SJCAM SJ4000

[DannyScene]

I was looking for a gopro the other day however can only afford a second hand one, someone mentioned the SJ4000 to me and they seem really good for the money

Does anyone on here have one that they can let me know what they are really like to use?

[percy]

I bought one last year from ebay for £55 and have to say that it is very good for the money. The quality is more than adequate and it has a load of fixings bundled with it too. The mounts are all GoPro compatible so you can use GoPro mounts etc. Here is an example of a video from last summer. Quality is much better on the (uncompressed) original. Youtube has compressed it to death, but you should get an idea of the colours etc... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZirVz8cUCI

I also took it underwater snorkelling and there was no leaking at all in the housing.

ETA - mine isn't branded as SJCAM, but is exactly the same. There are a few 'different' SJ4000's around - actually all the same.

Edited by percy on Tuesday 27th January 20:49

[bazza white]

Some not exactly the same to


Seen mixed results from them but for the money pretty good.

[Boro]

The original SJ4000 was awesome, then every Chinese camera manufacturer copied it and gave it the same name, so you'll have no idea if you have a proper one or a fake.

[wseed]

Yep as others have said not all those sold as SJ4000's are real. There's a few youtube video's of how to tell the difference if you google techmoan the guy that runs that has done reviews and has footage that you can download uncompressed. I think the simplest way of telling is you need one with SJCam on the front.

I bought the version with wifi and it's a pretty handy bit of kit. There's an SJ5000 (again there are fakes) out now or soon too with a higher framerate which is my only complaint for an action cam 60fps would be good.