Best GoPro and action cameras ~ station of gear

10 Jun, 2015 2:45pm

Recording and sharing off-road or track day fun is easy with one of these action cameras. We pick from eight top buys

Taking your car into an extreme environment is the first part of the fun – whether challenging a 4x4 to a muddy assault course or testing your sports car on the track. But you can relive the enjoyment forever with an action cam, as you can video every overtake, manoeuvre or stunt and share the footage with your friends.

Such cameras have been growing in popularity thanks to their use in extreme sports, but we make the case for recording your adventures in your car, as we test eight action cams to find the best for drivers.

How we tested them

Capturing the best footage possible was the most important factor – so the higher the resolution a cam could shoot in the better. And the same went for each product’s frames per second (FPS) ratio and still picture megapixel (MP) rating. We looked at lens angle and depth, too.

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Downloading the footage from the cameras was our next priority – so those compatible with apps scored points, as did those products that came with user-friendly computer editing software.

Mounting options were vital, too, and cameras offering lots of choices impressed us the most. Price was the final consideration; we took this from a range of sources as we went to press.

Verdict

Rarely is a group test field of products so evenly matched, but we had to pick a winner, and GoPro’s HERO4 Black Edition tops the lot. Rollei’s budget ActionCam 400 steals second, and Sony’s HDR-AZ1 Mini completes the podium.

1. GoPro HERO4 Black Edition
2. Rollei Actioncam 400
3. Sony HDR-AZ1 Mini

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