Baller Dockoelboto Posted May 10, 2020 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2020 I purchased a skidoc orbit and have been using my phone - iphone8 to try and get videos. I haven't tried selfie mod with image stabilization off but the other videos I've had are tough to watch with the vibration. I will try selfie mode at some point and may consider adding some vibration padding as well. I hear the go pro 8 works great (and 7 too) but I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this: AKASO Brave 4 4K 20MP WiFi Action - about $79 on amazon. Any other good cheap action cameras to consider? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jhughes Posted May 10, 2020 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2020 Flip MinoHD used on eBay. Perfect default zoom level and dirt cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller keithh2oskier Posted May 10, 2020 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2020 I just got a andoer 4k on ebay for about 100 a week ago. Here is a video from last week. I was recording in 1080/60fps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Dockoelboto Posted May 10, 2020 Author Baller Share Posted May 10, 2020 @keithh2oskier , first nice video/skiing! Way better than what I can do. Did you have to play around with the settings or was it pretty easy to use? Seems like there are quite a few cheap cameras, I just hope the image stabilization is decent. The vibration is a killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller keithh2oskier Posted May 10, 2020 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2020 I didn't touch the settings on the camera. This is the camea mount I use. I got it for free from a local Baller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted May 10, 2020 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2020 Before buying something new, look around your junk drawers for older cell phones from the pre-OIS era. I use an HTC M8 on my Ski-Doc and it works great. Not quite as clean as Keith's video above, but definitely way more stable than any modern phone. Reasons I really prefer a cell phone to other cameras I've tried (like action cams): Wakeye app. Having the phone automatically slice up your videos is awesome. No need to download video to a computer, manually slice it up, upload it to youtube, etc. Zoom level: action cams typically have fixed zoom levels. Phone is adjustable. Wifi and Google Photos: Unlimited cloud storage, automatically synced/uploaded when your phone connects to wifi. For me, when I get home from the lake and park my boat in the garage, automatic upload kicks off without me having to touch a thing. Sample video. I've since fixed the rattle in my Orbit. :) https://photos.app.goo.gl/732zUYVyyqdfaQXr9 You can find this model phone on Ebay for 30-50 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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