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That said the gap between the A80 and my Tom Tom Bandit is also very stark. Publishable quality for sites, such as you tube. Nevertheless, I’ve never had any problems capturing road signs, licence plates and similar. You’ll want something better for more serious, documentary style film-making. That said, despite the wide dynamic range option, the A80 struggles to capture details in bright areas, where there’s high contrast. Detail and colour fidelity are relatively good, too. The data rate is a little low for the highest resolution, capture is relatively clear. Helmet mounts are fine, for motorcycle helmets but I find an action cameras’ additional heft intrusive when cycling. Helmet mounting was secure and footage blur free. The image stabilisation does a decent job of taming lower level vibration/shake. As tends to be the case with the cheaper units, video footage is good, rather than great. The data rate is a little low for the highest level of resolution, footage quality is relatively clear. However, given the overall specification, its qualities are best appreciated in semi-automatic mode.
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There is a moderate amount of manual control-focus, image and sound quality. Once you’ve got the basics sorted, its well worth putting the kettle on, and familiarising yourself with its finer capabilities. Toggling the Mode button will switch between these, and more detailed options. A short press, of its top mounted counterpart, starts recording video/stills.
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At its simplest, once the battery has had a full charge, you can literally press the Power/Mode button on the front. I’ve used these forĪs I said in my introduction, the Apeman is very intuitive to use. I preferred this Minoura and a resin, auction site pattern. OK with stems with moderate extension, my Univega’s was a non-starter. I found the bike (stem mount) a little crude. These are very comprehensive and solid enough. However, you can plug the A80 into your computer via Micro USB cable and it will mains charge in around 2.5 hours. I’ve downloaded our footage via SD adaptor card.
The sort caused by lower level vibration and more intrusive camera shake. Gyroscope and WDR, located in the menu system and designed to counteract distortion. Talking of which, there are image stabilisation settings. I’ve primarily fed ours 32gb, which has proven sufficient for capturing regular commutes, or decent amount of trail action. Bearing in mind, with both fully charged batteries, there’s only scope for 2.5 hours capture at any one point. 64gb is tops but offers a lot of footage to be captured, especially in the 1080HD mode, which testing aside, has been my default. Disappointing and something I hope will be addressed but for me at, least, not a deal-breaker, taking everything else into account.
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Problem being, that while I was able to connect my Android phone and change certain things, connectivity was unreliable at best.
This is designed to work with iOS and Android operating systems. At present, Apeman doesn’t supply its own app, rather recommends downloading FinalCam. Now, if 4K wasn’t enough, it also features Wi-Fi. Base frame rate from NTSC to PAL (25fps).
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Further manual controls include ISO (between 100 and 400), exposure (between +2 and -2EV in 13 steps). There’s the option of single shot, burst and timed shooting-2second, 5 second and 10 seconds. Video Capture varies from a cited (Frames Per Second) 2K and It can also capture time lapse footage and loop recording (discuss in greater detail) 3 minutes/5minutes/10minutes. The lens is described as Ultra HD with 170-degree, adjustable angle. However, The Apeman 80 is supplied with a 2inch display screen, allowing you to review footage, mid ride. The main unit is compact (80mmx25mmx40mm) and broadly comparable with other Go-Pro homages, including this long serving Geonaute.