Capture the Adventure! 🌟
The Dragon Touch 4K EIS Action Camera is a high-performance sports camera featuring 4K video resolution, electronic image stabilization, and a waterproof case for underwater adventures. With a wrist remote control and versatile shooting modes, it's designed for capturing every thrilling moment, whether on land or underwater.
L**Y
Perspective is everything!
OK. Let’s get a few things straight first because I’ve seen a lot of comparisons between action cameras online and on YouTube.IF you’re a popular, well respected, YouTuber making a ton of money with your videos, you probably won’t like this camera. IF part of being a well respected YouTuber means being seen around town with eight GoPros suction cupped all around Hitler’s limousine that you’re road testing, this isn’t a camera you’d admit to using. IF you can justify paying ten times more for two times better quality and ease of use, spend it. IF your camera gear bag includes a $5k drone that’s programmed to hover 100 feet above you while you try to elude the police on your electric skateboard, you probably won’t get the same effect duct taping this camera to be belly of a pigeon. IF you hang around with James Cameron and Steven Spielberg discussing cinematic picture quality while channeling the ghost of Cecil B. DeMille, this isn’t the camera for you. IF you HAVE to have the best camera so that your loved ones can witness your terrified screams again and again as you plunge to your death from whatever stupid stunt you were attempting, be a GoPro (dead) Hero.BUT! If you’re old, not technically adept (as in, the technical aspects of ANY very small camera is a mystery and intimidates you), just want to capture rides on your vintage bikes, or video yourself inspecting a beehive, or whatever, this is a perfectly acceptable little camera!! Even the experts use them (without admitting it). Especially if they’re worried about losing or damaging their expensive equipment.The battery life is good. If you don’t think so, or you think Timmy’s birthday party is going to run long, buy a second battery! They’re cheap! On the same note, spend the extra $5 and buy a larger memory card!“But it doesn’t interface with my smart phone!” So what! Check how it’s aimed before you jump off the damn cliff!Bottom line. When the difference is telling all your buddies about your (mis)adventure(s) with zero camera footage or with video from this little camera knowing FULL well you won’t be accepting any awards for its quality, I think you’ll be glad you ponied up the small price to have it. If one of those buddies tells you that something costing ten times more would have given you better quality footage of those two dogs humping in your front yard, then he’s just proven himself a douche.I should note that the accessories are cheap! Don’t trust them. There’s a good chance a mount will break under stress at the worst time. This happened to me and I had to replace the camera. It’s worth it to spend good money on decent quality mounts that will last. Also, since you probably won’t take that piece of advice, use the little Velcro straps and wire leashes to secure your camera to whatever so you won’t lose it when those cheap mounts or suction cups let go. Trust me, you’ll congratulate yourself when they work!Just buy it. If you wind up being famous, then upgrade. Otherwise, as long as you’re not trying to video every waking moment of your boring, inconsequential life, it’s a great little camera to have around when you want to document those important moments
D**D
Could use an internal battery...
Overall I am very pleased with this camera. I bought 2 of them for my kids for snowboarding season. Cheap enough that I won't cry if they get lost in the snow, but high enough quality that the footage is worth watching after the session. My 2 only significant complaints are:1) The Date and Time does not save between battery changes, so you'll have to re-set the date/time every time you swap batteries. Alternatively you can connect the app to the camera and it will sync the time automatically, however...2) The App is far from ideal. You have to disable cellular data for the app to find the camera, and even then it takes several attempts before the app will connect. Once it is connected, it's quite lacking in features. I believe Bluetooth would have been a more stable interface than WiFi.The EIS is pretty decent for an entry level camera, and the housing is quite nice and easy to use. It doesn't handle low-light very well, but I wouldn't expect a $60 camera to do that anyway so no surprises there. One thing to note that's more of a curiosity than an issue is that when you set the camera to "upside down" mode, the up and down function buttons on the side of the camera don't flip, but the display does. This makes it less than intuitive to use the menu when in upside down mode, as the buttons are now backwards. Last but not least - check the firmware upon receipt! One of the 2 cameras I ordered didn't have the correct firmware installed and it wouldn't save ANY settings through a power cycle. Amazon handled this amazingly though and sent a new one out the next day.If you need a camera you can't afford to cry over breaking/loosing it but still need decent video quality - this is the camera for you.
A**X
Very good camera, batteries disappointing, hook-up adapters somewhat awkward
The camera is very good for the price, the image quality is very good, I use it on a motorcycle pointed at the traffic behind while the bike shakes, vibrates, and so on, and still can make out the a**wipes that tailgate me, their license plates and more than they like me to know about them, even with those stupid tinted windows. But...The batteries are dead after 20 min of recording, so if I forget to recharge after every commute to work and home, that's that. This is the greatest disappointment.There are quite a few adapters included in the package, but none that is serious with tough vibrations. The "stickies" will eventually come off, the bands will not provide enough fastening power. I had to improvise and use a clamp that I could drill a hole into, and used a standard camera hook-up screw to fit into one of the plastic supports that can be fastened with that. Then I used the whole range of the provided arms with screws and using the waterproof enclosure to improvise a decent camera rig, which I was lucky to be able to clamp onto the bike's antena arm (yes, it has one of those).The waterproof case, I will have to drill now to be able to connect a USB cable so the camera has constant power from the bike's 12V supply, seems that no one thinks of a possibility to provide power through the waterproof case with a sealed adapter. This is what makes the difference between pro gear and these "gopro'esque" approaches, which try to be flexible, but fail when it comes to details.BIKE RELEVANT: The EIS function (if that's the name for the "steady-cam" emulation) is useless on a motorcycle (doesn't bother me though), but if you want nice flowing videos you may want to attach it to the helmet and use your body movements to get a more stable picture (pretty much what your eyes see).
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