery.

Model is the model name, eg, "Yi 4K+" or "Hero 5 Session"

Mount Type are different ways you can add the action camera to mounts, mostly they use the GoPro standard of three prongs but most have the universal 1/4" fitting on the camera as well.

Peripherals are for things like external microphones, if you want to record better sound at the same time as recording a video, you'll want to look for something that can add a microphone via 3.5mm jack or USB.

Phone App for cameras that have a phone application which you can use to control the camera with too.

Photo Recording Formats

Photo Resolutions will show the maximum photograph resolution you can take, most now go up to 16MP.

Ports will show what ports and attachments you can plug in to the camera, usually it has microSD, and micro USB and sometimes others as well. You'll need hdmi or video out to use with a drone and 3.5mm audio jack if you want stereo audio recording at the same time.

Price is the latest price of this camera as seen online, you can check when the camera was last updated on the Last Updated field on the main table to see how relevant that price is. We try and keep the price up to date every few months.

Recommended Activity will show the most recommended activity for this camera, some are made specifically for cycling, some are better for diving and some purely for drone recording.

Recording Bitrate shows the bitrate (mbps) recording of a video.

Release Date is obviously when the camera was released to the market and available to be purchased.

Resolution & FPS shows each HD resolution the camera records at and the fastest FPS it will record in that resolution.

Screen is whether it has a screen or not.

Screen Size is the size of a screen if it has one.

Sensor is the sensor being used by the camera inside, if you're after a specific sensor for your action camera you can see what they all use and filter.

Sensor Size is the size of the sensor being used by the action camera, most are 1/2.3" sensors.

Shooting Modes show the modes of shooting, time lapse, burst, photo, video, etc

Size of the action camera has been sorted in to small, medium and large action cameras, the mobius is a small camera and the Olympus TG-Tracker is a large action camera.

Slowest FPS is the slowest frames per second each action camera will record in HD, so this only includes cameras that record in 720p or higher. Usually it is 720p @ 120fps or similar.

Storage Devices some of the action cameras have internal storage as well as being able to use microSD for recording more video footage.

Touch Screen is for action cameras that have touch screen capability.

USB Charge shows any action camera that can be charged by USB, most internal batteries (non removable) will charge by USB only but all should be capable of this.

User Guide Manual is a link to view and download the user guide for each camera in English.

Video Features will show things like image stabalisation, low light mode, etc and if a camera has any of these or similar it will show here.

Video Review will be a link to a youtube video review of each camera when there are good ones to showcase.

Waterproof Housing Required are for action cameras that may require a housing to be waterproof, a lot will have housings and cases available to buy and will give them access to underwater world, Some don't come with a housing and are waterproof as standard.

Weight is the weight of the action camera in grams.

Title Sort by title alphabetically

Cam Score Sort by our cam score tool to put those more highly ranked at the top or bottom in ascending or descending order

Manufacturer Sort by action camera brand/manufacturer in alphabetical order

Highest FPS You can sort by it's slowest frame rate, so if you want super slow mo footage, click this to put those doing 240fps and 120fps nearer the top

Battery Life If a long battery life is what you need, sort by this to show those with the best battery life in descending order

Field of View If you are looking for an action camera and a specific field of view, or something narrow or something really wide, click this to sort by field of view size

Depth Rating Sort by how deep the camera can go to put those ready for scuba, freediving, spearing and snorkeling at the top

Memory Capacity Sort by the size of the memory capacity of the action camera, if you need something with a large capacity an will take micro SD cards of 128gb or more, sort in descending order

Price If you are looking at a price point, click to sort by price and it will show you action cameras in their price order

Recording Bitrate This shows the max recording bitrate the camera can do, sort by this feature to show you what can record at a higher or lower bitrate

Release Date When the camera was sold to the public, sort by new or older action cameras

Weight You can sort by weight too, to show the lightest action cameras at the top, if that is what you are looking for

Photo Resolution Finally you can sort by photo resolution, so if you want large photo resolution photographs on an action camera, this sorting feature will help you find it

EXAMPLES (what you can filter, search & sort)

So what can you sort or filter by to find the right action camera for you? Here are a lot of examples for you so you can see how to find the action camera for you.

Do you want a 360degrees camera? Find the Camera Field of View filter and click on 360.  The table will show just 360 action camera options in the table.

What if you need 4k? Find the Best Video Resolution filter and click on 4k - 3840 x 2160 and it will show you just cameras which are capable of recording 4k videos.

Are you after a specific chipset/processor? Find the Chipset filter and select the one you are after.

Do you want to take the action camera underwater and have a limit of $250? Go to Price (less than) and enter in that box the number 250, let the table reload, then click on Depth Rating on top of the table headings and it will order the table by how deep you can dive, freedive or take an action camera.

Do you need much more battery life to record time lapse footage so need an action camera that can record with an external battery and power supply. On the filters on the home page search, find External Battery and select True and it will show action cameras that are capable of recording with an external power supply or battery pack.

If there is a filter or sorting feature that you would like, don't hesitate to email us and ask us to implement it, we will see what we can do to help you!